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Meunna
Meunna is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Circular Head and Waratah–Wynyard in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Meunna. History Eight farms were established at Preolenna for soldier settlement following World War II, referred to as the Preolenna Estate until being renamed to Meunna. The community hall was built by the settlers in 1955 and demolished in 1995, with a plaque now marking the location of the building. The Meunna locality is now unpopulated, with the exception of the Tarkine Wilderness Lodge, after the farms were acquired and converted to forestry plantation in the late 1990s. Meunna was gazetted as a locality in 1961. Geography The Flowerdale River The Flowerdale River is a river in North West Tasmania, Australia, it extends approximately from the Campbell Ranges near West Takone before dischar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preolenna
Preolenna is a locality and small rural community of Waratah-Wynyard, Tasmania. It is located about inland from the town of Wynyard, Tasmania, Wynyard. The Census in Australia#2011, 2011 census determined a population of 287 for the state suburb of Lapoinya, which the locality of Preolenna forms part of. History Henry Hellyer traversed the region on an expedition in 1827. The location was noted for the presence of coal in the nearby Jessie Gorge/Maweena area and some 5000 acres of "first class milling" timber and "first class basaltic soils" (Loftus Hills, Government Surveyor, 1913). The first grants of land were settled in 1910. In 1917 a tramway was constructed from Flowerdale, Tasmania, Flowerdale to Preolenna to facilitate the coal mining operations, the track was later extended to Maweena in 1924. By the 1920s the community consisted of some 15 families and a local school which remained open until 1993. The rail line was abandoned in 1931, as coal from the area lacked suf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waratah–Wynyard Council
Waratah-Wynyard Council is a Local government in Australia, local government body in Tasmania, situated in the north-west of the state. Waratah-Wynyard is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 13,800, the major towns and localities of the region include Savage River, Tasmania, Savage River, Sisters Beach, Tasmania, Sisters Beach, Somerset, Tasmania, Somerset, Waratah, Tasmania, Waratah and the principal town of Wynyard, Tasmania, Wynyard. History and attributes On 2 April 1993, the municipalities of Waratah and Wynyard were amalgamated to form the Waratah-Wynyard Council. There had been suggestion of renaming the council to Table Cape, which was the former name of the Wynyard Council until 1945, but this move failed at the ballot box. Waratah-Wynyard is classified as rural, agricultural and very large under the Australian Classification of Local Governments. Logo The former logo of the council was selected from 124 competition entries in 1987. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowerdale River
The Flowerdale River is a river in North West Tasmania, Australia, it extends approximately from the Campbell Ranges near West Takone before discharging into the Inglis River at Wynyard. The Flowerdale is the largest tributary system on the Inglis River and makes up approximately one-third of the Inglis-Flowerdale catchment basin. Inglis-Flowerdale catchment area While not tributaries of the main river system, Sisters Creek and Seabrook Creek are notable minor creeks which form part of the Inglis-Flowerdale catchment area. Annual rainfall ranges from about at the coast to greater than in the upper reaches of the catchment, some inland from Wynyard. Forestry plantations dominate the landscape in the western region of the catchment, with intensive agriculture land-use in the north and eastern regions. Because of the steep and confining nature of the topography around the Inglis and Flowerdale rivers, both have retained substantial native forests that tend to buffer the riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Takone, Tasmania
West Takone is a rural locality in the local government areas of Waratah-Wynyard and Circular Head in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about south-west of the town of Wynyard. The 2016 census determined a population of 8 for the state suburb of West Takone. History The locality was originally gazetted as Takone West. It was re-gazetted as West Takone in 1974. Geography The Arthur River forms most of the western boundary, and the Hellyer River The Hellyer River is a perennial river located in north western Tasmania, Australia. The river flows for before joining into the Arthur River. High quality cool temperate rainforest and tall eucalyptus forest grows along much of the river. Si ... forms the south-western boundary as it flows to its junction with the Arthur. Road infrastructure The C236 route (Takone Road) enters from the east and runs through to the north-west before exiting. References Localities of Waratah–Wynyard Council Localities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circular Head Council
Circular Head Council is a local government body in Tasmania covering the far north-west mainland. It is classified as a rural local government area with a population of 8,066, and its major towns and localities include Arthur River, Marrawah and Stanley, with Smithton being the largest and principal town. The origin of the name “Circular Head” is unknown. History and attributes Circular Head was established on 1 January 1907, the boundaries were altered in 1993 as part of a reorganisation. The region includes the smaller islands immediately off the north-west tip of the state including Robbins Island, Hunter Island and Three Hummock Island. Circular Head is classified as rural, agricultural and large (RAL) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments. Government Localities Not in above list * Corinna * Couta Rocks * Meunna * Milabena Milabena is a rural locality in the local government areas of Waratah-Wynyard and Circular Head in the North We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milabena, Tasmania
Milabena is a rural locality in the local government areas of Waratah-Wynyard and Circular Head in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about west of the town of Wynyard. First settled in the late 19th century it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture especially potato growing and grazing dairy cattle. The 2016 census determined a population of 89 for the state suburb of Milabena. History The locality was originally known as Tuckers Hill. The name Milabena was in use by 1921, and was gazetted in 1966. Milabena Post Office opened on 1 June 1920 and closed in 1934. Geography The ridge line A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ... of the Dip Range forms the western boundary. The Detention Falls, a cascade waterfall on the Detention River, is loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapoinya, Tasmania
Lapoinya (pronounced La-poin-ya) is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of Tasmania west of Wynyard. The name is Tasmanian Aboriginal word for "fern tree", a plant that abounds in those surviving untouched parts of the original temperate rainforest. At the 2006 census, Lapoinya had a population of 368. History First developed commercially around 1900 it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especially potato-growing and grazing (mostly dairy cattle). In November 2014 it was announced the town was fighting Forestry Tasmania to attempt to stop the company logging the towns surrounding forest. Following this, in January 2016 Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasman ... and three others were arrested during a protest of logging on a 49-he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawbanna, Tasmania
Mawbanna is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Circular Head, in the North West region of Tasmania, Australia. It is located about south-east of the town of Smithton. The Arthur River forms the southern boundary, while the Black River forms a small part of the western boundary. The 2016 census determined a population of 135 for the state suburb of Mawbanna. History “Mawbana” is an Aboriginal word for “black”. It is likely that the locality name and that of the adjacent river are derived from their Aboriginal names. The last known thylacine The thylacine ( , or , also ) (''Thylacinus cynocephalus'') is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The last known live animal was captured in 1930 in Tasma ... to be killed in the wild was shot in Mawbanna in 1930, on Wilf Batty's farm. In 1952–1953, the man photographed a live Thylacine before it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Localities Of Circular Head Council
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldier Settlement (Australia)
Soldier settlement was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under soldier settlement schemes administered by state governments after World War I and World War II. The post-World War II settlements were co-ordinated by the Commonwealth Soldier Settlement Commission. World War I Such settlement plans initially began during World War I, with South Australia first enacting legislation in 1915. Similar schemes gained impetus across Australia in February 1916 when a conference of representatives from the Australian Government and all the state governments was held in Melbourne to consider a report prepared by the Federal Parliamentary War Committee regarding the settlement of returned soldiers on the land. The report focused specifically on a federal-state cooperative process of selling or leasing Crown land to soldiers who had been demobilised following the end of their service in this first global conflict. The meeting agreed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Tasmania , established_title2 = Federation , established_date2 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Abel Tasman , demonym = , capital = Hobart , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 29 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
