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Castle Creek, Queensland
Castle Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Castle Creek had a population of 57 people. Geography Castle Creek has the following mountains and valleys: * Mount Tam (Malgoonroo) () * Gonyelinka Gorge () Demographics In the , Castle Creek had a population of 27 people. In the , Castle Creek had a population of 57 people. Education There are no schools in Castle Creek. The nearest government primary schools are: * Theodore State School in Theodore to the south-east * Banana State School in neighbouring Banana to the north-west * Thangool State School in neighbouring Thangool to the north-east The nearest government secondary schools are: * Theodore State High School (to Year 10) in Theodore to the south-east * Moura State High School (to Year 12) in Moura to the north-west * Biloela State High School (to Year 12) in Biloela Biloela ( ) is a rural town and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Bana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonesome Creek, Queensland
Lonesome Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lonesome Creek had a population of 173 people. Geography The locality is bounded in part to the north-east by the Leichhardt Highway, to the east by the creek Castle Creek, to the south-west by the Dawson River, to the west by the Malakoff Range and the creek Lonesome Creek. The Leichhardt Highway enters the locality from the south-west ( Theodore / Isla) and travels north-east through the locality before becoming the north-eastern boundary of the locality and then exiting to the north-east (Banana / Castle Creek). The creek Lonesome Creek rises in neighbouring locality of Castle Creek to the north-east from where it flows into the locality of Lonesome Creek and crosses the locality to form a short section of its western boundary before flowing south towards Theodore, where it becomes a tributary of the Dawson River (). The land use is a mixture of crop growing and grazing on nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore, Queensland
Theodore is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. It was established in the 1920s as part of Queensland Premier Ted Theodore's ambitious Dawson River Irrigation Scheme which failed to eventuate. It was originally known as Castle Creek, but that name is now used by Castle Creek, Queensland, another locality in the area. In the , the locality of Theodore had a population of 451 people. Geography Theodore is situated on the Dawson River (Queensland), Dawson River just off the Leichhardt Highway north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. Castle Creek flows through the town and into the Dawson River immediately south of the town centre. Climate Theodore has a Köppen climate classification#Cfa: Humid subtropical climates, humid subtropical climates (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: Cfa), with hot, wet summers and mild, dry winters with cool nights. Average maxima vary from in December to in July wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, state Legislative Assembly, with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the Constitution of Queensland, state constitution. Since Federation of Australia, federation in 1901, Queensland has been a States and territories of Australia, state of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the Australian Government, federal government. Queensland's system of government is influenced by the Westminster system and Federalism in Australia, Australia's federal system of government. Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, sixth-largest subnational entity; it List of countries and dependencies by area, is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its Tropical climate, tropical and Humid subtropical climate, sub-tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Banana
The Shire of Banana is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone, Queensland, Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named after the burial site of a huge dun coloured Ox, bullock named 'Banana'. The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is the largest town in the Shire. Major industries in the shire include coal mining, beef production, power generation, dryland cropping and irrigation cropping such as lucerne and cotton. In the , the Shire of Banana had a population of 14,513 people. History Banana Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of . The name ''Banana'' does not relate to the fruit, but rather the area was named after a Dun gene, dun-coloured bullock called ''Banana''. On 20 April 1881 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Postcodes in Australia, Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage of suburb (municipality outside of a big city). The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "neighbourhood" or "district", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarramba, Queensland
Tarramba is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tarramba had a population of 38 people. Geography Tarramba has the following mountains: * Flat Top Mountain in the north-west of the locality (), rising to above sea level * Mount Breast in the north of the locality () * Little Uncle Tom in the sorth-west of the locality () Tarramba Creek rises in the centre of the locality and meanders to the south of locality where it exits to the locaity of Castle Creek and becomes a tributary of Lonesome Creek. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some forestry and crop growing. Demographics In the , Tarramba had a population of 57 people. In the , Tarramba had a population of 38 people. Education There are no schools in Tarramba. The nearest government primary schools are Banana State School in neighbouring Banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banana, Queensland
Banana is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Banana had a population of 348 people. Geography Banana is located at the intersection of the Dawson Highway, Dawson and Leichhardt Highway, Leichhardt highways, west of the shire's administrative centre, Biloela, Queensland, Biloela. History ''Gangulu language, Gangalu (Gangulu, Kangulu, Kanolu, Kaangooloo, Khangulu)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gangula country. The Gangula language region includes the towns of Clermont, Queensland, Clermont and Springsure extending south towards the Dawson River (Queensland), Dawson River. In 1853, James, Norman and Charles Leith-Hay established the Rannes, Queensland, Rannes squatting (Australian history), pastoral lease and Banana was an outstation of this property. Banana became its own squatting leasehold sheep station property in 1855 with the Leith-Hays and Thomas Holt ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camboon, Queensland
Camboon is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Camboon had a population of 76 people. Geography Dingley Dell is a neighbourhood in the north-east of the locality (). There are a number of protected areas in the locality within: * Montour State Forest in the north-east of locality (extending into neighbouring Rawbelle to the east) * Camboon State Forest in the south-east of the locality (extending into neighbouring Cracow to the south) Apart from the protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. Camboon has the following mountains: * Bald Mountain () * Dicks Lookout () * Mount Appenben () * Mount Coangal () * Mount Kable () * Mount Kandoonan () * Mount Mungungal () * Mount Okangal () * Mount Ox () * Mount Shirley () History The name ''Camboon'' is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word ''caamboon'' meaning the bullrushes growing at the edge of waterholes. On Tuesday 7 May 1868, the Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biloela
Biloela ( ) is a rural town and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the shire. In the , the locality of Biloela had a population of 5,692. The local high school won national fame on account of its dinosaur display and specimen with 66 footprints. Geography Biloela is inland from the port city of Gladstone, Queensland, Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett Highway, Burnett and Dawson Highway, Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of the Shire of Banana, which has an area of . History Aboriginal history The town was established on what is Kangulu, Gangulu tribal lands. ''Gangulu language, Gangalu (Gangulu, Kangulu, Kanolu, Kaangooloo, Khangulu)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gangula country. The Gangula language region includes the towns of Clermont, Queensland, Clermont and Springsure extending south towards the Dawson River (Queensland), Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thangool, Queensland
Thangool is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Thangool had a population of 685 people. Geography Thangool is north west of the state capital, Brisbane and south of the Shire administrative centre, Biloela. Kariboe is a neighbourhood (). Mount Scoria is a neighbourhood (). Thangool has the following named ranges: * Banana Range () in the south-west of the locality * Dawes Range () in the south-east of the locality Thangool has the following named mountains: * Mount Lookerbie () * Mount Scoria () * Mount Sugarloaf () * Prospect Peak () The former Callide Valley railway line ran through the locality and had the following three now-abandoned railway stations: * Thangool railway station () * Kariboe railway station () * Mount Scoria railway station () The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing. Climate History The Thangool area was originally home to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
