Browne Park
Browne Park is a rectangular football stadium located in the Rockhampton suburb of Wandal, Queensland, Australia. The venue has been the home of rugby football in Central Queensland since 1890 and today also hosts rugby union and soccer matches. It hosted a match of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. The ground was named Browne Park in 1958 as a posthumous honour to long serving president of Rockhampton Rugby League, Jack Browne who died in office. Central Queensland Capras The Central Queensland Capras play all Queensland Cup home games at Browne Park in Rockhampton. Browne Park is seen as the home of rugby league in Central Queensland and is located between George Street (Bruce Highway) and Murray Street. National Rugby League In July 2021, it was announced Browne Park would host its first National Rugby League game. It was selected as the venue for the Round 20 NRL game between the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The announcement came aft ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wandal, Queensland
Wandal is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wandal had a population of 4,014 people. Geography Wandal is situated about four kilometres north-west of the central business district. History The area was originally surveyed in the 1860s, shortly after the town of Rockhampton was laid out and was originally the location of several large estates built by wealthy Rockhamptonites, particularly W.H. Wiseman, John Jardine, William Knox D'Arcy and P.F. MacDonald. Closer suburban development occurred later in the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century. The Hall School, the local primary school, was established for Girls and Infants in 1910. The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart opened a Catholic primary school called St Joseph's School in 1912 or on 24 January 1916. The Rockhampton State High School, which was built in Exhibition Road in 1961. At that time the High School was connected with the Rockhampt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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News Corp Australia
News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,000 journalists. The group's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, subscription television in the form of Foxtel, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets. News Pty Limited (formerly News Limited) is the holding company of the group. News Corp Australia owns approximately 142 daily, Sunday, weekly, bi-weekly, and tri-weekly newspapers, of which 102 are suburban publications (including 16 in which News Corp Australia has a 50% interest). News Corp Australia publishes a nationally distributed newspaper in Australia, a metropolitan newspaper in each of the Australian cities of Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, and Sydney, as well as groups of suburban news ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league competition. The Sharks, as they are commonly known, were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, predecessor of the Australian Rugby League and the current National Rugby League competition, in January 1967. The club competed in every premiership season since then and, during the Super League war, joined the rebel competition before continuing on in the re-united NRL Premiership. The Sharks have been in competition for 56 years, appearing in four grand finals, winning their first premiership in 2016 after defeating the Melbourne Storm at Stadium Australia. History In 1967 the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) added two new clubs to the competition, Cronulla-Sutherland and Penrith, the first to join the co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies. The Wests Tigers started playing in the 2000 NRL season and they won their maiden premiership in 2005 NRL season, 2005. It is one of only two clubs (the other being the Newcastle Knights) that has never lost a Grand Final in which it has participated. The club also won the Rugby League World Sevens, World Sevens in 2004 in rugby league, 2004. The Wests Tigers play home games at three grounds: Leichhardt Oval (the home ground of Balmain), Campbelltown Stadium (the home ground of Western Suburbs) and Western Sydney Stadium in Parramatta as of 2019, where they have committed to playing four games a year. They are currently coached by Tim Sheens. The club CEO is Jus ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ben Hunt (rugby League)
Ben Hunt (born 27 March 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL and hooker for Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, and at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII and Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series. He has also played as a at various points in his career. Background Hunt was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. He grew up in Dingo, Queensland, Dingo, playing junior rugby league with the Blackwater Crushers, in Blackwater, Queensland, Blackwater before attending St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon, St. Brendan's College in Yeppoon. Playing career Hunt signed with the Brisbane Broncos as a youth player as a Hooker. In 2008 Hunt won the inaugural 2008 NRL Under-20s season, 2008 Toyota Cup (Under-20s) player of the year ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Griffin (rugby League)
