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Oakey
Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. Geography The town is situated on the eastern side of the Darling Downs and the Toowoomba Region local government area. Oakey Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, passes through the town. Oakey is one of the towns contained in the Queensland State Electoral district of Condamine and at the federal level it lies within the Division of Groom. The town is surrounded by farms. The town is bypassed by the Warrego Highway (National A2), and is also on the main rail link connecting Brisbane and Toowoomba with south-western Queensland. The Western railway line passes through the locality which is served by two railway stations: * Boolee railway station, on a spur line west of the town () * Oakey railway station, serving the town () Oakey Airport is an airport (). It is located on the site of the World War 2 airbase. The Oakey Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakey Creek At Oakey
Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. Geography The town is situated on the eastern side of the Darling Downs and the Toowoomba Region local government area. Oakey Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, passes through the town. Oakey is one of the towns contained in the Queensland State Electoral district of Condamine and at the federal level it lies within the Division of Groom. The town is surrounded by farms. The town is bypassed by the Warrego Highway (National A2), and is also on the main rail link connecting Brisbane and Toowoomba with south-western Queensland. The Western railway line passes through the locality which is served by two railway stations: * Boolee railway station, on a spur line west of the town () * Oakey railway station, serving the town () Oakey Airport is an airport (). It is located on the site of the World War 2 airbase. The Oakey Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakey Army Aviation Centre
Oakey Army Aviation Centre is situated approximately from the town centre of Oakey in Queensland, Australia. It provides a training establishment for Australian Army Aviation, and also hosts the Republic of Singapore Air Force's "Cougar" 126 Squadron. The Defence name for the facility is Swartz Barracks, named for prominent politician, Army Aviation advocate, and ex-POW Sir Reginald Swartz. History The base was constructed in 1943 by the Royal Australian Air Force as RAAF Base Oakey. It was a training facility, for No.6 Aircraft Depot and an overflow aircraft maintenance depot for RAAF Base Amberley. It stored surplus aircraft after the war. In July 1968, the Australian Army Aviation Corps was formed, with the Department of Civil Aviation aerodrome at Oakey transferred to Army control in July 1969 for the Corps base. The 6 Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance) relocated from RAAF Amberley. Army Aviation units were raised, including the Headquarters Army Aviation Centre to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakey Airport
Oakey Army Aviation Centre is situated approximately from the town centre of Oakey, Queensland, Oakey in Queensland, Australia. It provides a training establishment for Australian Army Aviation, and also hosts the Republic of Singapore Air Force's 126 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force, "Cougar" 126 Squadron. The Defence name for the facility is Swartz Barracks, named for prominent politician, Army Aviation advocate, and ex-POW Sir Reginald Swartz. History The base was constructed in 1943 by the Royal Australian Air Force as RAAF Base Oakey. It was a training facility, for No.6 Aircraft Depot and an overflow aircraft maintenance depot for RAAF Base Amberley. It stored surplus aircraft after the war. In July 1968, the Australian Army Aviation Corps was formed, with the Department of Civil Aviation aerodrome at Oakey transferred to Army control in July 1969 for the Corps base. The 6 Aviation Squadron (Reconnaissance) relocated from RAAF Base Amberley, RAAF Amberley. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubigny, Queensland
Aubigny is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Aubigny had a population of 254 people. Geography The former locality of Tangkam () is in the northern part of Aubigny. It took its name from the Tangkam railway station () on the Cecil Plains railway line. The name ''Tangkam'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''sour''. The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs along the southern boundary, and the Oakey-Pittsworth Road passes through from north-east to south-west. History Crosshill State School opened on 9 August 1880 and closed on 1940. It was at 317 Ciesiolka Road (). Aubigny was at the centre of the Westbrook Homestead area. The town lots were offered for sale in the new town of Aubigny in December 1885, but only two lots were sold at that time, one to the Lutheran church and one to the Catholic church. St John's Lutheran Church opened in 1886. On Sunday 22 September 1929, a new larger church was buil ... [...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. Route description The highway commences at the end of the M2 Ipswich Motorway, near Ipswich and runs to Helidon Spa, at the foot of the Great Dividing Range. From there it follows the Toowoomba Bypass to Charlton, west of Toowoomba. The Warrego then crosses the Darling Downs, bypassing the town of Oakey and then passing through the towns of Dalby, Chinchilla and Miles, in the Western Downs. The highway continues through the towns of Roma and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakey Railway Station
