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Miles, Queensland
Miles is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Miles had a population of 1,874 people. Geography The town is on the Warrego Highway, west of Brisbane, the state capital, west of Toowoomba, west of Dalby, Queensland, Dalby and west of Chinchilla, Queensland, Chinchilla. It is situated east of Roma, Queensland, Roma, east of Mitchell, Queensland, Mitchell, east of Morven, Queensland, Morven and east of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville. History Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek (Queensland), Dogwood Creek, named by German European land exploration of Australia, explorer Ludwig Leichhardt in 1844. The town was renamed Miles in honour of the Queensland Colonial Secretary, William Miles (Queensland politician), William Miles. Miles Post Office opened on 3 January 1878. Miles Provisional School opened on 31 May 1880, becoming Miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). 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 mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalwogon, Queensland
Dalwogon (sometimes written as Dalwogan) is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dalwogon had a population of 53 people. Geography The locality is roughly bounded to the north and east by Nine Mile Creek. The Leichhardt Highway passes through the locality from south-east (Miles) to the north-east (Kowguran). The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with small amounts of crops. History The name Dalwogon/Dalwogan is an Aboriginal word meaning ''turtle Turtles are reptiles of the order (biology), order Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Crypt ...''. The Dalwogan railway station on the Wandoan railway line was at . The line and the station are now both closed. (The spelling of the names of the locality and the railway station slightly differ.) The railway station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Downs Gazette
The ''Darling Downs Gazette'' was a newspaper published from 1848 to 1922 in Drayton and Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. History ''The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser'' was founded in 1858 by Arthur Sidney Lyon. The first issue of four pages was published on Thursday 10 June 1858 from ''Willow Cottage'', a wooden shanty, in Drayton. After two years, it was purchased by W. H. Byers. Later, William Henry Traill was the proprietor for a brief period. While Drayton, being established in 1842, was the first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs, by the 1860s it was clear that it would be overtaken by nearby Toowoomba in size and importance, leading to Byers relocating the Darling Downs Gazette to Toowoomba in 1861. As the Darling Downs was a rural district occupied by squatters, the newspaper focussed on farming and trade issues. Its politics were aligned with the interests of the squatters (a significant force in early Queensland politics), and lead to the c ... [...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 Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ... families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne () 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 Queensland Libraries in Brisbane Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Miles (Queensland Politician)
William Miles (5 May 1817 – 22 August 1887) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Personal life Miles was born on 5 May 1817 at Hails Quarry, near Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Miles and Alison (née Wilson). He married Mary Taylor in Colinton in 1838 and together they emigrated to New South Wales on the ship ''Duncan'' as assisted migrants and arrived at Sydney on 30 June 1838. He was employed on Mr. W. H. Chapman's station on the Macleay River, until 1852, when he commenced squatting on his own account on the Dawson River (Queensland), Dawson River, in the then colony of Queensland. William Miles died on 22 August 1887 at his home in Toowoomba, when an abscess in his ear led to an inflammation of his brain. He had expressed a wish to be buried in the Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane and his body in a cedar coffin was conveyed by a special black-wreathed train from Toowoomba to Brisbane, where a largely-atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Leichhardt
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (; 23 October 1813 – ), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.Ken Eastwood,'Cold case: Leichhardt's disappearance', Australian Geographic, AG Online, accessed online 7 August 2010 Early life Leichhardt was born on 23 October 1813 in the hamlet of Sabrodt near the village of Trebatsch, today part of Tauche, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (now within the Federal Republic of Germany). He was the fourth son and sixth of the eight children of Christian Hieronymus Matthias Leichhardt, farmer and royal inspector and his wife Charlotte Sophie, ''née'' Strählow. Between 1831 and 1836 Leichhardt studied philosophy, language, and natural sciences at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin but never received a university degree. He moved to England in 1837, continued his study of the natural sciences at various places, including the British Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Land Exploration Of Australia
