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Jimbour West, Queensland
Jimbour West is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Jimbour West had a population of 56 people. Geography Jimbour West is bounded to the east by the Dalby–Jandowae Road. The land is flat at elevation above sea level. The predominant land use is cropping. Kuyura is a neighbourhood () around the former Kuyuru railway station () on the closed Jandowae railway line. There were two other stations on the line in Jimbour West: * Cresley railway station () * Marnhull railway station () History The locality takes its name from the town of Jimbour, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral run Jimbour Station, which was named in 1841 by pastoralist Henry Dennis using an Aboriginal word meaning either ''sheep'' or ''good grass''. In the Jimbour West had a population of 56 people. Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Birriwa () * Bundarra () * Carmyle () * Coolibah () * Coondara () * Cresley () * Delor ... [...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] |
Tuckerang, Queensland
Tuckerang is a rural locality in the Western 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 , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Tuckerang had a population of 85 people. Geography Inverai is a neighbourhood in the north-west of locality (). Haystack is a neighbourhood in the south-west of the locality on the boundary with Warra (). History George Wood acquired land in the area in 1906 which he called ''Inverai'', which is suspected to be a name he made up. Inverai Provisional School opened on 5 October 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Inverai State School. It closed on 31 December 1960. It was on the north-western corner of Inverai Road and Warra Canaga Creek Road (). Daiwan State School opened in 1910. It may also have been known as Haystack Plains State S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jandowae
Jandowae is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Jandowae had a population of 1,047 people. Geography The town is west of the Brisbane. the capital of the state of Queensland. It sits within the Indigenous country of Barunggam, the traditional lands of the Barunggam people. Bush Grove is a neighbourhood (). Jandowae railway station is an abandoned railway station () on the closed Jandowae railway line. Road infrastructure Dalby–Jandowae Road enters from the south, Kingaroy–Jandowae Road enters from the north-east, and Jandowae Connection Road exits to the north-west. History Baranggum (also known as Barrunggam, Barunggam Parrungoom, Murrumgama) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Baranggum people. The Baranggum language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Western Downs Regional Council, particularly Dalby, Tara, Jandowae and west towards Chinchill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimbour Station
Jimbour is a heritage-listed homestead on one of the earliest stations established on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, It is important in demonstrating the pattern of early European exploration and pastoral settlement in Queensland, Australia. The building is associated with the development of the Darling Downs and of the pastoral industry in Queensland and is important in demonstrating the wealth and ambition of early Queensland pastoralists. Jimbour House was an ambitious structure in terms of size, style and finish and was intended to support the social and political aspirations of Joshua Peter Bell, an important politician and businessman as well as grazier. It is unique in Queensland as the only genuinely grand country house in the English manner to be built in the state. Other substantial stone homesteads of the era, such as Talgai, Glengallan and Westbrook, came nowhere near to rivalling Jimbour in either size or opulence. History The property was fir ... [...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] |
Jandowae Railway Line
The Jandowae Branch Railway was a railway line from Dalby to Jandowae in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. History The Darling Downs is a very fertile agricultural area in South East Queensland, and was the destination of the first railway built by the State government to facilitate transport and encourage development and immigration. The main line arrived in 1868, and was extended west commencing a decade later. Despite being a productive valley, with Jimbour House being one of the earliest settled areas in the region, a railway was not approved until December 1911, the line opening on 13 August 1914. Initially the junction was situated at Mahar, about 3 kilometres west of Dalby, but a parallel line was built to Dalby within a few years to save on the cost of staffing the junction. The line was undulating, with a maximum grade on 1 in 73 (~1.37%) in the northwest bound direction, and 1 in 83 (~1.2%) in the southeast direction, with curves of a minimum 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalby–Jandowae Road
Dalby–Jandowae Road is a continuous road route in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The road is signed as State Route 82. Dalby–Jandowae Road (number 421) is a state-controlled regional road. Route Description The Dalby–Jandowae Road commences at an intersection with the Warrego Highway (A2) in . It runs north through and the south-western corner of , where it passes the exit to Macalister–Bell Road, before passing between Jimbour East and , and then between Jimbour West and . The road enters as High Street and ends at an intersection with George Street, which runs east to become Kingaroy–Jandowae Road. The physical road continues north as Jandowae Connection Road (High Street) (State Route 82). Land use along this road is almost exclusively crop farming. The former railway line followed the road for most of its length. Road condition Dalby–Jandowae Road is fully sealed. The steepest incline on the road is only about 3%. Jandowae Connection ... [...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_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Downs Region
Western Downs Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The Western Downs Regional Council manages an area of , which is slightly smaller than Switzerland, although with a population of 34,467 in June 2018, it is over 228 times less densely populated. The area is home to prime farming land and thus agriculture is a major industry in the area. Dalby, the biggest town in the region is home to the second largest cattle saleyards in Australia. The Dalby Saleyards process over 200,000 cattle annually in its facility which is comparable to Rockhampton and Casino. The Western Downs Regional Council's Corporate Office is situated at 30 Marble Street, Dalby. History Baranggum (also known as Barrunggam, Barunggam Parrungoom, Murrumgama) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Baranggum people. The Baranggum language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Western Downs Regional Council, particularly Dalby, Tara, Jando ... [...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] |
Warra, Queensland
Warra is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Warra had a population of 205 people. Geography Warra is on the Darling Downs, a farming area in Queensland. It is on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. The locality is bounded to the north by Haystack Road and Seigmeiers Road and to the south-west by the Condamine River. The town is located to the west of centre of the locality. The Warrego Highway and Western railway line enter the locality from the south-east (Macalister), pass through the town, and exit to the west (Brigalow). Warra railway station serves the town (). The highway is known as Thorne Street within the town. Haystack is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality on the boundary with Tuckerang (). The land use is a mixture of dry and irrigated cropping with some grazing on native vegetation. History The town takes its name from the Warra Warra pastoral run, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
