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Maroon, Queensland
Maroon is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Maroon had a population of 149 people. Geography The southern end of Dugandan Range () forms a small part of the locality's north-western boundary. The locality has the following mountains: * Mount May () * Paddys Peak () The south and east of the locality, including Mount May and Paddys Peak, are protected areas within the Mount Barney National Park. History The locality name comes from ''wahlmoorum'', which is the Yaggera language name for Mount Ballow, which is associated with a legendary giant sand goanna. The Maroon pastoral property was established in 1843. A cemetery at Maroon has graves dating back to 1856. Maroon Provisional School opened on 15 July 1891. On 1 January 1909, it became Maroon State School. A new school building was officially opened on Friday 11 March 1938 by Minister for Public Instruction, Frank Cooper. The original school building was sold for removal. On ... [...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] |
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] |
Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser
''The Queensland Times'' is an online newspaper serving Ipswich and surrounds in Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is owned by News Corp Australia. The circulation of ''The Queensland Times'' is 10,804 Monday to Friday and 14,153 on Saturday. ''The Queensland Times'' is circulated to the Ipswich city area (all residential suburbs including the new the suburbs Springfield, Springfield Lakes and Brookwater) and the Ipswich rural area including Harrisville, Rosewood, Queensland, Rosewood, Laidley, Queensland, Laidley, Forest Hill, Queensland, Forest Hill, Lowood, Queensland, Lowood, Boonah, Queensland, Boonah, Aratula, Queensland, Aratula, Gatton, Queensland, Gatton, Esk, Queensland, Esk and Toogoolawah, Queensland, Toogoolawah. ''The Queensland Times'' website is part of the APN Regional News Network. History ''The Queensland Times'' is the oldest surviving provincial paper in Queensland. Founded on 4 July 1859 as the ''Ipswich Herald'', it has continued ever since. Until a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotswold Cottage, Maroon
Cotswold Cottage is a heritage-listed homestead (buildings), homestead at 186 Cotswold Road, Maroon, Queensland, Maroon, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1888 to 1890s by Frederick William Cook and was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Frederick William Cook built Cotswold Cottage in the Maroon district in stages between 1888 and the late 1890s, as his family's home. The former six-roomed stone and slab house is now a ruin. According to family descendants, Cook was a carpenter by trade who in 1878 emigrated to Australia from the Cotswolds in England under assisted passage. By 1883 he was working as a joiner in South Brisbane, Queensland, South Brisbane. In 1888 he took up selection 690 () in the Maroon district near Boonah, Queensland, Boonah in southeast Queensland. Cook's brother, Thomas, took up several adjoining selections around the same time. The area had been long recognized for its fertile soil, but had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
