|
Oil Shale In Australia
There are oil shale deposits in Australia which range from small deposits to large reserves. Deposits, varying by their age and origin, are located in about a third of eastern Australia. In 2012, the demonstrated oil shale reserves were estimated at 58 billion tonnes. The easiest to recover deposits are located in Queensland. The developments started in the 1860s exploiting deposits in New South Wales and Tasmania. The oil shale industry stopped in 1952 and restarted in the late 1990s. In 2012, one pilot shale oil plant and several development projects operated in Queensland and Tasmania. Geology and reserves Oil shale deposits, varying by age and origin, are located in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. As of 2012 the total amount of the demonstrated resource is estimated at 58 billion tonnes. Of this about is recoverable, equating to the world's 8th largest resource. Oil shale deposits of Queensland and New South Wales are mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Australia
The eastern states of Australia are the states adjoining the east continental coastline of Australia. These are the mainland states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, and the island state of Tasmania. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory, while not states, are also included. On some occasions, the southern state of South Australia is also included in this grouping due to its economic ties with the eastern states. Regardless of which definition is used, the eastern states include the great majority of the Australian population. They contain the federal capital Canberra and Australia's three largest cities Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (all capitals of the respective east coast states), as well as the three largest non-capital cities in the country: Gold Coast, Queensland; Newcastle, New South Wales; and Wollongong, New South Wales. In terms of climate, the area is dominated by a humid subtropical zone, with some tropical (Queensland) and oceani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone () is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Gladstone has an urban population of 34,703, and together with Boyne Island and Tannum Sands, had an estimated population of 50,317 at August 2021. This urban area covers . It is by road north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, and south-east of Rockhampton. Situated between the Calliope and Boyne Rivers, Gladstone is home to Queensland's largest multi-commodity shipping port, the Port of Gladstone. Gladstone is the largest town within the Gladstone Region and the headquarters of Gladstone Regional Council is located in Gladstone. The Gladstone Region was formed in 2008 through the amalgamation of three former local government areas.. hich areas? History Before European settlement, the Gladstone region was home of the Gooreng Gooreng, Toolooa (or Tulua), Meerooni and Baiali (or Byellee) Aboriginal tribes. In May 1770, , under the command of James Cook, sailed by the entrance to Gladston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railton, Tasmania
Railton is a town situated 20 km inland from Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia's island state. In the , Railton had a population of 997. The locality is in the Kentish Council area, but with about 1% in the Latrobe LGA. History Railton was first surveyed in 1853 and a railway line through the town from Deloraine to Latrobe was completed in 1885. Early settlers who were mainly farmers and timber workers lived in slab huts. The new settlers quickly drove out the traditional owners of the area. The wider main street was built for the drovers mustering cattle to the railway station to be loaded for export. By the 1900s Railton had a flourishing timber trade with 2 sawmills. Railton has several topiaries in various locations around the town. Visit the "Town of Topiary" website for information on how to find them. Railton promotes itself as the "Town of Topiary". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latrobe, Tasmania
Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia on the Mersey River. It is 8 km south-east of Devonport on the Bass Highway. It is the main centre of the Latrobe Council. At the 2006 census, Latrobe had a population of 2,843. By the 2016 census, this had increased to 4,169. The locality is in the Latrobe Council area, but with a mere 0.1% in the Kentish Council LGA. History The area was first settled by B. B. Thomas in 1826 and, in 1861, the settlement was named for Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801–1875), the administrator of the colony of Tasmania. ''La Trobe'' Post Office opened on 31 August 1860 and was renamed ''Latrobe'' in 1873. Latrobe has a museum based in the old court house. Facilities The Mersey Community Hospital is located in Latrobe. It is approximately a 100-bed hospital that provides services including: ambulatory and emergency, general adult medicine, general paediatric medicine, general surgery including orthopaedic, ear, nose and throat, oph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleozoic Era; the following Triassic Period belongs to the Mesozoic Era. The concept of the Permian was introduced in 1841 by geologist Sir Roderick Murchison, who named it after the region of Perm in Russia. The Permian witnessed the diversification of the two groups of amniotes, the synapsids and the sauropsids ( reptiles). The world at the time was dominated by the supercontinent Pangaea, which had formed due to the collision of Euramerica and Gondwana during the Carboniferous. Pangaea was surrounded by the superocean Panthalassa. The Carboniferous rainforest collapse left behind vast regions of desert within the continental interior. Amniotes, which could better cope with these drier conditions, rose to dominance in place of their am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanite
