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Bexley Station (Queensland)
Bexley Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Queensland. The property is situated approximately north of Longreach and south of Muttaburra. Established at some time prior to 1890 by Edward Goddard Blume, the paddocks were burnt out the same year with the loss of most feed and some fencing. The property was stocked with sheep, producing 68 bales of wool in 1892 and 71 in 1893. Blume sold Bexley in 1939 to T. Scanlan. Blume sold the completely unstocked but retained the Yanburra portion of the property for himself. The area was flooded in 1950 and then a plague of snakes with 27 snakes being found in the homestead. In 1953 the property was owned by W. G. Allen and his wife and two sons. The property, owned by the McPherson family, was deluged during a storm in 2001 when a total of of rain fell during a single storm that lasted nearly 24 hours. In 2011 the property was still owned by Ross and Michelle McPherson. See also *List of ranches a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Western Champion And General Advertiser For The Central-Western Districts
''The Western Champion'' was a newspaper published initially in Blackall and later in nearby Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia. History The newspaper was initially published under the name ''The Western Champion'' from 1879 to 1891 by J. Monahan and William Henry Campbell. The newspaper was published under the name ''The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts'' from 1892 to 1922 by William Henry Campbell, Charles John James and Frederic Robert James. The newspaper was published under the name ''The Western Champion'' from 1922 to 1937 by William Henry Campbell, Charles John James and Frederic Robert James. Digitisation The papers have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Western Champion, The Western Champion The ''Western Champion'' was a weekly English language newspaper published in Parkes, New Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ranches And Stations
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance. West Africa *Obudu Cattle Ranch * SODEPA cattle ranches in Cameroon Australia ''Station'' is the term used in Australia for large sheep or cattle properties. New South Wales * Borrona Downs Station *Brindabella Station * Caryapundy Station * Cooplacurripa Station * Corona Station *Elsinora *Momba Station * Mount Gipps Station * Mount Poole Station *Mundi Mundi *Nocoleche * Oxley Station *Poolamacca Station *Salisbury Downs Station * Sturts Meadows Station *Thurloo Downs * Toorale Station *Uardry *Urisino *Yancannia Station Northern Territory * Alexandria Station *Ambalindum *Alroy Downs *Amburla *Amungee Mungee *Andado *Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area *Anthony Lagoon * Argadargada Station *Austral Downs *Auvergne Station * Ban Ban Springs Station *Banka Banka Station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Country Life
''Queensland Country Life'' is a newspaper published in Queensland, Australia, since 1935. It focuses on rural news. History The ''Queensland Country Life'' newspaper is the second of that name. The first newspaper was published from 1900 to 1910 and is unrelated to the current newspaper. The ''Queensland Country Life'' newspaper was first published on 25 July 1935. In its first issue, it described itself as a subsidiary of a New South Wales newspaper ''Country Life'' and that it incorporated the ''Grazier's Review'' and was the official organ of the: * United Graziers' Association of Queensland * Brisbane Wool Selling Brokers' Association * Brisbane Fat Stock and Produce Brokers' Association The newspaper is published once a week. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in Australia This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Central Queensland Herald
''The Central Queensland Herald'' was a newspaper published in Rockhampton, Queensland from 1930 to 1956; it was created with the merger of '' The Artesian'' and ''The Capricornian''. History ''The Central Queensland Herald'' was published from 2 January 1930 to 29 November 1956. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in Australia This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia. National In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. Daily newspape ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Central Queensland Herald, The Defunct newspapers published in Queensland 1930 establishments in Australia Newspapers established in 1930 Rockhampton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snakes
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs about twenty-five times independently via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal (see Amphisbaenia, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Longreach Leader
''The Longreach Leader'' is a newspaper published in Longreach, Queensland, Australia. History The first issue was published on 5 January 1923. In early October 2021 the owners of the paper advised that production of the weekly paper would be suspended, after 98 years, due to financial losses primarily caused by shrinking advertising revenue. The last edition prior to the suspension will be published on Friday 15th October 2021. The publisher hopes to restructure the company and the newspaper and bring it back in a sustainable manner. Digitisation The papers have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wool Bale
A wool bale is a standard sized and weighted pack of classed wool compressed by the mechanical means of a wool press. This is the regulation required method of packaging for wool, to keep it uncontaminated and readily identifiable. A "bale of wool" is also the standard trading unit for wool on the wholesale national and international markets. The minimum weight of a bale is . Wool packs Packaging of wool has not changed much for centuries except that the early wool packs were made from jute, prior to the use of synthetic fibres. Jute packs were relatively heavy, weighing several kilograms each. In the 1960s polypropylene and high-density polyethylene packs were manufactured and used to make wool bales. Loose fibres from these packs caused contamination of the wool in the bale and led to nylon becoming the regulation fabric used in Australia. In South Africa woven paper was tested but discontinued in 1973 due to poor wet strength and high cost. Regulation standard white nylon pack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Morning Bulletin
''The Morning Bulletin'' is an online newspaper servicing the city of Rockhampton and the surrounding areas of Central Queensland, Australia. From 1861 to 2020, ''The Morning Bulletin'' was published as a print edition, before then becoming an exclusively online newspaper. The final print edition was published on 27 June 2020. History The first issue of ''The Bulletin'' was launched on 9 July 1861. It is the second oldest business in Rockhampton, the oldest being the Criterion Hotel which was established in October 1860. The founder and original owner, William Hitchcock Buzacott (1831–1880, brother of Charles Hardie Buzacott), brought the press and equipment from Sydney in 1861 where he operated a small weekly paper. At the time the paper was called the Rockhampton Bulletin and was eagerly read by the town's 698 residents. The newspaper was published as ''The Rockhampton Bulletin and Central Queensland Advertiser'' from July 1861 to 14 January 1871. Then as ''The Rockham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muttaburra, Queensland
Muttaburra is an outback town and locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. Muttaburra was the discovery site of the ''Muttaburrasaurus'', one of Australia's most famous dinosaurs. Geography Muttaburra is in the central west of Queensland. The town is located on the banks of the Thomson River, which is part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin. The region is with a sub-basin of the Great Artesian Basin. The Great Artesian Basin supplies water from bores to the towns of Muttaburra and Aramac. The area is well known for its good quality land that is used for sheep and cattle grazing. The main industry of the Muttaburra area is grazing. The undeveloped town of Scarrbury is within the locality (). Scarrbury is located on Aramac Creek along Vera Park Road. History Muttaburra lay on the traditional tribal lands of the Iningai. Iningai (also known as Yiningay, Muttaburra, Tateburra, Yinangay, Yinangi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Iningai people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
