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County Of Bowen
The County of Bowen is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region to the west of Bundaberg. It was named in honour of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland. On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the ''Land Act 1897''. Its schedule described Bowen thus: Parishes Bowen is divided into parishes, as listed below: References Bowen Bowen may refer to: Places Australia * Bowen, Queensland, a town * Bowen Hills, Queensland, a suburb ** Bowen Hills railway station, a railway station in Bowen Hills ** Bowen Park, Brisbane, a park in Bowen Hills * Bowen Bridge, crossing the Derw ... External links * {{cite web, url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-county-bowen-1923.jpg, title=Map of the County of Bowen, last=, first=, date=1923, website=, publisher= Queensl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boolboonda, Queensland
Boolboonda is a rural locality in the Bundaberg 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 , Boolboonda had a population of 52 people. History The name ''Boolboonda'' is reported an Aboriginal word created by local people to represent the sound of blasting to excavate the railway tunnel on the Mount Perry railway line which was built from 1882 to 1884. Boolboonda Provisional School opened on 25 September 1882 but closed circa 1884. It reopened circa 1897, becoming Boolboonda State School on 1 January 1909. It closed on 9 February 1973. The school was located south of Tunnel Road (). In the , Boolboonda had a population of 52 people. Heritage listings Boolboonda has the following heritage listings: * Boolboonda Tunnel Road: Boolb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallaville, Queensland
Wallaville is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It is north of the state capital, Brisbane and south west of the regional centre of Bundaberg. In the , Wallaville had a population of 410 people. Geography Currajong Creek runs through the town, flowing into the Burnett River, which forms most of the eastern boundary of the locality. The creek is also known for the Ceratodus lung fish found in quite large numbers. The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through Wallaville. History Walla Provisional School opened circa 1883 and closed circa 1893. Currajong Creek Provisional School opened on 3 November 1884. In 1892, it was renamed Cumonju Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Cumonju State School. It closed in 1967. It was on Ferry Hills Road (). In 1887, of land were resumed from the Walla pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887. In 1896, the Gin Gin c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone Region
Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , had an estimated resident population at 30 June 2018 of 62,979, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million. History Gladstone Region came into being on 15 March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The legal standing of the council is sourced from the Local Government Reform Act 2007 (Qld). The Gladstone Region was named after William Ewart Gladstone, British Chancellor of the Exchequer and he later became Prime Minister. The new Council, located in Central Queensland, contains the entire area of three former local government areas: * the City of Gladstone; * the Shire of Calliope; * and the Shire of Miriam Vale. The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a mayor. Mayors The first mayor of the Gladstone Regional Council was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ideraway, Queensland
Ideraway is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ideraway had a population of 38 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the south-eastern boundary, while Reid Creek forms the western boundary. The Burnett Highway passes through the south-western corner. The town is located in the south-east of the locality and most of the housing is within the town. The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation in the south of the locality with crop growing more in the north of the locality. History The town's name was derived from the name of a pastoral run, leased from 1848 by James B. Reid. Reid acquired the leases of the six stations of sheep country which comprised Ideraway over a period of ten years. The stations were called Tanjour, Binjour, Branch Creek No. 1, Jonday, Penang, and Nour-Nour. In 1869 the leases on Penang and Nour-Nour, at the northern end of the run, were excised from Ideraway and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayndah, Queensland
Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. Geography Gayndah is on the Burnett River and the Burnett Highway passes through the town. Apart from the town in the western part of the locality, the land is used for cropping and grazing. The Gayndah railway station is located on the north side of the river and is on the Mungar Junction to Monto Branch railway line. Duchess Mountain is immediately to the south-west of the town () and at provides excellent views over the town ( above sea level). Gayndah is north of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Maryborough. Agriculture and grazing have been the dominant industries of the area. The town is the centre of Queensland's largest citrus-growing area. History The name Gayndah is of Aboriginal origin but the derivative is unclear. It may derive eithe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenda, Queensland