European land exploration of Australia deals with the opening up of the interior of Australia to European settlement which occurred gradually throughout the colonial period, 1788–1900. A number of these explorers are very well known, such as Burke and Wills who are well known for their failed attempt to cross the interior of Australia, as well as Hamilton Hume and Charles Sturt. Crossing the Blue Mountains For many years, plans of westward expansion from Sydney were thwarted by the Great Dividing Range, a large range of mountains which shadows the east coast from the Queensland-New South Wales border to the south coast. The part of the range near Sydney is called the Blue Mountains. After numerous attempts William Paterson led an expedition northward along the coast to the Hunter Region in 1801 and up the Paterson River (later named in his honour by Governor King) and in 1804 Paterson led an expedition to Port Dalrymple, in what is now Tasmania, exploring the Tamar River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogwood Creek (Queensland)
Dogwood Creek is a creek in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Dogwood Creek is long and drops from an elevation 361 metres to 260 metres (101 metres in total). Fish found in the creek include golden perch, Mary River cod, Murray cod, Bidyanus bidyanus, silver perch, spangled perch and Freshwater yabby, yabbies. The creek eventually merges with the Balonne River to become part of the Condamine River. History The creek was named after the Jacksonia scoparia, dogwood bushes in the area by explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on 23 October 1844 on his expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington (now Darwin, Northern Territory). A commonly used track to access homesteads in the area (now the Warrego Highway) crossed the creek; that location became known as Dogwood Crossing. This would later develop into the town of Miles, Queensland, Miles. Dogwood Creek has flooded on many occasions, including 1908 and 1938. References {{coord, 27, 02, 59, S, 149, 37, 59, E, type: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morven, Queensland
Morven is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Morven had a population of 184 people. Geography The town is located on the Warrego Highway of South West Queensland, east of Charleville, south of Augathella, west of Mitchell, west of Roma, west of Miles, west of Toowoomba and west of Brisbane. Morven Aerodrome has an unsealed runway of red loam, . It is operated by Murweh Shire Council. History Originally, the area on which Morven now sits was a popular spot for bullock teams on the road between Mitchell and Charleville. In 1859, a small area was taken from the property Victoria Downs and set aside for public use and designated on maps and documents as 'Victoria Downs Reserve'. It was on the Cobb & Co mail route from Brisbane to Charleville. Later it became informally known as 'Sadlier's Waterhole' after Captain TJ Sadlier and his wife camped at the property. In 1876, a post office was opened an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell, Queensland
Mitchell is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. The town services the local area, a cattle and sheep farming district. In the , the locality of Mitchell had a population of 995 people. Geography Mitchell is on the Warrego Highway, west of Brisbane, west of Toowoomba, west of Miles, west of Roma and east of Charleville. The Warrego Highway passes through town to form the main street, Cambridge Street. The Maranoa River flows around the northern and eastern sides of the town before eventually flowing into the Balonne River. The Western railway passes through the locality, entering from the east ( Amby / Walhallow) and exiting to the west ( Womalilla). The locality is served by a number of railway stations, from west to east: * Mitchell railway station, a passenger stop in the town () * Booringa railway siding, now dismantled () * Marbango railway station, now abandoned () Mitchell Airstrip is west of the town (). Its IATA ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinchilla, Queensland
Chinchilla is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. Chinchilla is known as the 'Melon Capital of Australia', and plays host to a Melon Festival every second year in February. In the , the locality of Chinchilla had a population of 7,068 people. Geography The town is approximately west-northwest of Brisbane, 164 kilometres (102 mi) west-northwest of Toowoomba, 81.1 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Dalby, Queensland, Dalby, 188 kilometres (117 mi) east of Roma, Queensland, Roma and 455.1 kilometres (283 mi) east of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville on the Warrego Highway. History Indigenous The Baruŋgam, Baranggum people lived in the region for thousands of years before British colonisation. They spoke the now extinct Barunggam language. They appear to have had kinship ties with the neighbouring Mandandanji, Bigambul and Yiman people. The name Chinchilla is a corruption of the Aboriginal word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrego Highway
The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint of the highway. The entire highway is part of the National Highway system linking Darwin and Brisbane: formerly National Highway 54, Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system much of Australia had adopted in the early-2000s and this road is now designated as National Highway A2. State-controlled road Warrego Highway is a state-controlled road, divided into seven sections for administrative and funding purposes. Six of the seven sections (numbers 18A to 18F) are part of the National Highway, while section 18G is a regional road. The sections are: * 18A – Ipswich to Toowoomba * 18B – Toowoomba to Dalby * 18C – Dalby to Miles * 18D – Miles to Roma * 18E – Roma to Mitchell * 18F – Mitchell to Morven * 18G – Morv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