Tasmanite is a sedimentary rock type almost entirely consisting of the prasinophyte alga ''Tasmanites''. It is commonly associated with high-latitude, nutrient-rich, marginal marine settings find in Tasmania. It is classified as marine type oil shale.Hutton, A.C. 1987. Petrographic classification of oil shales // Intern. J. Coal Geol. 1987. Vol. 8. P. 203–231. It is found in many oil-prone source rocks and, when present, contributes to the oil generation potential of the rock. Some sources also produce a red-brown translucent material similar to amber which has also been called tasmanite. See also *Cannel coal * Kukersite * Lamosite * Marinite *Torbanite *Oil shale geology Oil shale geology is a branch of geologic sciences which studies the formation and composition of oil shales–fine-grained sedimentary rocks containing significant amounts of kerogen, and belonging to the group of sapropel fuels. Oil shale f ... References Oil shale geology Oil shale in Australia< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seawater
Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, 35 ppt, 600 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one liter by volume) of seawater has approximately of dissolved salts (predominantly sodium () and chloride () ions). The average density at the surface is 1.025 kg/L. Seawater is denser than both fresh water and pure water (density 1.0 kg/L at ) because the dissolved salts increase the mass by a larger proportion than the volume. The freezing point of seawater decreases as salt concentration increases. At typical salinity, it freezes at about . The coldest seawater still in the liquid state ever recorded was found in 2010, in a stream under an Antarctic glacier: the measured temperature was . Seawater pH is typically limited to a range between 7.5 and 8.4. However, there is no universally accepted reference pH-scale for seawater and the difference between measurement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnarvon Creek
Carnarvon and Caernarvon are forms of the name Caernarfon which are no longer used for the town in north Wales, but remain in use in other contexts. The first two forms are in English orthography and the third is the Welsh spelling, adopted in English since the 1970s. Most places and things named after Caernarfon use one of the former spellings. Places Australia ;Queensland * Carnarvon Range * Carnarvon Highway, state highway * Carnarvon National Park ** Carnarvon Gorge * Carnarvon Park, Queensland, a locality in the Central Highlands Region * Carnarvon Station Reserve ;South Australia *County of Carnarvon (South Australia), a cadastral unit of land administration on Kangaroo Island ;Western Australia * Carnarvon (biogeographic region), IBRA region * Carnarvon, Western Australia, coastal town ** Carnarvon Airport (Australia) * Carnarvon County, Western Australia * Carnarvon Range (Western Australia) * Carnarvon Tracking Station * Carnarvon xeric shrublands, deserts and xeric sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaamba
Yaamba is a rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yaamba had a population of 62 people. Geography Yaamba is bounded by the Fitzroy River to the south and by its tributary Alligator Creek to the east. The town is in the south of the locality beside the river. The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east ( Milman) where it is locally known as Yaamba Road. It passes to the immediate north of the town, after which it is locally known as Kunwarara Road, and exits to the west ( Canoona). The North Coast railway line also passes through the locality from east to west, roughly parallel and north of the highway. The town is served by Yaamba railway station (). The land is predominantly used for grazing. There are two clusters of housing in the town, one cluster is around the highway and railway station; the other is further south nearer the river. History The Darumbal (Tarumbul, Tharoombool) language region inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoorin, Queensland
Nagoorin is a rural town in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of four small townships within the locality of Boyne Valley along with Ubobo, Builyan, and Many Peaks. History Nargoorin State School opened on 18 October 1915. Nagoorin Post Office opened by 1920 (a receiving office had been open from 1910, originally known as Degalil) and closed by 1982. Lake View Provisional School opened on 9 February 1910 but closed on 31 June 1917. On 27 February 1920 it reopened. It closed on 31 December 1936. Nagoorin State School opened on 18 October 15. Heritage listings Nagoorin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Norton Road: Norton Goldfield Education Nagoorin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2 Ubobo Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 12 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Boyne Valley. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Coolon
Mount Coolon is a rural town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 64 people. Geography The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all of the southern and western boundaries of Mount Coolon. The Sellheim River forms a small section of the northern border. The landscape is dotted with many waterholes and numerous peaks belonging to the Leichhardt Range. Mount Coolon has the following mountains: * Beaucazon Peak () * Bulgonunna Peak () * Bungobine Peak () * Carey Guille () * Mount Carmel () * Mount Douglas () * Mount Harry Marsh () * Mount Kroman () * Mount Loudon () * Mount Manaman () * Mount Patterson () * Mount Tindale () * Norcot Peak () * Rodborough Hill () * Scartwater Hill () * The Tor () * Whitestone Peak () History Mount Coolon was originally called ''Koala'', and was founded on Yangga tribal lands. It was renamed after Thomas Coolon, a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byfield, Queensland
Byfield is a rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. In the , Byfield had a population of 301 people (53.3% male, 46.7% female, in 87 family units). Geography Byfield is located in the midst of the Byfield National Park in Central Queensland, north west of the state capital Brisbane and north of the regional centre of Rockhampton. It is within the local government area of Shire of Livingstone (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Rockhampton Region). ''Waterpark Creek'' forms much of the north-eastern boundary. ''Sandy Creek'', a tributary of ''Waterpark'', also forms part of that boundary. History The locality's name is thought to be a corruption of Fifefield, a name shown on a 1859 sketch by pastoralist Colin Archer. Byfield State School opened its doors on 12 November 1923. At the , Byfield had a population of 275. In the , the locality of Byfield had a population of 261 people. In the , the locality of Byfield had a population of 301 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Seawater")