Callide Range
Callide may refer to: * Callide, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia * Electoral district of Callide Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia. It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys. Major towns within the division's boundaries include Biloela, Calliope, Chinchilla, Jandowae, ...

Callide, Queensland
Callide is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Callide had a population of 86 people. Geography The Dawson Highway enters the locality from the east ( Dumgree) and exits to the south-east ( Mount Murchison); it does not pass through or near the town. The Moura railway line enters the locality from the west ( Jambin), passes through the town, and exits the locality to the south (Dakenba). Historically, the town was served by the Callide railway station (), but it is now abandoned. The town of Callide is the south-west of the locality on the boundary with Jambin near the railway station. It has had little development. The land use is a mix of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation. History The town takes its name from the creek and pastoral run, originally used by pioneer pastoralist Charles Archer in 1853, who possibly intended to use the Greek word "kalos" meaning good, as a description of the country, ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]