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Kuridala
Kuridala is a former mining township and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Kuridala had a population of 10 people. Geography Ballara () is the now abandoned ruins of a settlement that supported the Wee MacGregor Mine. It is the north-west of the locality. Road infrastructure The Cloncurry–Dajarra Road runs through from north to south-west. History The town was originally named ''Gulatten'', then ''Hampden'', then ''Friezland'', and finally Kuridala in October 1916. Kuridala is reportedly an Aboriginal word, language and dialect not recorded, meaning ''eagle hawk''. Friezland Provisional School opened circa 1901 and closed in 1904 due to low student numbers. It reopened in 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Friezland State School. In 1920 the school was renamed Kuridala State School in 1920. It closed circa 1932. Ballara State School opened circa May 1919 and closed circa March 1925. In the Kuridala had a population of 10 peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuridala Township Site
Kuridala Township site is a heritage-listed mining camp in the locality of Kuridala, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1880s to 1920s. It is also known as Hampden Township, Hampden Smelter, Kuridala Smelter, and Friezeland Township. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 June 2009. History Copper was discovered at Kuridala in 1884 and the Hampden mine commenced during the 1890s. A Melbourne syndicate took over operations in 1897 and with increasing development of the mine in 1905-06 the Hampden Cloncurry Limited company was formed. The township was surveyed as Hampden in 1910 (later called Friezland, and finally Kuridala in 1916). The Hampden Smelter operated from 1911 to 1920 with World War I being a particularly prosperous time for the company. After the war the operations and the township declined and the Hampden Cloncurry company ceased to exist in 1928. Tribute mining and further exploration and testing of the ore body has conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuridala, Queensland
Kuridala is a former mining township and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Kuridala had a population of 10 people. Geography Ballara () is the now abandoned ruins of a settlement that supported the Wee MacGregor Mine. It is the north-west of the locality. Road infrastructure The Cloncurry–Dajarra Road runs through from north to south-west. History The town was originally named ''Gulatten'', then ''Hampden'', then ''Friezland'', and finally Kuridala in October 1916. Kuridala is reportedly an Aboriginal word, language and dialect not recorded, meaning ''eagle hawk''. Friezland Provisional School opened circa 1901 and closed in 1904 due to low student numbers. It reopened in 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Friezland State School. In 1920 the school was renamed Kuridala State School in 1920. It closed circa 1932. Ballara State School opened circa May 1919 and closed circa March 1925. In the Kuridala had a population of 10 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloncurry–Dajarra Road
Cloncurry–Dajarra Road is a continuous road route in the Cloncurry local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled district road (number 7708) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It is a north-east to south-west link between the Barkly Highway and the Diamantina Developmental Road, servicing a number of cattle grazing and production areas in northern Queensland. Route description Cloncurry–Dajarra Road commences at an intersection with the Barkly Highway in , about west of the town. Starting as Cloncurry–Duchess Road it runs south until it approaches the railway line, where it turns south-west to parallel the line. At the southern boundary of the locality it crosses the line and enters . Ballara Nature Refuge occupies much of Kuridala. The road and the railway line each follow separate corridors through the nature refuge in a north–south direction. Nearing the southern extent of the nature refuge the road crosses the line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wee MacGregor Railway
Wee MacGregor railway is a heritage-listed tramway and railway associated with the former towns of Ballara and Hightville in the locality of Kuridala, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1909 to 1926. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 March 2019. History The Wee MacGregor tram and rail complex and the former towns of Ballara and Hightville are located in the Argylla Ranges between Cloncurry and Mount Isa in North West Queensland, in the traditional country of the Kalkadoon people. Constructed during an early 20th century boom in copper prices, the now-abandoned mining towns of Hightville and Ballara were surveyed in 1913 and 1914 respectively. The former western terminus (near Ballara) of a private narrow gauge railway line was constructed 1913-14 and a private gauge tramway, was constructed 1914-15 between Ballara and the Wee MacGregor mine. The complex includes a long ore transfer stage (), and a long tunnel (1914–15). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKinlay, Queensland
