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Oaky Creek, Queensland
Oaky Creek (previously Oakey Creek) is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Oaky Creek had a population of 83 people. Geography Oaky Creek is a hilly undeveloped area occupying a valley with a single creek flowing into the Logan River. Elevations in the east reach greater than above sea level. Round Hill is a mountain in the locality () rising to above sea level. History Timber was an important early industry in the area. There was a sawmill at Oakey Creek. This sawmill no longer exists. In the , Oaky Creek and surrounding localities had a population of 463 people. In the Oaky Creek had a population of 83 people. Education There are no schools in Oaky Creek. The nearest primary schools are Rathdowney State School in Rathdowney to the west, Hillview State School in neighbouring Hillview to the east, and Tamrookum State School in Tamrookum Tamrookum is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ta ... [...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] |
Running Creek, Queensland
Running Creek is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Running Creek had a population of 147 people. It borders New South Wales. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the ridgeline of the McPherson Range (which defines the Queensland borders, Queensland border with New South Wales). The watercourse Running Creek (from which the locality takes its name) rises in Lamington, Queensland, Lamington on the northern slopes of the McPherson Range and enters the locality from the south-west (Mount Gipps, Queensland, Mount Gipps) and then flows north through the locality exiting to the north-west (Rathdowney, Queensland, Rathdowney), where it immediately becomes a tributary of the Logan River (). Running Creek has the following mountains: * Grass Tree Knob () * Lawn Hill () * Mount Chinghee () Running Creek has the following mountain passes: * Gradys Gap Gate () * Richmond Gap () There are a numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Establishments In Australia
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Tamrookum, Queensland
Tamrookum is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tamrookum had a population of 91 people. Geography The Mount Lindesay Highway traverses Tamrookum from north ( Laravale) to south ( Innisplain) and forms part of the north-west boundary. The Logan River forms its eastern boundary. The Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor also passes through the locality from north to south to the west of the highway with Tamrookum railway station at . A series of vegetated hills in the west rises to elevations of up to . In the east adjacent to the river the predominant land use is irrigated cropping and irrigated pasture for grazing. In the west the principal land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The name ''Tamrookum'' is believed to be a corruption of the Aboriginal words (from the Yugumbeh language) ''dhan/buragun'' meaning ''place of boomerangs''. The first Tamrookum squatter was John Campbell and the lessee from 1848 was William Barke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a State of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating the relationships between all state and territory governments and the Australian Government. Under the Australian Constitution, all states and territories (including Queensland) ceded powers relating to certain matters to the federal government. The government is influenced by the Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government. The Governor of Queensland, as the representative of Charles III, King of Australia, holds nominal executive power, although in practice only performs ceremonial duties. In practice executive power lies with the Premier and Cabinet. The Cabinet of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan River
The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in South East Queensland that drains the southern ranges of the Scenic Rim and empties into Moreton Bay after navigating the City of Logan, a major suburban centre located south of Brisbane. The catchment is dominated by urban and agricultural land use. Near the river mouth are mangrove forests and a number of aquaculture farms. Course and features The river rises below Mount Ernest on the southern slopes of the Scenic Rim, part of the Great Dividing Range and forms in the Mount Barney National Park, near the QueenslandNew South Wales border, below Mount Lindesay. The river flows generally north by northeast, joined by eleven minor tributaries, before heading east and eventually emptying into Moreton Bay. Its principal tributaries are the Alb ... [...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] |
Innisplain, Queensland
Innisplain is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisplain had a population of 85 people. Geography Part of the Logan River and the Mount Lindesay Highway marks the western boundary. The area is hilly with some land used for agriculture. The Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor passes through the area, with the Mt Lindesay Highway crossing the interstate railway line at Innisplain. History A railway station on the Beaudesert Shire Tramway was located at Innisplain, opening in 1903. A state school operated from 1921 to 1962. In 1877, were resumed from the Telemon pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877. Innisplain State School opened on 7 November 1921 and closed on 31 December 1962. It was on Innisplain Road (). In the , Innisplain had a population of 85 people. The locality contains 40 households, in which 64.3% of the population are males and 35.7% of the population are female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamington, Queensland
Lamington is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lamington had a population of 86 people. Geography Christmas Creek is one of a number of tributaries of the Logan River which have headwaters in the McPherson Range along the border. The upper Christmas Creek valley is mountainous. Peaks at Lamington include Little Widgee Mountain, Bujera in the east while across the valley the slopes rise towards Neglected Mountain. The southern boundary follows a section of the western Lamington Plateau and Lamington National Park. Lamington has the following mountains and cliffs: * Buchanans Fort (mountain) () * Little Widgee Mountain () * Bujera (cliff) () * Hillview Cliffs () History The name ''Bujera'' is an Aboriginal word meaning "warm, love, adore, a good feeling" of the traditional landowners, the Mununjali people. Willowbank Provisional School opened on 20 August 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Willowbank State School. On 13 July 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathdowney, Queensland
Rathdowney (historically also written as Rathdownie) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rathdowney had a population of 308 people. Geography Rathdowney is on the Mount Lindesay Highway south of Beaudesert, Queensland, Beaudesert at the base of the McPherson Range. The eastern boundary is marked by the Logan River. It is also close to some of the areas of greatest biodiversity in Australia, and a gateway to various National Parks such as Border Ranges National Park and Mount Barney National Park with a variety of lush rainforest, eucalypt forest, mountain heath and other habitats. The former locality of Bigriggan (also spelled Bigriggen) is within Rathdowney, west of the town (). It is accessed via Bigriggan Road which terminates at the Bigriggan Reserve Park, located near the confluence of Burnett Creek and the Logan River. The park provides camp sites with a kiosk by the river with access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillview, Queensland
Hillview is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Hillview had a population of 74 people. Geography Hillview occupies a section of Christmas Creek valley where it is joined by Widgee Creek. Hillview's eastern boundary is marked by the high point of Jinbroken Range. History The town was once a stop on the Beaudesert Shire Tramway. Christmas Creek Provisional opened on 5 July 1887 (higher up the creek than a previous Christmas Creek Provisional School). In 1901, it became Christmas Creek State School. In 1914, the school was renamed Hillview State School. In the , the locality of Hillview had a population of 74 people. The locality contained 25 households, in which 46.5% of the population were males and 53.5% of the population were females with a median age of 51, 13 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,050, $388 below the national average. Education Hillview State School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
