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Cloyna
Cloyna is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Cloyna had a population of 142 people. History Cloyna State School opened on 20 February 1911. The construction of the Lutheran Church was completed in May 1911 with the church officially opening on Coronation Day, 22 June 1911. Cloyna Baptist Church opened in 1924. It was officially opened on 15 March 1924. It closed circa 1990. It was located at 71 Cloyna West Road (). It was close to the Cloyna railway station. It is now in private ownership. The former Cloyna railway station () was on the now-closed Windera railway line. The line operated from 1925 to 1961. In 2007, the building of the former Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity at 2272 Gayndah Road, Kitoba Kitoba is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Kitoba had a population of 13 people. History The locality takes its name from the Kitoba railway station name, which was named on 3 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warnung, Queensland
Warnung is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Warnung had a population of 11 people. History The locality's name came from the Warnung railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 March 1924. It is an Aboriginal word referring to a species of Eucalyptus known as box trees. The Warnung railway station was on the Windera railway line The Windera Branch Railway is a branch railway line from Barlil to Windera in Queensland, Australia. History Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for the Murgon-to-Proston railway line came authorisation for a branch line from B ..., now closed. In the Warnung had a population of 11 people. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenrock, Queensland
Glenrock is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the Glenrock had a population of 40 people. History Glenrock State School opened on 15 April 1926 and closed on 1966. In the Glenrock had a population of 40 people. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitoba
Kitoba is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Kitoba had a population of 13 people. History The locality takes its name from the Kitoba railway station name, which was named on 3 July 1926 by the Queensland Railways Department. The name ''Kitoba'' is thought to be an Aboriginal word referring to paint stone (possibly in connection with body painting). The station was previously known as ''Boolel'', another Aboriginal word, meaning silver leafed ironbark tree. The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity was opened on 24 May 1957 by Archdeacon Richards. It was closed on 3 June 2005 by Assistant Bishop Nolan. The church was at 2272 Gayndah Road () until 2007 when the church building was relocated to Cloyna State School. Kitoba railway station was on the Windera railway line The Windera Branch Railway is a branch railway line from Barlil to Windera in Queensland, Australia. History Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitoba, Queensland
Kitoba is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Kitoba had a population of 13 people. History The locality takes its name from the Kitoba railway station name, which was named on 3 July 1926 by the Queensland Railways Department. The name ''Kitoba'' is thought to be an Aboriginal word referring to paint stone (possibly in connection with body painting). The station was previously known as ''Boolel'', another Aboriginal word, meaning silver leafed ironbark tree. The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity was opened on 24 May 1957 by Archdeacon Richards. It was closed on 3 June 2005 by Assistant Bishop Nolan. The church was at 2272 Gayndah Road () until 2007 when the church building was relocated to Cloyna State School. Kitoba railway station was on the Windera railway line The Windera Branch Railway is a branch railway line from Barlil to Windera in Queensland, Australia. History Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverleaf, Queensland
Silverleaf is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the Silverleaf had a population of 57 people. History Silverleaf State School opened on 30 September 1912 and closed circa 1962. It was on Silverleaf Road (approx ). In the Silverleaf had a population of 57 people. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windera Railway Line
The Windera Branch Railway is a branch railway line from Barlil to Windera in Queensland, Australia. History Contemporaneously with parliamentary approval for the Murgon-to-Proston railway line came authorisation for a branch line from Barlil, the first station on the Proston line, north to Windera in south-east Queensland, Australia. On Saturday 28 March 1925, the railway line from Barlil to Windera was officially opened by Alfred James Jones, the Minister for Mines and formerly the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett. The line passed through siding Siding may refer to: * Siding (construction), the outer covering or cladding of a house * Siding (rail) A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch l ...s at Warnung, Cloyna, and Kitoba. Its existence was never really justifiedKerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990 despite handling r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windera, Queensland
Windera is a town in the South Burnett Region and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality split between the South Burnett Region and the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Windera had a population of 93 people. Geography Windera was the terminus of the Windera railway line, a branch line from the Proston railway line, Murgon-to-Proston railway line. Both lines are now closed. History Land in Windera was Land selection in Queensland, open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. Windera Creek Provisional School opened on 13 May 1920, later becoming Windera Creek State School. In the late 1930s or early 1940s it was renamed Windera State School. The town was originally shown on a 1924 survey plan as ''Kantara'' with the railway station named ''Jelanga'', assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 March 1924. However, on 2 August 1924, the station was renamed ''Windera'' after a pastoral run operated from 1849 by pastoralis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Nook, Queensland
Sunny Nook is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the Sunny Nook had a population of 23 people. History Sunny Nook State School opened on 1 September 1927 and closed in 1945. In the Sunny Nook had a population of 23 people. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlwood, Queensland
Merlwood is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Merlwood had a population of 88 people. History Merlwood State School opened on 23 March 1910 under teacher Alice Amelia Wilson. It closed on 22 January 1967. It was located on the north-west corner of Pringle Hill Road and Eisenmengers Road (), just north of the Gayndah Road. A Methodist church was built in 1913 on the corner of the crossroads opposite the state school. The building was later removed. This church was strongly supported by a prominent local family who were among the first settlers, the Shelton family. A cemetery is believed to have existed in the very earliest days of settlement in the eastern part of Merlwood near Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooroonden, Queensland
Wooroonden is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Wooroonden had a population of 54 people. History Wooroon State School opened in 1917. In 1919 the spelling was changed to Woroon State School. In 1925 it was renamed Woroonden State School. It closed in 1963. The district was originally known as Woroonden but on advice from the Murgon Shire Council on 24 January 2002, the locality name spelling was officially made Wooroonden. Demographics In the , Wooroonden had a population of 59 people. In the , Wooroonden had a population of 54 people. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Burnett Region
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia. Origins This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the South Burnett Region, located in the southern catchment of the Burnett River, existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Kingaroy; * the Shire of Nanango; * the Shire of Murgon; * and the Shire of Wondai. The report recommended the new local government area should not be divided into wards and should elect six councilors and a mayor however the Interim Steering Committee applied to the State Government for four wards based on the old shire boundaries. As the total population is just a few hundred short of the level set in the report for eight councilors and a mayor, application for this was also made. Area and size The South Burnett Region covers an area , containing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mail (Brisbane)
The ''Daily Mail'' was a newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1903 to 1933. History The newspaper was founded by Charles Hardie Buzacott. Its first issue appeared on 3 October 1903. From June to December 1915 it was titled the ''Brisbane Daily Mail''. It was last published on 26 August 1933, after which it merged with the '' Brisbane Courier'' by Keith Murdoch and became ''The Courier-Mail'', which is still Brisbane's main daily newspaper. Digitisation The digitisation of the newspaper has commenced 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 .... As April 2019, part of 1903 and the years 1916 to 1926 have been digitised. References External links * {{tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
