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Muniganeen, Queensland
Muniganeen is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, 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_ ..., Australia. In the , Muniganeen had a population of 59 people. History Muniganeen Provisional School opened in 1904. On 1 Jan 1909 it became Muniganeen State School. It closed in 1924 due to low student numbers but reopened on 14 Feb 1927. It closed permanently circa 1950. References Further reading * — incorporating Muniganeen, Highland Plains, Douglas and Silverleigh Schools Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Condamine
Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes a number of small towns, such as Oakey, Pittsworth, Cambooya and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River which runs through it. Created for the 2009 state election, it was mostly made up of territory previously belonging to the abolished districts of Cunningham and Darling Downs. It also drew a small number of voters previously belonging to the district of Toowoomba South. Originally proposed to be named Dalby by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the name Condamine was adopted instead upon further review. There was also an earlier district known as Condamine that existed from 1950 to 1992. It was based in the same region. History The electorate's re-introduction at the 2009 state election pitted two sitting members against each other. MPs Ray Hopper and Stuart Copela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Groom
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Groom is an agricultural electorate located on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland. It includes the regional city of Toowoomba and rural communities to the west and south. The current MP is Garth Hamilton, a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was created in 1984 as essentially a reconfigured version of the old Division of Darling Downs, which had existed since Federation. It is named in honour of Sir Littleton Groom, who represented Darling Downs with on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goombungee, Queensland
Goombungee is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Goombungee had a population of 1,026 people. Geography Goombungee is 35 km north-west of Toowoomba in the Darling Downs. The town is located in the centre of the locality. The main street through the town is the north-south Kingsthorpe Haden Road, which is known with the town as Mocatta Street. There are three neighbourhoods within Goombungee: * Kudo () around the former Kudo railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 12 May 1910 and is an Aboriginal word ''meaning'' Termite, while ants/termites * Nara () around the former Nara railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 12 May 1910 and is an Aboriginal word meaning ''duck'' * Weelu () around the former Weelu railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 8 June 1912 and is an Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)
Douglas is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Douglas had a population of 112 people. Geography The Pechey-Maclagan Road runs through the locality from east to west. The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation and crop growing. History German settlers arrived in the district in 1875. A Lutheran congregation formed and worshipped in private homes, until the Jesus Lutheran Church was opened on 24 July 1882 on the Douglas Plainby Road (). The church was enlarged in 1938. On 21 December 1886, the Queensland Government reserved a site for a cemetery. A section for Lutheran burials was created in the north-west of the site and a section for Catholic burials in the south. Gomoron Provisional School opened on 28 February 1887. It was most likely named after Gomaren Creek which flows through the area. It became Goromon State School in 1890. In 1911, its name was changed to Douglas State School, to avoid post office confusion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meringandan, Queensland
Meringandan is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Meringandan had a population of 487 people. Geography The town is located on the Darling Downs near Highfields, NNW of Toowoomba. It is drained by the meandering Meringandan Creek which also formed the boundary between the Shire of Crows Nest and the Shire of Rosalie and separated it from neighboring Meringandan West History The name Meringandan is a corruption of the aboriginal words, ''Moorin'' meaning ''fire'' and ''Gandan'' meaning ''clay''. Therefore, Meringandan means 'place of fire and clay'. Following the settling of the Leslie brothers at Toolburra, near Warwick in 1840, Henry Hughes (1816-1882) and Henry Isaac (1816-1862) occupied Gowrie as a sheep run on the upper section of Gowrie Creek in 1841. They later took over the land to the north up to the Great Dividing Range, the Meringandan run, from C W Pitts. Henry Hughes severed the partnership with Henry Isaac in 1850; h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meringandan West, Queensland
Meringandan West is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Meringandan West had a population of 2,488 people. Geography Meringandan West is on the Darling Downs in southern 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 , establishe .... The majority of the eastern boundary is aligned with Meringandan Creek, separating the locality from Meringandan. The creek also formed the boundary between the Shire of Crows Nest and the Shire of Rosalie) with Meringandan West falling under the jurisdiction of the Shire of Rosalie. In 2008, both Meringandan and Meringandan West both came under the jurisdiction of the newly created Toowoomba Region. Mount Muniganeen is in the north-west of the locality () rising to above sea level. Central parts of the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yalangur, Queensland
Yalangur is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yalangur had a population of 65 people. History The locality takes its name from its former railway station, which is an Aboriginal word meaning ''eagle hawk The wedge-tailed eagle (''Aquila audax'') is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern New Guinea to the north and is distributed as far south as the state of Tasmania. Adults of this species have lo ...''. References {{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boodua, Queensland
Boodua is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Boodua had a population of 93 people. Geography Part of the eastern and southern boundary of Boodua follows Oakey Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River. The predominant land use is agriculture. History The name originates from the Boodua railway station on the Haden railway line and is an Aboriginal word for a species of hawk. East Lynne Provisional School opened on 1 October 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became East Lynne State School. In 1926, it was renamed Boodua State School. It closed on 29 January 1963. It was at 5 Boodua West Road (). The Boodua Public Hall opened in 1909. It was originally known as the East Lynne Hall. On Sunday 14 September 1913 the East Lynne Methodist Church was officially opened by Reverend W. Goddard of Toowoomba. It was and was built near the railway line near Boodua railway station, next door to the state school and the public hall (approx ). In 1977, as pa ... [...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] |
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. In 2018-2019, it had a A$491 million budget, of which A$316 million is for service delivery and A$175.13 million capital (infrastructure) budget. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Toowoomba Region existed as eight distinct local government areas: the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Cambooya, Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth, and Rosalie. The City had its beginning in the Toowoomba Municipality which was proclaimed on 24 November 1860 under the ''Municipalities Act 1858'', a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland when it became a separate colony in 1859. William Henry Groom, sometimes described as the "father of Toowoomba", was elected its first mayor. It achieved a measu ... [...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 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 families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne Gaythorne is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gaythorne had a population of 3,023 people. Geography Gaythorne is located seven kilometres north-west of the Brisbane central business district. It is bounded to ... () 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 Australia Libraries in Brisbane Family hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