Yenda is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yenda had a population of 23 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the south-western boundary of the locality. History The locality takes its name from a pastoral run taken up by Robert Wilkin. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''swamp''. Education There are no schools in Yenda. The nearest primary schools are in Mount Perry, Binjour Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Binjour had a population of 98 people. Geography Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway by road north of the state capital, Br ... and Gayndah. The nearest secondary school is in Gayndah. References {{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Perry, Queensland
Mount Perry is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Perry had a population of 538 people. The neighbourhood of Drummers Creek is in the locality (). Geography The Perry Fault, a major regional strike-slip structure in South East Queensland is in the New England Orogenic Belt. Mount Perry is about northwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and about west of Bundaberg. The town is nestled in a valley near Mount Perry, the area's highest mountain. The Normanby Lookout is located on Normanby Range Road off Towns Creek Road from the Gin Gin-Mount Perry Road and offers views of the Mount Perry Township and the surrounding countryside. Schuh’s Lookout is on Schuhs Lookout Road off the Monto-Mount Perry Road at the top of the range, offering views south of Mount Perry. History Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moolboolaman, Queensland
Moolboolaman is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Moolboolaman had a population of 434 people. Geography Gin Gin–Mount Perry–Monto Road runs through from east to south-west. History The locality takes its name from the parish, which is presumed to take its name from the pastoral run, which in turn is an Aboriginal word, meaning ''dead European man''. The first 65 kilometre section of the Mount Perry railway line from North Bundaberg railway station North Bundaberg railway station is a closed railway station at 28 Station Street, North Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. It is on the North Coast railway line and linked that line to the Mount Perry railway line The Mount ... (originally called Bundaberg station) to Moolboolaman railway station was opened on 19 July 1881. In 1887, of land were resumed from the Moolboolaman pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monduran, Queensland
Monduran is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Monduran had a population of 91 people. Geography Lake Monduran forms much of the western boundary of the locality. The lake is the impoundment of the Kolan River by the Fred Haigh Dam (also known as the Monduran Dam). The river flows from the dam in the west of the locality through the locality to the east, where then forms the boundary between neighbouring localities Bucca and Damascus. The Bruce Highway passes from east to west through the south part of the locality. Monduran Dam Road connects the highway to the dam wall. There are two large areas of the Monduran State Forest in the locality, one area beside Lake Monduran and the other near the boundary with neighbouring Abbotsford. The most northerly part of the locality is in the Littabella National Park which extends into neighbouring Rosedale and Waterloo. History The locality name is derived from a pastoral run held by John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolonga, Queensland
Kolonga is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kolonga had a population of 49 people. Geography The east of Kolonga is bounded by Lake Monduran, the impoundment of the Fred Haigh Dam. The Bruce Highway passes through the locality from Takilberan in the south to Lowmead to the north. Shortly after the highway enters from the south, Kalpowar Road branches off to Gaeta in the west. The land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality name takes its name from the parish name which in turn is named after the Kolonga pastoral run named in the early 1860s. ''Kolonga'' is probably from the Kabi language word, ''kalanga'' meaning ''very good''. Kolonga Provisional School opened circa 1886 and closed circa 1887. Kolonga Provisional School opened 1911 and closed in 1924. It is not clear if these were the same school or two separate schools. In 1887, of land were resumed from the Kolonga pastoral run. The land was offered for sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirroan, Queensland
Tirroan is a rural town and a locality in the Bundaberg 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 , the locality of Tirroan had a population of 150 people. History The name ''Tirroan'' comes from the title of the first British pastoral property set up in the region, which was established by Gregory Blaxland Jnr and William Forster in 1848. It is possible that it is derived from the name of an Aboriginal stockman on this run, who later died of tuberculosis in 1880. The town itself was initially known as West Albany but the name was changed on 3 August 1899. Watawa Provisional School opened on 9 February 1885 and was renamed Tirroan Provisional School in 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Tirroan State School. It closed on 10 August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
