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Dalveen
Dalveen is a town and a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , Dalveen had a population of 335 people. Geography The town is located in the south of the locality. The New England Highway enters the locality from the north ( The Glen) and exits to the south ( Cottonvale); it bypasses the town just to the west. The Southern railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Silverwood) and passes through the town (being served by the Dalveen railway station ) and then exits to the south (Cottonvale). History The name ''Dalveen'' derives from locality name given by settler John Flint, who named it after Dalveen Pass in Lanark, Scotland. Stanthorpe Road Provisional School opened on 12 August 1878. In 1879 it was renamed North Maryland Provisional School. In 1892 it was renamed Dalveen State School on 18 January 1892. The section of the Southern railway line from Cherry Gully via Dalveen to Stanthorpe opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalveen Pass
The Lowther Hills, also sometimes known as the Lowthers, are an extensive area of hill country in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, though some sub-ranges of hills in this area also go under their own local names - see "Hillwalking" below. They form a roughly rhomboidal or lozenge shape on the map with the acute angles being to north and south. It has river valleys along its boundaries to north east (Clydesdale) and south west (Nithsdale) which carry the two largest arterial routes northwards into the west side of the Central Belt of Scotland. A string of small towns have long since developed along these routes. Most of the Lowther Hills lie in the Administrative County of Dumfries and Galloway, though part in the administrative county of South Lanarkshire moves into them around the village of Leadhills and the Daer Reservoir. Etymology There is some obscurity surrounding the name ''Lowther''. Derivation from the early Irish ''lothur'' meaning "a canal, a trench", in this sense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottonvale, Queensland
Cottonvale is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , Cottonvale had a population of 148 people. It contains the town of Cotton Vale. Geography The South Western railway line enters the locality from the north-east ( Dalveen) and exits to the south ( Thulimbah). The town of Cotton Vale is at is located beside the Cotton Vale railway station in the east of the locality. The New England Highway also traverses the locality from the north-east (Dalveen) to the south-east (Thulimbah), always remaining east of the railway line and bypassing the town. History After World War I, the area was opened up as a soldier settlement focused on fruit growing. The town was named after the Cotton Vale railway station, which was in turn named in 1920 by the Queensland Railways Department after orchardist Edward Cotton, who was believed to be the first from his district to enlist as a soldier in World War I. Cottonvale Provisional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverwood, Queensland
Silverwood is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Silverwood had a population of 38 people. Geography Mount Silverwood is in the west of the locality () rising to above sea level. Connolly Dam is a reservoir in the centre of the locality (). Originally known as Silverwood Dam, it was renamed Connolly Dam after Dan Connolly, who was Mayor of Warwick in 1910 and again from 1924 to 1932. The Southern railway line enters the locality from the north ( Morgan Park) and meanders south through the locality, passing through the Cherry Gully tunnel, before exiting to the south ( Dalveen). The locality is served by Silverwood railway station (). History A railway camp was established to build the Big Tunnel (now known as the Cherry Gully Tunnel) on the Southern railway line. Big Tunnel Camp School opened on 4 August 1879 as a private school for children of railway workers before a teacher was supplied by the Department of Public Instructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Gully, Queensland
Cherry Gully is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people. History The locality takes its name from a local gully name. There are a number of stories about the name of the gully. One story is that in mid-nineteenth century a cask of sherry fell from a wagon into the gully, with the word ''sherry'' being corrupted later to ''cherry''. In another story, carriers stopped at the gully and drank sherry from the cargo to excess and again the word ''sherry'' was corrupted to ''cherry''. The other story is that the gully has many wild cherry trees. Cherry Gully Provisional School opened in 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Cherry Gully State School. It closed circa 1916. It was on Old Stanthorpe Road (), now within the neighbouring locality of Dalveen to the south-west. Demographics In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 9 people. In the , Cherry Gully had a population of 18 people. Education Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbow Valley, Queensland
Elbow Valley is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of New South Wales. In the , Elbow Valley had a population of 95 people. History The locality presumably takes its name from the Elbow River, which was named by botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham in his field notes on 6 June 1827. Elbow Valley Provisional School opened on 17 July 1882. On 1 January 1909, it became Elbow Valley State School. It closed in 1946. It was on O'Deas Road (). Westmore State School opened on 1916 and closed on 1923. This school described as from Killarney was presumably in the vicinity of Westmore Road () and the Westmoor pastoral property, and may have been associated with the Westmore Cheese factory which opened in January 1914 and was from the school. It was a "tent school" and officially opened on 1 July 1916 by Francis Grayson, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cunningham, with food provided by the cheese factory. In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleurbaix, Queensland
Fleurbaix is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Fleurbaix had a population of 56 people. Geography The north of the locality is hilly and undeveloped; it is part of the Herries Range. The south of the locality is also hilly. The area in-between is flatter and is used for farming. A number of creeks flow through this area. History The locality was established as a soldier settlement area which was named after its railway station. The name was proposed by surveyor George Grant and refers to the site of French World War I Battle of Fleurbaix which involved the 5th Australian Division on 19 July 1916. Construction commenced on the Amiens railway line The Amiens railway line was a branch railway in the Granite Belt region of Queensland, Australia, branching from the Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern Line at Cottonvale, Queensland, Cottonvale between Warwick, Queensland, Warwick and ... in 1919 and the line was opened on 7 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pozieres, Queensland
Pozieres is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Pozieres had a population of 145 people. Geography Pozieres railway station is an abandoned railway station () on the now-closed Amiens branch railway of the Southern railway line. History Following World War I, Pozieres was one of the Pikedale soldier settlements established in the Granite Belt area of the Darling Downs. As part of this initiative, the Amiens branch railway was constructed west of Cottonvale. The line was not built to convey passengers but rather to transport fruit from the soldiers' orchards to markets in Brisbane and Sydney. The line was opened on 7 June 1920 and it closed on 28 February 1974. The name ''Pozieres'' comes from the Pozieres railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, which in turn was suggested by surveyor George Grant and the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia, commemorating the famous World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. It has an estimated operating budget of A$22.8 million. History The majority of the former Warwick Shire is home to the Githabul people who have lived around this area for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the early 1840s. The current area of the Southern Downs Region existed as two distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Warwick; which in turn consisted of four previous local government areas: ** the City of Warwick; ** the Shire of Allora; ** the Shire of Glengallan; ** the Shire of Rosenthal; * and the Shire of Stanthorpe. The City of Warwick came into being as the Warwick Municipality on 25 May 1861 under the ''Municipalities Act 1858'', a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glen, Queensland
The Glen is a rural locality in the Southern Downs 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 , establishe ..., Australia. In the , The Glen had a population of 31 people. References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passchendaele, Queensland
Passchendaele is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Passchendaele had a population of 30 people. The undeveloped town of Messines is located within the locality (). Passchendaele's postcode is 4380. History The locality takes its name from the former Passchendaele railway station on the Amiens railway line which served the soldier settlement fruit growing areas. It was named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, after the famous battleground in World War I. Similarly, the town of Messines took its name from the Messines railway station on the Amiens line in the soldier settlement area. It was named after the village of Messines in West Flanders, about 15 kilometres south of Ypres, where Australian troops fought in the 1917 Battle of Messines. In the , Passchendaele had a population of 30 people. Education There are no schools in Passchendaele. The nearest government primary schools are Pozieres State School in neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Railway Line
The Southern railway line serves the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The long line branches from the Western line at Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, and proceeds south through Warwick and Stanthorpe to the New South Wales/Queensland state border at Wallangarra. History The first section of the Southern railway opened from the end of the Main Line railway at Toowoomba to Millhill to the north of Warwick, on 9 January 1871, the line terminating there to save the cost of a bridge over the Condamine River. In 1872, tin was discovered at Stanthorpe, but disagreement over the route to be taken through Warwick resulted in the approval to extend the line not being given until 1877. The difficult terrain south of Warwick required two tunnels, one through solid rock which took two years to excavate, and the line opened to Stanthorpe on 3 May 1881. The Dalveen Tunnel was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000. The Southern line was completed to Walla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave, Queensland
Palgrave is a rural locality in the Southern Downs 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 , establishe ..., Australia. In the , Palgrave had a population of 17 people. History The locality takes its name from the parish name, which in turn is thought to be named after an officer of the Aberdeen Company operating several pastoral runs in the area or after a senior public servant. References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