McKinlay is an outback town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of McKinlay had a population of 178 people. Geography McKinlay is in the Gulf Country in the remote north-west of Queensland, north west of the state capital Brisbane and south east of the regional centre of Mount Isa. The town is located slightly north of the centre of the locality. The Landsborough Highway enters the locality from the east (Kynuna), passes through the town along Kirby Street, and exits to the north-west (Kuridala, Queensland, Kuridala / Cloncurry, Queensland, Cloncurry). The McKinlay River (Queensland), McKinlay River enters the locality from the south-west (Selwyn, Queensland, Selwyn), flows immediately north-west of the town, exiting the locality to the north (Julia Creek, Queensland, Julia Creek) where it becomes a tributary of the Gilliat River, Gilliart River, ultimately becoming a tributary of the Flinders River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchess, Queensland
Duchess is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the , Duchess had a population of 23 people. Geography The town is in the east of the locality. The Cloncurry Duchess Road, which is part of the Cloncurry-Dajarra Road, passes through the locality from south to east, passing through the town. The Great Northern railway passes through the locality from east to north-west, passing through the town which is served by the Duchess railway station (). Duchess is surrounded by a series of stations including Mayfield station and Stradbroke station. The Dajarra railway line Butru is a neighbourhood () within the locality, which developed around the Butru railway station. Juenburra is neighbourhood () within the locality, which developed around the Juenburra railway station. Woobera is a neighbourhood () within the locality, which developed around the Woobera railway station. In the north of the locality, there is a watershed separating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tramways In Queensland
List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are: * Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles. * Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sugar Mill Name, of which not all mills have a Wikipedia article. * Miscellaneous tramways for which only limited information is available, ordered by Enterprise Name as contained in Wikipedia articles This list article does not include the Brisbane tramway network, the Brisbane Tramway Museum, the Gold Coast light rail, or the Rockhampton steam tram network. The information listed is derived from the references and from the wikilinked articles (including those in “See also”) Non sugar cane tramways Except where shown otherwise these tramways had a gauge of . They were regarded as tramways because of their lighter construction, and because they did not compete with government railways. The Mapleton Tramway, a former sugar cane tramwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloncurry, Queensland
Cloncurry is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cloncurry had a population of 2,719 people. Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry. Cloncurry is known as the ''Friendly Heart of the Great North West'' and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2017.Community Research Report - Cloncurry (QLD) Introduction (20 September 2002) Cloncurry was recognised for its liveability, winning the Queensland's Friendliest Town award twice by environmental movement Keep Queensland Beautiful, first in 2013 and again in 2018. Geography Cloncurry is situated in the north-west of Queensland, 770 kilometres west of the city of Townsvil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn, Queensland
Selwyn is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. Selwyn is now an abandoned mining town. In the the locality of Selwyn had a population of 50 people. History Selwyn takes its name from the Selwyn Range, which was named in turn after Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn, a geologist who was Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria from 1852 to 1869. It was formerly known as Mount Elliott after the prospector James Elliott who discovered copper and gold in the area in 1889. Mount Elliott Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Elliott State School. In 1912 it was renamed Selwyn State School. It closed circa 1936. On 15 December 1910 the Selwyn railway line opened to service the Hampden and Mount Elliott mines. It was a branch of the Great Northern Railway and ran south from Cloncurry to Selwyn. Selwyn's population peaked in 1918 with an estimated population of 1500 people with a hospital and four hotels. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Cloncurry
The Shire of Cloncurry is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1884. The major town and administrative centre of the shire is Cloncurry, Queensland, Cloncurry. Prior to European settlement the area was home to the Mitakoodi, Kalkatungu, Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people. The ghost town of Mary Kathleen, Queensland, Mary Kathleen, a town servicing a uranium mine since closed, is in the shire. History ''Wanamara language, Wanamarra'' (also known as ''Maykulan'' and ''Wunumura'' is an Australian Aboriginal language in North West Queensland. The language region includes areas within the Shire of Mckinlay, Shire of McKinlay, Shire of Cloncurry and Shire of Richmond, including the Flinders River area, and the towns of Kynuna and Richmond, Queensland, Richmond. Yulluna language, ''Yulluna'' (also known as ''Yalarnga'', ''Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided. International *World Heritage Sites (see Lists of World Heritage Sites) – UNESCO, advised by the International Council on Monuments and Sites *Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) *Memory of the World Programme (UNESCO) *Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) – Food and Agriculture Organization *UNESCO Biosphere Reserve * European Heritage Label (EHL) are European sites which are considered milestones in the creation of Europe. At th ... [...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] |
