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Mona Park, Queensland
Mona Park is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mona Park had a population of 97 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south-east by the Burdekin River and to the north-west by Barratta Creek. The land is mostly low-lying with elevations of above sea level but there is an unnamed peak risking to in the north-east of the locality. The predominant land use is growing sugarcane on th lower-lying areas and there is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Iocal sugar mills. The higher ground is used for grazing on native vegetation. There is also some irrigated crop growing near the river. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. Demographics In the , Mona Park had a population of 104 people. In the , Mona Park had a population of 97 people. Education There are no schools in Mona Park. The nearest government primary schools are Clare State School in neigh ... [...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] |
Shire Of Burdekin
The Shire of Burdekin is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen, Queensland, Bowen in the River delta, delta of the Burdekin River. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1888. History Yuru language, Yuru (also known as ''Juru, Euronbba, Juru, Mal Mal, Malmal'') is an Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuru country. The Yuru language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Burdekin, including the town of Home Hill, Queensland, Home Hill.' On 16 January 1888, the Ayr Division was created out of Subdivision 3 of the Thuringowa Division in 1888 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1887''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Ayr Division became the Shire of Ayr on 31 March 1903. On 12 June 1982, the Shire of Ay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Hill, Queensland
Home Hill is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Home Hill had a population of 2,954 people. At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. Badilla is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (). Geography Home Hill lies approximately south of Townsville and north of the state capital Brisbane on the Bruce Highway. It is a part of the Shire of Burdekin which includes the town of Ayr to the north. Both towns are governed by the Burdekin Shire Council. The Burdekin River forms the locality's north-western boundary. The town is situated centrally within the locality surrounded by crop farming. The Bruce Highway passes through the town from the south-east (Fredericksfield / Inkerman) to the north-west crossing the river via the Burdekin Bridge to McDesme en route to Ayr. The North Coast railway line runs immediately parallel and west of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayr State High School
Ayr State High School is a heritage-listed state secondary school at 82–90 Wickham Street, Ayr, Queensland, Ayr, Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It is one of three high schools in Ayr, the others being Burdekin Catholic High School and Burdekin Christian College. Ayr State High School was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built from 1935 to 1937. It was also known as Ayr State High and Intermediate School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 January 1995. Facilities The school has eleven buildings, including a fifty-seat auditorium and a multi-purpose shelter with a capacity of well over seven hundred for the school's 500 students. In 2012 all students were given the chance to be issued with a take home laptop. Sport Each year students compete in a wide variety of sporting competitions including a swimming and athletics competition. Sports houses include Banks (red), Macquarie (yellow), Philip (blue) and Cook (green), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airville, Queensland
Airville is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Airville had a population of 338 people. Geography Airville is bounded on the south-east by the Burdekin River. It is flat low-lying land (about 10 metres above sea level) used predominantly for sugarcane plantations. There is a network of cane tramways to deliver the harvested sugar to the local sugar mills. Maida Vale is a neighbourhood in the north-east of the locality (). Labatt Lagoon is a waterhole (). History Airdale Provisional School opened in the south-west of the locality on 2 September 1890, becoming Airdale State School on 1 January 1909. In 1926, it was renamed Airville State School. Maidavale State School opened in the north-east of the locality on 27 April 1910. In the , Airville had a population of 338 people. Education Airville State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Old Clare Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 23 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoralism
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The animal species involved include cattle, camels, goats, yaks, llamas, reindeer, horses and sheep. Pastoralism occurs in many variations throughout the world, generally where environmental characteristics such as aridity, poor soils, cold or hot temperatures, and lack of water make crop-growing difficult or impossible. Operating in more extreme environments with more marginal lands means that pastoral communities are very vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Pastoralism remains a way of life in many geographic areas, including Africa, the Tibetan plateau, the Eurasian steppes, the Andes, Patagonia, the Pampas, Australia and many other places. , between 200 million and 500 million people globally practised pastoralism, and 75% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cane Tramways
The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and now the second largest narrow gauge network in the world, consists of: *the North Coast Line (NCL) extending from Brisbane to Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns *Four east–west lines (and associated branch lines) connecting to the NCL: **the Western line (including the Main Line) from Brisbane to Toowoomba and Charleville **the Central Western line from Rockhampton to Longreach and Winton **the Great Northern Railway from Townsville to Mount Isa **the Tablelands line from Cairns to Atherton and Forsayth *Four export coal networks: ** Moura to Gladstone ** Blackwater to Gladstone utilising the Central Western and NCL lines ** Goonyella to Hay Point ** Newlands to Abbot Point *the original narrow-gauge Southern line that provided a rail connection to Sydney, extending from Toowoomba to the New South Wales border at Wallangarra, plus the South Western line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, which accumulates in the Plant stem, stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family, Poaceae, an economically important flowering plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops. It is native to the warm temperate and tropical regions of India, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. The plant is also grown for biofuel production, especially in Brazil, as the canes can be used directly to produce ethyl alcohol (ethanol). Grown in tropical and subtropical regions, sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity, totaling 1.9 billion tonnes in 2020, with Brazil accounting for 40% of the world total. Sugarcane accounts for 79% of sug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barratta Creek
The Barratta Creek is a creek in North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the creek rise below Bunkers Hill in the Leichhardt Range in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a north easterly direction. The creek continues through mostly uninhabited country past Woodhouse Mountain travelling almost parallel with the Haughton River eventually crossing the Bruce Highway and entering the Bowling Green Bay Conservation Park then discharging into Bowling Green Bay near Jerona, before flowing into the Coral Sea. The river descends over its course. The catchment area of the creek occupies an of which an area of is composed of estuarine wetlands. The mean annual flow of the creek is . The riparian habitat of the catchment, particularly the northern end, has declined since the 1970s as a result of clearing of the floodplain forest to plant sugarcane. Most of the catchment area is still used for pastoralism, particularly grazing land for cattle. The name of the creek is thought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burdekin River
The Burdekin River is a river located in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay over to the southeast of the source, with a catchment area of approximately . The Burdekin River is Australia's largest river by (peak) discharge volume. The river was first encountered by Europeans during the expedition led by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 and named in honour of Thomas Burdekin, one of the sponsors of the expedition. Course and features The Burdekin River rises on the western slopes of the Seaview Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, west of . In the river's upper catchment, from its source the river generally flows west and then south out of the Girringun National Park, part of the UNESCO Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. This area, now part of Basalt was the location of one of the earliest inland settleme ... [...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] |
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] |
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