Anthony Griffin (born 26 August 1966) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the Head coach of the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL and a former rugby league footballer. He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership during the 1980s before taking up coaching. After success in the Queensland Cup and Toyota Cup competitions, Griffin replaced Ivan Henjak as head coach of the Brisbane Broncos from 2011 to 2014 and later served as head coach for the Penrith Panthers from 2016 to 2018. Griffin will coach the St. George Illawarra Dragons from 2021, on a two-year contract. Early life Griffin was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, and attended Emmaus College in Rockhampton. Playing career Griffin played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Brothers from 1985 to 1987 largely as a . He then played for Brothers in Rockhampton from 1988 to 1992. Coaching career Griffin coached the colts teams for Redcliffe (1995–97), winning the premiership in 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rockhampton Airport
Rockhampton Airport (''Connor Park'') is a major Australian regional airport in West Rockhampton that services the city of Rockhampton, with direct flights to the cities of Brisbane, and Mackay. Flights have previously operated to Sydney and Melbourne but were cancelled due to lack of passenger numbers. The airport runway has the capability to handle aircraft such as the A380, 747, & 777 types. In 2011, the airport handled 701,062 passengers and 12,606 aircraft movements, a drop from the 2010 figure of 777,212 passengers and 14,602 aircraft. The drop is attributed in part to the airport being closed for three weeks in January due to the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Rockhampton Airport. History Efforts to locate a permanent aerodrome site in the city had been proceeding for a number of years in the 1920s. The Rockhampton City Council and the Federal Government, however, could not come to an arrangement a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Star News Group
Star News Group is a media company based in Pakenham, Victoria, in Australia. Star publishes many community newspapers in the Melbourne area and other parts of Victoria. It also has publications in Queensland and South Australia. Star also publishes a number of parenting magazines under the masthead Kids Today. Star operates Network Classifieds Pty Ltd, a contact centre in Pakenham that provides classified advertising and display advertising services for print and online. Star is also a founder and partner of the Today News Group with operations in Queensland and South Australia. History Star News Group was founded by Albert Edward Thomas in 1909 as the ''Berwick Shire News'' and ''Pakenham and Cranbourne Gazette''. Star News is still owned by the Thomas family and the company is managed by Paul Thomas, a fourth-generation family member. The company changed its name from South East Newspapers to Star News Group in August 2005 to reflect the growth of the company and the dive ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Central Queensland Today
''Central Queensland Today'', branded as ''CQ Today'', is a weekly independent Australian newspaper serving the city of Rockhampton and its surrounds in Central Queensland. The newspaper was first mooted following News Corp Australia's decision in May 2020 to stop publishing the city's daily newspaper, ''The Morning Bulletin'' as a print edition, moving it to an entirely online format. ''CQ Today'' was launched as a 72-page publication on 27 August 2020 with a cover price of $3.(27 August 2020) ''CQ Today'' (print edition), p1-72, Issue #1. Star News Group. Accessed 6 October 2020. It had intended to be launched on 13 August 2020 but the first issue was delayed by two weeks. At its launch, there was a team of seven Rockhampton-based employees working at ''CQ Today'', consisting of three journalists, an account manager, an advertising manager, a sales and marketing executive and a general manager.(27 August 2020) Richardson, David, Fresh start Today, ''CQ Today'', Star News ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indooroopilly State High School
Indooroopilly State High School (ISHS), colloquially known as "Indro", is a state high school situated in the south-western suburb of Indooroopilly in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school was founded in 1954, and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, along with a large curriculum catering to junior and senior students at the school. Unlike most schools in Queensland and Australia, students at ISHS do not have to wear a school uniform. However, the school does have a sports uniform which students are required to wear during all interschool sports events. Some of the Indooroopilly State High School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. Facilities The school is made up of 23 different blocks. They are named in letter form in the order in which they were built. The letters range from A-X. Some of the facilities at the school include: * Confucius Institute Classroom * Dance and Art studios with a pottery kiln and film developing roo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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COVID-19 Pandemic In Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 January 2020, in Victoria, when a man who had returned from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, tested positive for the virus. , Australia has reported over 9,588,977 cases, over 9,224,255 recoveries, and 12,200 deaths. Victoria's second wave having the highest fatality rate per case. In March 2020, the Australian government established the intergovernmental National Cabinet and declared a human biosecurity emergency in response to the outbreak. Australian borders were closed to all non-residents on 20 March, and returning residents were required to spend two weeks in supervised quarantine hotels from 27 March. Many individual states and territories also closed their borders to varying degrees, with some remaining closed until late 2020, and contin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |