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Taroom
Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia. At the , Taroom had a population of 869 people. Geography The town is located on the Dawson River and the Leichhardt Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane, from Rockhampton and from Toowoomba. History Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt passed through the district in 1844, carving his initials and date on a coolibah tree that now stands in the centre of town. Leichhardt's carving is no longer visible following an alleged attempt to remove bark growing over the initials that removed the initials as well. Reporting the rich soils in the area, settlers began taking up land in 1845 and by 1850 a town had been established at a popular camping spot near the Dawson River. Originally named ''Bonners Knob'' the town was renamed Taroom, possibly after the nearby Taroom cattle station, on completion of the first post office in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockatoo, Queensland
Cockatoo is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cockatoo had a population of 36 people. Geography Cockatoo Creek flows through Cockatoo from east to west, eventually flowing to the Dawson River at . History Cockatoo State School opened on 23 January 1984 and closed on 31 December 2000. It was located in the south of Cockatoo on Pine Creek Road, possibly just over the border into present-day neighbouring Bungaban at . In the 2011 census, the population of Cockatoo was not separately reported but was included within neighbouring Taroom which had a combined population of 873 people. In the , Cockatoo had a population of 36 people. Education There are no schools in Cockatoo. The nearest school is Taroom State School in Taroom to the west which is a primary and secondary school to Year 10. There is no nearby secondary school to Year 12; distance education and boarding school are the alternatives. Notable people * Journalist Florence Eliza Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinnoul, Queensland
Kinnoul is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the Kinnoul had a population of 69 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south in parts by the Dawson River. The western edge of the locality is mountainous with elevations up to above sea level, falling to towards the south and east of the locality. An exception to this is Mount Kinnoul in the south-east of the locality () which rises to . Lynd Range () extends from neighbouring Broadmere to the north into Kinnoul. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 20 May 2005. However, the name has been in use since at least 1862 where it was part of a mail route from Taroom to Bungeworgorai. It probably takes its name from the Kinnoul pastoral lease taken out by Robert Miller and John Turnbull in 1851. In the Kinnoul had a population of 69 people. Economy There are a number of home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Banana
The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named for the burial site of a huge dun coloured 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. 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 2155. The name ''Banana'' does not relate to the fruit, but rather the area was named after a dun-coloured bullock called ''Banana''. On 20 April 1881 part of Banana Division was separated to create Duaringa Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Bana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornet Bank Massacre
The Hornet Bank massacre involves the killing of eleven settlers (seven members of the Fraser family, including a woman and five of her children) and one Aboriginal station-hand, by a group of Iman Aboriginal Australians. The massacre occurred at about one or two o'clock in the morning of 27 October 1857 at Hornet Bank station on the upper Dawson River near Eurombah in central Queensland, Australia. It has been moderately estimated that 150 Aboriginal people succumbed in subsequent punitive missions conducted by Native Police, private settler militias, and by William Fraser in or around Eurombah district. Indiscriminate shootings of "over 300" Aboriginal men, women, and children, however, were reportedly conducted by private punitive expedition some 400 kilometres eastward at various stations in the Wide Bay district alone. The result was the believed extermination of the entire Iman tribe and language group by 1858; this claim was disputed, however, and descendants of this gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Leichhardt
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, (23 October 1813 – c. 1848) was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.Ken Eastwood,'Cold case: Leichhardt's disappearance', Australian Geographic, AG Online, accessed online 7 August 2010 Early life Leichhardt was born on 23 October 1813 in the hamlet of Sabrodt near the village of Trebatsch, today part of Tauche, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (now within the Federal Republic of Germany). He was the fourth son and sixth of the eight children of Christian Hieronymus Matthias Leichhardt, farmer and royal inspector and his wife Charlotte Sophie, ''née'' Strählow. Between 1831 and 1836 Leichhardt studied philosophy, language, and natural sciences at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin but never received a university degree. He moved to England in 1837, continued his study of the natural sciences at various places, including the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a section of the Cunningham Highway. It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood. The highway is a state-controlled strategic road, except for the section concurrent with the Gore Highway, which is a state-controlled part of the National Network. History It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th Century that roughly parallels today's highway. Upgrade A project to replace the Banana Creek bridge, at a cost of $7.7 million, was completed in April 2022. List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway Travelling from south to north: * Goondiwindi * Moonie * Condamine * Miles * Guluguba * Wandoan * Taroom * Theodore * Banana * Dululu * Westwood Major intersections Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grosmont, Queensland
Grosmont is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Grosmont had a population of 141 people. Geography The Leichhardt Highway passes through the locality from south-east to north-east. History Grosmount State School opened on 4 February 1957. In the , Grosmont had a population of 141 people. Education Grosmont State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys at 2524 Grosmont Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 2 students with 3 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 1 non-teaching staff. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 2 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 1 non-teaching staff. There is no secondary school in Grosmont. The nearest government secondary schools are Wandoan State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Wandoan to the south-east and Taroom State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Taroom to the north. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest government school is Miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiman People
The Yiman, also known as Yeeman, Eoman or Jiman, and by themselves in modern times as Iman, are an Aboriginal Australian people living in the Upper Dawson River region around Taroom of eastern Central Queensland. Language Almost nothing is known directly about Yiman, because the tribe was thought to have been wiped out before any words could be recorded. Society Yiman people persist as they have for tens of thousands of years. While little may be known to the general public about Yiman social structure, Yiman people survive and thrive. Their territory borders Wuli Wuli, Wadjigu, Garingbul, Gungabula, Mandandanji and Barunggam language regions. In a settler crusade to hunt them down, in late 1857, many of the Yiman victims killed were examined to see if they bore on their chests the distinct boomerang design typical of the Yiman thought responsible for the Fraser family massacre. History Records of the Yiman mainly concern the Hornet Bank massacre which took place on 27 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Creek, Queensland (Banana Shire)
Spring Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the Spring Creek had a population of 15 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the Dawson River. The Glebe Weir () impounds the river to the south-west. Gilbert Range () commences in Gwambegwine, continues through Ghinghinda and Taroom, ending in the west of Spring Creek. Mount Moss in the north-east of the locality () is above sea level. The Precipice National Park () occupies the north-east corner of the locality. Apart from the protected area within the national park, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. There is a small amount of crop growing in the south of the locality near the Dawson River with irrigated crops near the weir. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 30 April 1999. Swindle Hill () takes its name from a gold mine fraud. In the 1850s some gold had been found in the hill and in the 1862 prospectors dug a shaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurombah, Queensland
Eurombah is a rural locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eurombah had a population of 67 people. Geography The '' Dawson River'' forms part of the northern boundary. The neighbourhoods of Peek-A-Doo and Hornet Bank are within the locality. History The Hornet Bank massacre in 1857 happened nearby. The Peek-A-Doo State School opened on 3 February 1964 at 10118 Roma Taroom Road (). It was mothballed on 13 April 2010 (having no students). In June 2010, there was outrage when it was announced that the then-mothballed school would be allocated $250,000 by the Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution school building program to construct a resource centre. However, it was not constructed as the school closed on 31 December 2010. The school's website was archived. In the , Eurombah had a population of 67 people. Heritage listings Eurombah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glebe, Queensland
Glebe is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the Glebe had a population of 24 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Dawson River (Queensland), Dawson River. The Glebe Weir () impounds the river to the south-west. The predominant land use is Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. There is a small amount of crop growing in the north-west of the locality near the Dawson River with irrigated crops near the weir. History In the Glebe had a population of 24 people. Heritage listings Glebe has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Taroom-Cracow Road: The Glebe Homestead References External links {{Banana Shire Glebe, Queensland, Shire of Banana Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwambegwine, Queensland
Gwambegwine is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, 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 , establishe ..., Australia. In the , Gwambegwine had a population of 20 people. Road infrastructure The Taroom Bauhinia Downs Road runs through from south-east to north. References {{Shire of Banana Shire of Banana Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
