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Bungil Reference Area
Bungil is a locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bungil had a population of 27 people. Geography The western boundary of the locality roughly follows Bungil Creek, while the Warrego Highway and Western railway line form part of the northern boundary. Bungeworgorai Creek flows through the locality from the northwest (Bungeworgorai Bungeworgorai is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bungeworgorai had a population of 78 people. Geography The Western railway line and Warrego Highway pass along the southern boundary of the locality. B ...) to the south-east becoming a tributary of Bungil Creek in neighbouring Tingun. The land is predominantly developed for cattle grazing. History The locality takes its name from the parish, which is believed to be an Aboriginal word "boo-nga-gill" where "boo" means ''grass'', "nga" means ''with'' and "gill" means ''water''. Heritage listings Bungil has a number of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Warrego
Warrego is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate lies in the extreme southwest of Queensland, running along the western part of the border with New South Wales. It includes the large town of Dalby, as well as the rural centres of Surat, Roma, Tara, Charleville, Augathella, St George and Cunnamulla. History The electoral district of Warrego was created by the ''Additional Members Act of 1864'' which introduced six new single-member electorates. A by-election was held to fill the seat. The nomination date was 18 March 1865 and the election was held on 25 March 1865. Warrego was, as with the rest of the state, held by independents and loose groupings of members around the government of the day until the first years of the twentieth century, when the partisan system took hold. It then became a stronghold of the centre-left Labor Party, which held it without interruption from 1908 to 1974. The decline of the ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
