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Rainbow Creek (British Columbia)
Rainbow Creek may refer to: * Independent State of Rainbow Creek The Independent State of Rainbow Creek was an Australian secessionist micronation active during the 1970s and 80s, located in Cowwarr, a town on the Thomson River in the Victorian Alps. It was founded on 23 July 1979 by Thomas Barnes in protes ..., an Australian micronation of the 1970s and 1980s * Rainbow Creek (Ohio) * Rainbow Creek (Washington), source for Rainbow Falls (Chelan County) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent State Of Rainbow Creek
The Independent State of Rainbow Creek was an Australian secessionist micronation active during the 1970s and 80s, located in Cowwarr, a town on the Thomson River in the Victorian Alps. It was founded on 23 July 1979 by Thomas Barnes in protest of alleged incompetence by the Government of Victoria and others in regards to the flooding of his and others' properties. Background It was founded as a result of a long-running compensation dispute between a group of Victorian farmers in the town of Cowwarr, and an agency of the Victorian state government, the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC), . A road bridge built over the Thomson River at Cowwarr in the late 1930s proved to be sited too close to the annual flood high-water mark, so when that structure proved an impediment to the flow of debris during a particularly violent flood in 1952, the river simply carved a new course for itself around the edge of the bridge. This "breakaway" - later named Rainbow Creek - pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Creek (Ohio)
Rainbow Creek is a stream entirely within Washington County, Ohio. Rainbow Creek, noted for its rainbow shape, lent its name to the community of Rainbow, Ohio. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohi ... References Rivers of Washington County, Ohio Rivers of Ohio {{Ohio-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Creek (Washington)
Rainbow Creek may refer to: * Independent State of Rainbow Creek, an Australian micronation of the 1970s and 1980s * Rainbow Creek (Ohio) Rainbow Creek is a stream entirely within Washington County, Ohio. Rainbow Creek, noted for its rainbow shape, lent its name to the community of Rainbow, Ohio. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes reg ... * Rainbow Creek (Washington), source for Rainbow Falls (Chelan County) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |