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Gladfield, Queensland
Gladfield is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Gladfield had a population of 57 people. History The locality name was derived from a pastoral run taken up in the 1840s, first by the Leslie brothers and later by Neil Ross who sold it in 1852, later becoming party of the Maryvale run. Gladfield Provisional School opened on 1 August 1887. On 1 January 1909 it became Gladfield State School. It closed on 1967. In the Gladfield had a population of 57 people. Notable residents Former Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite c ... coach Wayne Bennett owns 32 hectares of farmland out in Gladfield. References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones. 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 mean time. Now, Western Australia uses Western Standard Time; South Australia and the Northern Territory use Central Standard Time; while New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory use Eastern Standard Time. Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Southern Downs
Southern Downs is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 2001 as a replacement for Warwick. The district takes in the southern parts of the Darling Downs region along the New South Wales border. It includes the major towns of Warwick, Stanthorpe and Goondiwindi and extends westward almost to St George. It includes a number of smaller communities such as: * Allora * Cecil Plains * Inglewood * Killarney * Leyburn * Millmerran * Texas * Wallangarra * Yelarbon Darling Downs has traditionally been a conservative area, and Southern Downs is no exception. It has been a comfortably safe seat for the Liberal National Party and its predecessor, the National Party for its entire existence. Predecessor seat Warwick had been in the hands of a non-Labor party since 1947. The seat's first member, Lawrence Springborg Lawrence James Springborg (born 17 February 1968) is an Australian politician. He led the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Maranoa
The Division of Maranoa is an Australian electoral division in Queensland. Maranoa extends across the Southern Outback and is socially conservative. In the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, Pauline Hanson's One Nation finished ahead of Labor, reaching 20% of the primary vote. Maranoa is a stronghold for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The current MP is David Littleproud, former Minister of Agriculture and current leader of the National Party. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goomburra, Queensland
Goomburra is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Goomburra had a population of 259 people. Inverramsay is a neighbourhood in Goomburra (). Geography Goomburra is on the Darling Downs. It is the valley of Dalrymple Creek which flows from east to west away from the Great Dividing Range towards Allora. The creek eventually becomes a tributary of the Condamine River, part of the Murray-Darling river system. Goomburra railway station is an abandoned railway station on the closed Goomburra railway line (). History The town's name came from the name of a pastoral run operated by pastoralist Patrick Leslie from 1840 to 1841. It is an Aboriginal word which is either a corruption of ''gooneburra'' meaning ''fire black tribe'', or which means a ''shield derived from the kurrajong tree''. Goomburra State School opened on 25 April 1881. It closed temporarily in 1905 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryvale, Queensland (Southern Downs Region)
Maryvale is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Maryvale had a population of 303 people. Geography Maryvale is on the Darling Downs on the Cunningham Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane. Glengallan Creek which rises on the western slopes of the Main Range is a tributary of the Condamine River. It passes through the locality from east to west. The creek is a source of irrigated water for terraced crops in the area. At the southern and northern boundaries of Maryvale, elevations rise to greater than 900 m above sea level. History The town's name is derived from a pastoral property name first used about 1847 probably by Patrick Leslie or James Hay. A pastoral station was selected in the area in about 1840 by John Cameron. However, Cameron found it difficult to transport the wool from their sheep down through Cunninghams Gap to be sold. Therefore, he relocated into the Fassifern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Freestone, Queensland
Upper Freestone is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Upper Freestone had a population of 90 people. Geography Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park has two non-contiguous sections. The larger of the two is in the north of the locality () extending further north into Gladfield. Freestone Creek (which rises on the western side of the Great Dividing Range) enters the locality from the east on the boundary between Maryvale and Swanfels and flows through the locality exiting to the west ( Freestone). It is part of the Murray-Darling drainage basin. History Freestone Creek (No 2) Provisional School opened on 19 October 1874. It was renamed Freestone Creek Upper Provisional School circa 1879. In 1885 it became Freestone Creek Upper State School. In 1940 it was renamed Freestone Upper State School. It closed in 1964. The school was on Upper Freestone School Road (). In 1883 of land was reserved for the Upper Freestone cemetery. A ceme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestone, Queensland
Freestone is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Freestone had a population of 217 people. Geography Freestone is predominantly flat farming land (500–600 metres above sea level) with the northernmost part of the locality being the Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park containing Mount Dumaresq () at . History Mount Dumaresq was named by explorer Allan Cunningham (botanist), Allan Cunningham on 8 June 1827, probably after road engineer William John Dumaresq, the brother-in-law of the New South Wales Governor Ralph Darling.In about 1864 Rev. J.B. Watkin, a Wesleyanism, Wesleyan, commenced services in private homes in the area. On 2 January 1865, a public meeting was held to erect a chapel for regular services. James and Charles G. Wilson donated the land on their property adjacent to the main Freestone Road. On Sunday 4 February 1866, the first service was held in the new Freestone Wesleyan M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clintonvale, Queensland
Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clintonvale had a population of 74 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east ( Gladfield) to south-west ( Glengallan). Mount Stewart rises to in the north of the locality (). History The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s. Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915, it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001. It was at 22 Clintonvale School Road (). As at April 2021, the school building is still extant. The school's website was archived. The Maryvale railway line opened from the Southern railway line to Maryvale on 30 September 1911, with Clintonvale being served by the Clintonva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundarie ... [...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 ... [...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_t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Brothers
Patrick Leslie (25 September 1815 – 12 August 1881) was a Scottish settler in Australia. Leslie and his two brothers (Walter and George) were the first to settle on the Darling Downs, and he was the first person to buy land in Warwick. Early life Partick Leslie was born in Warthill, also known as Meikle Wartle in Aberdeenshire on 25 September 1815. He was the second son of William and Jane Leslie. His father was the 8th Laird of Folla and 9th Laird of Warthill, JP, DL, 27th in line of descent from the 1st Baron of Balquhain. The Leslies were members of the Church of Scotland. In December 1834, Leslie left London as a passenger aboard the convict transport ''Emma Eugenia'', arriving in Sydney in May 1835. By 1836 he was managing Collaroi, a property owned by his uncle, Walter Stevenson Davidson, in the Cassilis district of New South Wales. Later on he rented Dunheved farm at Penrith. Leslie was a poor manager however, and his activities drew criticism from his uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
