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Dunk, Queensland
Dunk is an island group Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality consisting of the Family Islands in the Coral Sea within the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dunk had a population of 23 people. Geography The named islands within the locality include (from north to south): *Mound Island (Purtaboi Island, ) *Dunk Island (Coonanglebah, ) *Mung Um Gnackum Island () *Kumboola Island () *Wolngarin Island () *Thorpe Island (Timana, ) *Bedarra Island (Richards Island, ) *Pee Rahm Ah Island () *Wheeler Island (Queensland), Wheeler Island () *Smith Island (Queensland), Smith Island () *Coombe Island () *Bowden Island (Budg-Joo Island, ) *Hudson Island (Coolah, ) Many of the islands are entirely within the Family Islands National Park (from north to south): Mound, Dunk (partially), Mung Um Gnackum, Kumboola, Wolngarin, Pee Rahm Ah Island, Wheeler, Smith, Coombe, Bowden and Hudson. History The locality presumably takes its name from the largest island, Dunk I ... [...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] |
Bedarra Island
Bedarra Island (also known as Richards Island) is one of the Family Islands group within the Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality of Dunk, Queensland, Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Bedarra Island is approximately seven kilometres off the tropical North Queensland coast, midway between Townsville and Cairns, the nearest coastal town being Mission Beach, Queensland, Mission Beach. It is in the middle of Family Islands National Park. The granite island was part of the mainland before the last sea level rise began 8,000 years ago. The island consists of pristine coral sandy beaches with coves formed by giant granite boulders and fringed with lush green jungle. Bedarra is a continental island made up of granite boulder formations that rise to moderately high rocky peaks, with steep granite escarpments on the north-easterly and south-easterly aspects. The Sandspit All the islands in the Family Group have a shelving sandspit at their nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuringowa City Council
The City of Thuringowa () was a city and local government area in North Queensland, Australia covering the northern and western parts of what is now Townsville. The suburb of Thuringowa Central is the main business centre in this area. Thuringowa was named after the German state of Thuringia where the shire's first chairman, John von Stieglitz, originated. Prior to its proclamation as a city on 1 January 1986, Thuringowa was a large rural shire, almost surrounding the City of Townsville. In 2007 the Queensland Government recommended that the Thuringowa City Council and the Townsville City Council be merged as part of the review of councils and boundaries, with the merged entity to be referred to as the Townsville City Council and the city being called the New Townsville City. The transition was completed with the election of a new combined Council on 15 March 2008. History Early history Prior to European settlement, the Nyawaygi Aboriginal people lived in the area around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Admiralty
The Admiralty was a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom that was responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Historically, its titular head was the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of its history, from the early Admiralty in the 18th century, 18th century until its abolition, the role of the Lord High Admiral was almost invariably put "in commission" and exercised by the Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty, who sat on the governing Board of Admiralty, rather than by a single person. The Admiralty was replaced by the Admiralty Board (United Kingdom), Admiralty Board in 1964, as part of the reforms that created the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence and its Navy Department (Ministry of Defence), Navy Department (later Navy Command (Ministry of Defence), Navy Command). Before the Acts of Union 1707, the Office of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, separated from the coast by a channel wide in places and over deep. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyp (zoology), polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN labelled it one of the Seven Wonders of the World#Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Seven Natural Wonders of the World in 1997. Australian World Heritage places included it in its list in 2007. The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland in 2006. A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, an urban agglomeration with a population of over 4 million. The Brisbane central business district, central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Brisbane's metropolitan area sprawls over the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Moreton Bay penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, Queensland, Redcliff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMQS Paluma
HMQS ''Paluma'' was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS ''Paluma''). She entered service on 28 October 1884, was decommissioned in 1916 and then sold to the Victorian Ports and Harbours Department, who operated her under the name ''Rip'' until 1948 when she was retired. She was scrapped in 1950–51. Construction Following the Jervois-Scratchley reports the colonial governments of Australia restructured their defence forces. One of the many outcomes of this report was the formation of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force. To equip the new force, the colonial government purchased two gunboats and a torpedo boat. ''Paluma'' was the second of the two gunboats purchased by the colony and was a sister ship of , which together formed the ''Gayundah'' class. This class was built to a type B1 flat-iron gunboat design from builders Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co at Newcastle-on-Tyne. They were improved ... [...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] |
Family Islands National Park
Family Islands National Park is an Australian national park comprising a group of continental islands lying a short distance off the coast, about midway between Cairns and Townsville, in Far North Queensland. Most of the area has been designated as part of the national park. The islands were given their collective name and also English names by Captain Cook when he sailed through the area in 1770. They were part of the mainland until roughly 8,000 years ago when the sea level rose. The Islands The largest of the Family Islands, their Aboriginal names, and their position in the "family" are: * Dunk Island ''(Coonanglebah)'' – the father * Richards Island ''( Bedarra)'' – the mother * Wheeler Island ''(Toolgbar)'' and Coombe Island ''(Coomba)'' – the twins * Smith Island (''Kurrumbah''), Bowden Island ''(Budjoo)'' and Hudson Island ''(Coolah)'' – the triplets. There are also a number of smaller islands: * Kumboola, which is connected to Dunk Island on particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson Island
Hudson Island is the southernmost island of the Family Islands group with the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The Aboriginal name for this island is ''Coolah Island''. It is located approximately 20 km East of Tully Heads. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has deemed this island a Sensitive Location and limits visits to two per week. Vegetation On the windswept south-eastern sides of the island woodlands of casuarinas, wattles and eucalypts grow among slabs of granite. Rainforest species such as figs, palms, milky pines and satin ash tree are found on the sheltered northern side of the island. See also *List of islands of Australia This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory. Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders. Largest islands The islands larger than are: * Tasmania (Tas) ; * Melville Island, Northern Territory (NT ... References Islands on the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowden Island
Bowden Island is one of the southern islands of the Family Islands group within the locality of Dunk, Queensland, Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 20 km East of Tully, Queensland, Tully Heads. The Aboriginal name for this island is Budg-Joo Island. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, GBRMPA has deemed this island a Sensitive Location and limited visits to 2 per week. References Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Islands of Far North Queensland Uninhabited islands of Australia Dunk, Queensland {{island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombe Island
Dunk is an island group locality consisting of the Family Islands in the Coral Sea within the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dunk had a population of 23 people. Geography The named islands within the locality include (from north to south): * Mound Island (Purtaboi Island, ) * Dunk Island (Coonanglebah, ) * Mung Um Gnackum Island () * Kumboola Island () * Wolngarin Island () * Thorpe Island (Timana, ) *Bedarra Island (Richards Island, ) * Pee Rahm Ah Island () * Wheeler Island () * Smith Island () * Coombe Island () *Bowden Island (Budg-Joo Island, ) *Hudson Island (Coolah, ) Many of the islands are entirely within the Family Islands National Park (from north to south): Mound, Dunk (partially), Mung Um Gnackum, Kumboola, Wolngarin, Pee Rahm Ah Island, Wheeler, Smith, Coombe, Bowden and Hudson. History The locality presumably takes its name from the largest island, Dunk Island. HMS ''Paluma'' arrived in Brisbane on 7 May 1885. Construction cost 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
