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Grain Storage Structures In Western Australia
Grain storage structures – also known as ''bins'' or ''wheat bins'' in local popular usage – are grain silos spread around Western Australia, primarily in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), wheatbelt region, at CBH grain receival points, grain receival locations. Historically they have been linked with the Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia, and the transport of grain to the ports of Western Australia for export by the CBH Group. Structure types In 2003, CBH published a document "Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd's grain storage system in Western Australia". Historically there were major structures found at Midland, Western Australia, Midland/Bellevue, Western Australia, Bellevue, it was a rail based storage while at Fremantle and Bunbury, Western Australia, Bunbury there were grain storage silos that were part of the port loading facilities. The identification of the types of installations was made as follows: * Horizontal 'H' type (1933+) circular wall * Horizo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth Now
''The Sunday Times'' is a tabloid Sunday newspaper published by Western Press Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Seven West Media, in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia. Founded as The West Australian Sunday Times, it was renamed The Sunday Times from 30 March 1902. Owned since 1955 by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia and corporate predecessors, the newspaper and its website ''PerthNow'', were sold to Seven West Media in 2016.SWM finalises purchase of The Sunday Times . '''', 8 November 2016, page 3 History Established by |
Minister For Planning (Western Australia)
Minister for Planning is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by John Carey of the Labor Party. The position was first created after the 1953 state election, for the government of Albert Hawke, and has existed in every government since then. The minister is responsible for the state government's Department of Planning, Lands & Heritage, and takes advice and recommendations from the Western Australian Planning Commission. Titles * 23 February 1953 – 3 March 1971: Minister for Town Planning * 3 March 1971 – 12 October 1971: Minister for Decentralisation and Town Planning * 12 October 1971 – 8 April 1974: Minister for Town Planning * 8 April 1974 – 25 February 1983: Minister for Urban Development and Town Planning * 25 February 1983 – 16 February 2001: Minister for Planning * 16 February 2001 – 23 September 2008: Minister for Planning and Infrastructure * 23 September 2008 – present: Minister for Planning List of ministers See also * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremantle Harbour
Fremantle Harbour is Western Australia's largest and busiest general cargo port and an important historical site. The inner harbour handles a large volume of sea containers, vehicle imports and livestock exports, cruise shipping and naval visits, and operates 24 hours a day. It is located adjacent to the city of Fremantle, in the Perth metropolitan region. Fremantle Harbour consists of the Inner Harbour, which is situated on the mouth of the Swan River; the Outer Harbour, which is south at Kwinana in Cockburn Sound and handles bulk cargo ports, grain, petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, alumina, mineral sands, fertilisers, sulphur and other bulk commodities; and Gage Roads, which is the anchorage between Rottnest Island and the mainland. The Inner Harbour includes northern and southern wharves named North Quay and Victoria Quay respectively. All of this area is managed by the Fremantle Port Authority, a government trading enterprise, under the registered business name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Western Times
The ''South Western Times'' is a weekly English language newspaper published for Bunbury, Western Australia, Bunbury and the South West (Western Australia), South West region in Western Australia. The newspaper was first published in 1888 and was originally titled the Southern Advertiser. The name was changed later the same year to the Southern Times and in 1917 it became the South Western Times. The distribution area includes many towns in the South West, including Bunbury, Western Australia, Bunbury, Boyanup, Western Australia, Boyanup, Capel, Western Australia, Capel, Donnybrook, Western Australia, Donnybrook, Collie, Western Australia, Collie, Harvey, Western Australia, Harvey, Balingup, Western Australia, Balingup and Darkan, Western Australia, Darkan. The paper is published every Thursday and in 2019 has a circulation of 6,300 and a readership of 19,000. See also * List of newspapers in Australia * List of newspapers in Western Australia References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Transport (Western Australia)
Minister for Transport is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Rita Saffioti of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1945, in the ministry formed by Frank Wise, and has existed in almost every government since then. The minister is responsible for the Department for Transport. Prior to 1974, there was a separate position called the Commissioner of Railways (1883–1902) or the Minister for Railways (1902–1974), with the holder of the position having responsibility solely for Western Australia's railways (including the Western Australian Government Railways). From 1947 to 1959, there was also a Minister for Supply and Shipping, who had responsibility for imports into Western Australia. List of transport ministers ;Titles * 3 August 1945 – present: Minister for Transport ---- List of railways ministers ;Titles * 10 July 1883 – 1 July 1902: Commissioner of Railways * 1 July 1902 – 8 April 1974: Minister for Railways ---- Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abernethy Road
Abernethy Road is a long minor arterial road linking Belmont with the Great Eastern Highway Bypass in Hazelmere, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It runs along the eastern boundary of the Perth Airport area. It serves as an alternative access road for Perth Airport (via Grogan Road), and provides the foothills suburbs with alternative access to the Perth central business district. In 2014, an on-ramp joining with Tonkin Highway where Abernethy Road passes underneath was constructed, as part of Gateway WA. Route description Beginning at the Great Eastern Highway in Belmont, the road passes in a south-easterly direction through residential Belmont before the Leach Highway, which it crosses. It proceeds through the industrial area towards Tonkin Highway, where it turns to a north-easterly direction, with the remainder of the route travelling through the industrial area of Forrestfield, High Wycombe, and Hazelmere. The road ends at the Great Eastern Highway Bypass, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverley, Western Australia
Beverley is a town in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of the state capital, Perth, between York, Western Australia, York and Brookton, Western Australia, Brookton on the Great Southern Highway. It is on the Great Southern Railway (Western Australia), Great Southern railway line. History The town is believed to be named after Beverley in Yorkshire, from where some of the earliest explorers of the Avon River (Western Australia), Avon valley originated, including Colonial Surgeon Charles Simmons, an early landowner in the district. Land at Beverley was set aside for a townsite in 1831, just two years after the Swan River Colony's foundation, after a glowing report to James Stirling (Australian governor), Governor James Stirling by Ensign (later Lieutenant) Robert Dale, who made three trips to the York, Western Australia, York-Beverley area. The district was surveyed in 1843. While settlers arrived from the 1860s onwards, and a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York, Western Australia
York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, east of Perth in the Wheatbelt, on Ballardong Nyoongar land,King, A and Parker, E: York, Western Australia's first inland town, Parker Print, 2003 p.3. and is the seat of the Shire of York. The name of the region was suggested by JS Clarkson during an expedition in October 1830 because of its similarity to his own county in England, Yorkshire.John E Deacon: A Survey of the Historical Development of the Avon Valley with Particular Reference to York, Western Australia During the Years 1830-1850, UWA, 1948. After thousands of years of occupation by Ballardong Nyoongar people, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1831, two years after Perth was settled in 1829. A town was established in 1835 with the release of town allotments and the first buildings were erected in 1836. The region was important throughout the 19th century for sheep and grain farming, sandalwood, cattle, goats, pigs and ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
