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Parkwood, Queensland
Parkwood is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Parkwood had a population of 8,702 people. Geography Parkwood is about by road north-west of Southport. The suburb is bounded by Napper Road to the north, Olsen Avenue to the east, Smith Street to the south and west. There is an unnamed hill with a peak of in the north of the suburb () with the Brushwood Ridge Reserve. The major industry is retail trade, but the majority of resident workers are technicians and trades workers. Parkwood is characterized by leafy, green streets, well-kept gardens and detached homes, the majority of which are owner-occupied or rented. The suburb as a whole was developed in the last 20 years and falls under the Gold Coast City Council Division 6. History Parkwood was named and bounded on 16 September 1989. The area was previously known as Ernest. In the , Parkwood had a population of 8,702 people. Education There are no schools in Parkwood. The nearest primary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the nation's largest regional city, and Queensland's second-largest city after Brisbane. The city's Central Business District is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport, with the suburb holding more corporate office space than anywhere else in the city. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast sprawling almost 60 kilometers, joining up with the Greater Brisbane Metropolitan Area to the north and to the state border with New South Wales to the south. Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Yugambeh people. The demonym for the Gold Coast is Gold Coaster. The Gold Coast is a major tourist destination with a sunny, subtropical climate and has become widely known for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Pines, Queensland
Pacific Pines is a northern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pacific Pines had a population of 16,757 people. Geography Pacific Pines is located between the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway (M1) and the north-north-east side of the Nerang National Park, Nerang State Forest. History On 9 September 1994 Pacific Pines was originally gazetted as a neighbourhood within the suburb of Gaven, Queensland, Gaven. The name ''Pacific Pines'' was proposed by the land developer. It became a separate suburb on 7 February 2003. In 1990 Stockland bought of land in 1990 and designed it as a residential area with the capacity for 5,800 house lots and various community areas/features (e.g. parks, taverns, BBQ's). Pacific Pines State High School opened on 1 January 2000. Jubilee Primary School opened in January 2001. It is operated by Brisbane Catholic Education as an Ecumenism, ecumenical scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musgrave Sports Park
Musgrave may refer to: Places Australia Generally *Musgrave Block, a geological province in South Australia and Western Australia Queensland * Musgrave, Queensland, a town in Queensland ** Musgrave Telegraph Station, a former telegraph station in Queensland * Port Musgrave, a bay on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland **Electoral district of Musgrave, a former electorate Northern Territory and South Australia *Musgrave Ranges, a mountain range in the Northern Territory and South Australia South Australia *County of Musgrave, a cadastral unit England * Musgrave, Cumbria, civil parish in Cumbria * Great Musgrave, village in Cumbria * Little Musgrave, village in Cumbria * Musgrave railway station, station to the west of Great Musgrave in Cumbria Canada * Musgrave Harbour, a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. New Zealand * Mount Musgrave, South Island, New Zealand Northern Ireland * Musgrave, Belfast, ward of South Belfast South Africa * Musgrave, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkwood Sharks
The Gold Coast Rugby League (also known as the Kevin Bycroft Cup) is a rugby league football competition based in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is under the administration of the Queensland Rugby League through the South East Queensland Division, which also administers the Brisbane and Ipswich competitions. The Gold Coast Rugby League Premiership consists of ten clubs, competing in three senior leagues; A-Grade, Reserves and Colts (under-19s). The Gold Coast Junior Rugby League was formed in 1976 and consists of seventeen clubs, competing in multiple age groups from under-7s to under-17s. Representative team Selected players from the Gold Coast Rugby League, represented Gold Coast in a representative side called Combined Gold Coast, also called Gold Coast Vikings, whose teams compete in the statewide competitions, the Cyril Connell Cup and the Mal Meninga Cup. The Gold Coast Rugby League has previously entered sides in the Queensland Cup and in the Winfield State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helensvale Railway Station
Helensvale railway station is a major public transport interchange in the Gold Coast suburb of Helensvale. Helensvale railway station is served by the Queensland Rail Citytrain network Gold Coast line, G:link light rail and Surfside Buslines bus services. History Helensvale station opened on 25 February 1996 as the terminus of the Gold Coast line from Beenleigh. The line was later extended to Nerang on 16 December 1997. When opened, Helensvale station was also served by a CountryLink road coach service from Murwillumbah, this was diverted when the line was extended south. A track duplication to the north of the station, linking with Coomera, was completed in October 2017. The new track provides additional capacity in time for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The duplication required the construction of eight new rail bridges, including one with a span of 860 metres across the Coomera River, Hope Island Road and Saltwater Creek. On 18 December 2017, Helensvale became the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southport State High School
Southport State High School is a secondary school situated in Southport on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. Southport State High School was the first public high school on the Gold Coast, celebrating its 100th centenary in 2016. 'Respice Finem' remains the school motto to this day, meaning 'look to the end result'. Some of the Southport State High School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. History The Southport State School was originally built in 1879 in Scarborough Street on what is now the site for Southport Central Towers. From 1916, the primary school included a section, as a temporary measure until more suitable premises were decided upon, for students undertaking secondary education. It was this component of the school which was moved to a Smith Street location in March 1955 resulting in the creation of a custom built high school which served the entirety of the Gold Coast region. On 4 October 2019, the school's Block B was destroyed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombabah, Queensland
Coombabah is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coombabah had a population of 10,388 people. Geography Surrounding Coombabah is Paradise Point and Hope Island to the north, Arundel to the south, Runaway Bay and Biggera Waters to the east and Helensvale to the west and the Coombabah State High School. The minor arterial road servicing Coombabah is Oxley Drive. History The suburb takes its name from Coombabah Lake and Coombabah Creek, which in turn are named using Bundjalung language, Ngaraangbal dialect words meaning ''place of the wood grubs'', from the word ''goombo'' meaning teredo worm, which was a deliberately cultivated food source by the Indigenous people. Coombabah Provisional School opened circa July 1887 as a special school for the children of parents who were employed in Public Works in the area. The school was moved to Acrobat Creek and re-opened on 10 Jan 1889 as Acrobat Creek Provisional School for the children of workers bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombabah State High School
{{Unreferenced, date=October 2008 Coombabah State High School is a public secondary school located in the northern suburb of Coombabah on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in Australia. Backing onto the Coombabah Lakelands Conversation Area, The campus is situated on Pine Ridge Road. Overview The current principal is Chris Kern with the deputies being Justin Clinch, Cath Robertson, Tamerlane Schelks and PETA Purson. Over 1,200 students attend Coombabah High and feeder schools include Coombabah State Primary School, Biggera Waters State Primary School, Labrador State Primary School & Arundel State Primary School and also Helensvale State Primary School. It intakes students from the greater Gold Coast area. It opened in 1986, with a student population of approximately 670 students in Years 8, 9 and 11. Years 10 and 12 were introduced in 1987, and enrolments continued to grow, reaching a peak of approximately 1700 in 1989. The first principal was Kevin Bowden, who was assisted by C ... [...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] |
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] |