Oakey railway station is located on the Western line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Oakey. The station has one platform with a passing loop and two sidings, opening in 1868. In addition to it being used as an operational passenger railway station, the Oakey Railway Station is utilized by the Toowoomba Regional Council as the Oakey Visitor Information Centre. Services Oakey is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly '' Westlander'' service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville Charleville can refer to: Australia * Charleville, Queensland, a town in Australia **Charleville railway station, Queensland France * Charleville, Marne, a commune in Marne, France *Charleville-Mézières, a commune in Ardennes, France ** .... References External links *Oakey stationQueensland's Railways on the Internet {{Queensland Rail railway stations, Westlander=y, state=collapsed Darling Downs Railway stations in Australia opened in 1868 Regional ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Siding, Queensland
Kings Siding is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Kings Siding had a population of 15 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the Western railway line. The land is relatively flat ranging from above sea level. The land use is a mix of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation. Kings railway siding was on the Western railway on the boundary between the localities of Kings Siding and Kingsthorpe (). History The locality was officially named and bounded on 7 September 2001. The name refers to the former KIngs railway siding on the Western railway line which, like neighbouring Kingsthorpe, takes its name ''King'' from George King and his family of pastoralists who owned the Gowrie pastoral station from 1841. The siding was established by 1891. In 1902 the siding is called King and Sons' Siding and is adjacent to the coal mine established by the King family, but in 1975 appears simply as King's Siding. In the Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biddeston, Queensland
Biddeston is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people. History Crosshill State School opened on 9 August 1880 and closed on 1940. A postal receiving office opened on 1 February 1882 and was upgraded to a post office on 1 July 1927. During that time it was run by the Anderson family of Biddeston Farm, which is probably the origin of the district name. The post office closed on 5 January 1965. The town reserve was established on 26 August 1890. In 1880, a 10-acre block of land on the Oakey-Southbrook Road was aside for a school. However, it was not until 14 October 1919 that the Biddeston State School finally opened, but with only a tent for a schoolroom for the 14 children enrolled under teacher Margaret Cecilla Cloherty Anderson. It was not until 10 October 1921 that the Education Department built a one-room timber building to replace the tent. Despite growing enrolment numbers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvinhaugh, Queensland
Kelvinhaugh is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kelvinhaugh had a population of 44 people. Geography The Oakey–Cooyar Road Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road (number 417). It ... runs along the western boundary. History Mayburn Provisional School opened on 20 January 1905. On 1 January 1909, it became Mayburn State School. On 30 July 1926, it was renamed Kelvinhaugh State School. It closed on 30 October 1952. It was at 133 Wilthorn Kelvinhaugh Road (). The Wilthorn railway station was on the north-east corner of the Oakey Cooyar Road and the Wilthorn Kelvinhaugh Road (). It was on the former Cooyar railway line. In the , Kelvinhaugh had a population of 44 people. References Further reading * — includes Gowrie Little Plains Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsthorpe, Queensland
Kingsthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kingsthorpe had a population of 2,159 people. Geography Kingsthorpe is on the Darling Downs, north-west of the Toowoomba CBD and west of the state capital, Brisbane. Kingsthorpe railway station on the Western railway line serves the town (). Kings railway station is a closed station on that line on the boundary between the localities of Kingsthorpe and Kings Siding (). History The town was named after pastoralist brothers Colonel Henry Venn King and George Beresford King, of the Gowrie pastoral property. St Gregory's Anglican Church in Meringandan was consecrated on Sunday 12 September 1886 by Bishop William Webber. It was located on a piece of land near the railway station, donated by Mr Foland. It was built by Mr Maag and was and could seat 150 people. In 1905 it was relocated to Kingsthorpe where it was re-consecrated at St Gregory's by Archbishop St C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon Park, Queensland
Devon Park is a rural 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 , Devon Park had a population of 49 people. History The locality is named after an early pastoral station in the district. Devon Park Provisional School opened on 2 September 1903. On 1 January 1909, it became Devon Park State School. It closed in 1963. In the , Devon Park had a population of 49 people. References Further reading * — includes Gowrie Little Plains School, Aubigny School, Crosshill School, Devon Park State School, Silverleigh State School, Boodua School, Greenwood State School, Kelvinhaugh State School Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jondaryan, Queensland
Jondaryan is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jondaryan had a population of 385 people. Geography The Western railway line passes through the locality. The now-closed Jondaryan railway station () served the town, while the Malu railway station on the boundary of the localities of Jondaryn and Malu is still operational (). History The name ''Jondaryan'' derives from pastoral run name first used 1841 by Henry Dennis. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''a long way off''. The town was surveyed in June 1871 by surveyor G.T. Weale. Jondaryan Post Office opened on 1 March 1867. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh stayed overnight in Jondaryan, then the terminus of the railway line, on 26 February 1868. Jondaryan Provisional School opened on 12 February 1872. On 31 January 1876 it became Jondaryan State School. In June 2015, the closed St Jude's Anglican church was relocated from Acland to the Jondaryan Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
