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Hivesville, Queensland
Hivesville is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Hivesville had a population of 169 people. Geography The town is located on the Proston-Wondai road, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. History Hivesville, originally referred to informally as Proston (a term inclusive of the whole district West of Mondure at the time, as well as the first buildings which became the town), was allocated the official name of Jaumbill by the Railways Department. Jaumbill is believed to be an Aboriginal word in the Waka language meaning ''yam''. On the request of James Braidwood Edwards, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Nanango, the town was named Hivesville, after George Hives, a pioneer settler. On 2 March 1923, the Queensland Railways Department named the railway station Hivesville. The Hives family owned substantial property around the site of the town (centred on Sunday Creek Station) from the ... [...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 (Australia), 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, Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Edwards (Queensland Politician)
James Braidwood Edwards (3 February 1879 – 9 July 1952) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Edwards was born at Hamilton, Victoria, the son of David Edwards and his wife Jane Drew (née Henderson). He was educated in Warracknabeal and arrived in Queensland in 1898 where he took up farming on the Darling Downs. He moved to the Kingaroy district in 1908 where he remained for the rest of his life and took up dairy farming. In 1903 he married Mary Emma Adler (died 1967)Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 10 June 2016. and together had five sons and four daughters. He died in July 1952 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne Gaythorne is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gaythorne had a population of 3,023 people. Geography Gaythorne is located seven kilometres north-west of the Brisbane central business district. It is bounded to ... () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Australia Libraries in Brisbane Family hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mail (Brisbane)
The ''Daily Mail'' was a newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1903 to 1933. History The newspaper was founded by Charles Hardie Buzacott. Its first issue appeared on 3 October 1903. From June to December 1915 it was titled the ''Brisbane Daily Mail''. It was last published on 26 August 1933, after which it merged with the '' Brisbane Courier'' by Keith Murdoch and became ''The Courier-Mail'', which is still Brisbane's main daily newspaper. Digitisation The digitisation of the newspaper has commenced as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta .... As April 2019, part of 1903 and the years 1916 to 1926 have been digitised. References External links * {{tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keysland
Keysland is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Keysland had a population of 12 people. Geography The land use in Keysland includes cropping, horticultural, plantation forestry, but is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. History The name of the district is presumed to derived from the surname of an early settler, Eric John Keys, who was resident in the district circa 1913 to circa 1959. Keysland State School opened on 11 May 1915 and closed on 31 December 1974. It was on the south-western corner of Wondai Proston Road and Kayes Road (). It provided primary school education to children residing in the localities of Keysland, Kawl Kawl and Mount McEuen. In the , Keysland had a population of 12 people. Education There are no schools in Keysland. The nearest primary schools are Wheatlands State School in Wheatlands to the east and Proston State School in Proston to the north-west. The nearest secondary schools are Proston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stonelands
Stonelands is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stonelands had a population of 51 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north-east and east by Barambah Creek, which is a tributary of the Burnett River, and to the south-west by Gayndah Hivesville Road. Beninfi State Forest is in the north-west of the locality and Woroon State Forest 2 is in the west of the locality extending into neighbouring Wigton. Apart from the state forests, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop-growing and plantation forestry. History Stonelands State School opened on 25 January 1932 and closed on 31 March 1967. It was at 983 Stonelands Road (). It was immediately west of the homestead of Stonelands pastoral station (). In the , Stonelands had a population of 51 people. Education There are no schools in Stonelands. The nearest government primary schools are Windera State School in neighbouring Windera to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinleymore
Kinleymore is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Kinleymore had a population of 93 people. Geography The Proston railway line enters the locality from the east ( Hivesville), passes through Kinleymore railway station () in the centre of the locality, and then exits to the west (Proston). The line no longer operates and the station is abandoned. History The locality was named after three of the original settlers in the area by combining parts of their surnames (Kinnear, Leys, Morey), and also used this as the railway station name from 2 March 1923. Previously the railway station was called ''Mobill'' (reported as a Waka language Waka is an Adamawa language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, NaìjÃrÃyà , yo, Nà ìjÃrÃà , pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated betwe ... word meaning ''stony country''). Kinleymore Provisional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedwell, Queensland
Speedwell is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Speedwell had a population of 28 people. History Speedwell Provisional School operated from 12 August 1912 to July 1913 as a half-time provisional school with Abbeywood Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). It then became a full-time provisional school (having its own teacher). On 1 January 1915, it became Speedwell State School. It closed in 1962. It was at the kink in Speedwell School Road (). Speedwell Baptist Church opened on Sunday 16 April 1916. In 1967, the church building and congregation relocated to Proston Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The town is located north-west of the state capital, Brisbane northwest of the South Burnett regions commercial centre, Kingaroy and south .... In the , Speedwell had a population of 28 people. References Further reading * â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalworth, Queensland
Stalworth is a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stalworth had a population of 33 people. History The locality was officially named and bounded by government on 16 October 1998, although the locality name has been used since the earliest days of settlement. A hall was built at Stalworth which hosted dances and social events for many years. It opened on Saturday 21 September 1929 and was later extended with significant alternations and improvements which were opened on Saturday 3 March 1934. Church services and activities were also held in the hall regularly. A Stalworth branch society within the Christian Endeavour movement met in the hall and they hosted the Weinholt Christian Endeavour Union rally there in 1937. Other social activities in the district included the formation of a Stalworth local soccer team. There was also a cheese factory at Stalworth for a short time. Newspaper articles from 1925 report that it was destroyed by fire o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbeywood, Queensland
Abbeywood is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Abbeywood had a population of 23 people. History Abbeywood Provisional School operated between August 1912 and July 1913 as a half-time school with Speedwell Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). In November 1914, Abbeywood State School was established, closing on 31 December 1969. It was at 402 Cridlands Road (). The name of the district was selected by schools' inspector Clement Lynam Fox when he approved the establishment of Abbeywood State School, choosing the name of his home town in England. Prior to this the area was known interchangeably as the 'Overseas Settlement' or the 'Oswestry Grange Settlement', these names arising from the fact that a number of the newly surveyed blocks for selection were reserved for new immigrants and many of these had arrived on the ship Oswestry Grange. These early settlers formed a progress association which agit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a State of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating the relationships between all state and territory governments and the Australian Government. Under the Australian Constitution, all states and territories (including Queensland) ceded powers relating to certain matters to the federal government. The government is influenced by the Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government. The Governor of Queensland, as the representative of Charles III, King of Australia, holds nominal executive power, although in practice only performs ceremonial duties. In practice executive power lies with the Premier and Cabinet. The Cabinet of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proston Railway Line
The Proston railway line is a branch railway from Murgon to Proston in south-east Queensland, Australia. History On 7 December 1914 Queensland Parliament approved a branch line to run west from Murgon to Proston in south-east Queensland. Although construction began in late 1915, a shortage of rails and the impact of the war impeded progress and, after suspending work in 1920 for some two years, the line opened on 24 February 1923.Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Press 1990 Stops were established at Barlil, Byee, Gueena, Mondure, Kawl Kawl, Hivesville and Kinleymore en route to Proston. The villages of Byee and Mondure can attribute their existence to the establishment of the line, however Hivesville was already an established centre by the time of construction, predating it by at least a decade and it subsequently became a thriving service centre for the district in the immediate years after the line's opening. Proston township developed around the site o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
