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Mount Walker West, Queensland
Mount Walker West is a locality split between the Scenic Rim Region and City of Ipswich local government areas of Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Walker West had a population of 31 people. Geography Mount Walker West is in South East Queensland. The locality is bounded to the east by the Bremer River. The elevation rises from above sea level near the river in the east to in the west of the locality. The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation, growing crops, and plantation forestry. History The locality takes its name from the mountain Mount Walker, which was originally named Mount Forbes by John Oxley on 22 September 1824 after Sir Francis Forbes, the Chief Justice of New South Wales. The name was subsequently altered to Mount Walker, a shepherd called Walker on the Franklyn Vale pastoral run. Demographics In the , Mount Walker West had a population of 19 people. In the , Mount Walker West had a population of 31 people. Education There are no sch ... [...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] |
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] |
Rosewood, Queensland
Rosewood is a rural town and locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Rosewood had a population of 3,263 people. Rosewood is in the Bremer Valley. Geography The town of Rosewood is located south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Part of the town's border is marked by the Bremer River to the south, and the decommissioned Marburg branch railway line on the Little Liverpool Range to the north. Perrys Knob is a hill (), rising above sea level. It takes its name from the Perry family who owned land containing the know and its western slopes. The Main Line railway enters the locality from the east ( Thagoona) and exits to the west ( Lanefield). The locality had a number of railway stations (from west to east): * Rosewood railway station, serving the town () * Yarrowlea railway station, now abandoned () There were two railway stations on the now-closed Marburg branch railway line (from north to south): * Perrys Knob railway station, now disamant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutdapilly, Queensland
Mutdapilly is a rural locality in south-east Queensland, Australia. It is split between the local government areas of Scenic Rim Region and City of Ipswich. In the , Mutdapilly had a population of 308 people. Geography Mutdapilly is centrally divided by the north/south running Cunningham Highway. The eastern boundary follows Warrill Creek. There is one of fifteen air quality monitoring stations in the region located at Mutdapilly. History The name ''Mutdapilly'' is believed to be a combination word from the Yuggera language (Yugarabul dialect) where ''mudtherri'' means ''sticky'' or ''muddy'' and ''pilly'' means ''gully''. The name was given by Captain Patrick Logan on 9 June 1827. Local farmer, Mr Denman, donated 2 acres of land to build a school. The Normanby State School and teacher's residence was opened on 27 April 1874; the first head teacher was John Stanfell Clowes who served at the school until 31 July 1876. The school was renamed Mutdapilly State Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutdapilly State School
Mutdapilly State School is a heritage-listed state school at 4 Mutdapilly-Churchbank Weir Road, Mutdapilly, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard George Suter and built from 1874 to 1880 by William Adams and Ben Denman. It is also known as Normanby National School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 10 October 2014. History Mutdapilly State School opened in 1874 as Normanby National School (Normanby State School from 1875), in a small timber building designed by architect Richard George Suter. It was built on a site, at an intersection on the main road through the agricultural settlement of Mutdapilly, to service the sparse but growing rural population. The Suter building was extended in 1880, and the school grounds were also expanded and other structures and landscape elements were added, including a tennis court (1925); a new playshed (), and shade trees. The school has been in continuous operation since its establishment and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrill View, Queensland
Warrill View is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Warrill View had a population of 240 people. Geography Warrill View is located in the Fassifern Valley farming area. The Cunningham Highway passes through Warrill View. Warrill Creek is a tributary of the Bremer River. History The town was called ''Normanby'' from about 1859 to 1931. However, that caused confusion with another town called ''Normanby'' on the road from Ipswich to Harrisville, resulting in this town being renamed ''Warrill View'', a name that was already in use for the school and post office. The name ''Warrill'' comes from the name of the local creek, whose name is allegedly an Aboriginal word meaning ''water'' or ''stream''. Warrill View State School opened on 15 September 1910. At the the locality recorded a population of 321. Heritage listings Warrill View has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Cunningham Highway: Normanby Homestead No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklyn Vale Homestead
Franklyn Vale Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Franklin Vale Road, Mount Mort, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in the early 1870s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The present Franklyn Vale Homestead was erected in the early 1870s for Mr & Mrs Edward Crace, son-in-law and daughter of Henry Mort, the owner of the property. It replaced an 1849 slab dwelling, which then was used as a stables until demolished c.1949. Originally, Franklyn Vale Station was part of the Laidley Plains leasehold which, along with Beau Desert, was taken up as a sheep run in 1843 by NSW squatter JP Robinson. The Laidley Plains run extended across the Franklin Valley, named after Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837–43, and identified on Dixon's 1842 map of the Moreton Bay district. In 1849 the lease and 13,000 sheep passed to Sydney businessman Thomas Sutcliffe Mort. His brother, Henry J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Forbes
Sir Francis William Forbes (1784 – 8 November 1841) was a Chief Justice of Newfoundland, and the first Chief Justice of New South Wales. Early life Forbes was born and educated in Bermuda, the son of Dr. Francis Forbes M.D. and his wife Mary, née Tucker. His elder half-brother was Very Rev Patrick Forbes who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1829. At the age of 19 Francis travelled to London, England to study law at Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1812 and became a Crown Law Officer in Bermuda and married Amelia Sophia Grant in 1813, returning to England in 1815. Newfoundland In 1816 he was invited to be Chief Justice of Newfoundland, and was sworn in at St. John's in July, 1816. While in Newfoundland, he severely curtailed the powers of the naval governors. In 1820, he wrote the lyrics of the song "The Banks of Newfoundland". Poor health and three severe winters forced Forbes to return to London to recuperate in 1822. Rather t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales and his exploration of the Tweed River and the Brisbane River in what is now the state of Queensland. Early life John Oxley was born at Kirkham Abbey near Westow in Yorkshire, Great Britain. He was baptised at Bulmer on 6 July 1784, his parents recorded as John and Arabella Oxley. Naval career In 1799 (aged 15), he entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman on the . He travelled to Australia in October 1802 as master's mate of the naval vessel , which carried out coastal surveying (including the survey of Western Port), and this first stay in the Colonies would last for five years. In 1805, Oxley became acting lieutenant of the ''Buffalo'' and traveled to Van Diemen's Land the following yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantation Forestry
A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest, timber plantation or tree farm is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest. The term ''tree farm'' also is used to refer to tree nurseries and Christmas tree farms. Plantation forestry can produce a high volume of wood in a short period of time. Plantations are grown by state forestry authorities (for example, the Forestry Commission in Britain) and/or the paper and wood industries and other private landowners (such as Weyerhaeuser, Rayonier and Sierra Pacific Industries in the United States or Asia Pulp & Paper in Indonesia). Christmas trees are often grown on plantations, and in southern and southeastern Asia, teak plantations have recently replaced the natural forest. Industrial plantations are actively managed for the commercial production of forest products. Industrial plantations are usually large-scale. Individual blocks are usually even-aged ... [...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] |
Bremer River (Queensland)
The Bremer River is a river that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim and Brisbane regions of South East Queensland, Australia. The -long Bremer River drains several Scenic Rim valleys in south-east Queensland, including the Fassifern Valley, with its drainage basin, catchment area covering approximately . Most valleys within the catchment have extensive river terraces. The Bremer River system is extremely degraded. European explorers John Oxley and Allan Cunningham (botanist), Allan Cunningham visited the river in 1824 and it was first named by Oxley as Bremer's Creek presumably after Captain James Bremer, James Gordon Bremer who was in charge of , at that time performing duties in the waters of the colony of New South Wales. Course and features The Bremer rises in the hills of the Scenic Rim, passes close to the town of Rosewood, Queensland, Rosewood and winds through the city of Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich. The catchment area i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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