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Riversleigh, Queensland
Riversleigh is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Riversleigh had a population of 16 people. History The locality takes its name from the parish, which in turn took its name from a pastoral station. The name appears on the 1887 Post Master General's map of Queensland. The name of the pastoral station is thought to reflect its situation on Angellala Creek, near its junction with the Warrego River. The locality was officially bounded on 28 March 2002. In the , Riversleigh had a population of 16 people. Road infrastructure The Warrego Highway passes to the north and the Mitchell Highway Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the Central West Queensland, central and South West Queensland, south western regions of Queensland and the North West Slopes, northern and Central West, New South Wales, central western ... to the west. See also * Riversleigh World Heritage Area * Riversleigh Station References {{Shire of M ... [...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] |
Riversleigh World Heritage Area
Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods. The fossiliferous limestone system is located near the Gregory River in the north-west of Queensland, an environment that was once a very wet rainforest that became more arid as the Gondwanan land masses separated and the Australian continent moved north. The approximately area has fossil remains of ancient mammals, birds, and reptiles of the Oligocene and Miocene ages, many of which were discovered and are only known from the Riversleigh area; the species that have occurred there are known as the Riversleigh fauna. The fossils at Riversleigh are unusual because they are found in soft freshwater limestone which has not been compacted. This means the animal remains retain their three-dimensional structure, rather than being partially crushed like in most fossil sites. The area is locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Highway
Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the Central West Queensland, central and South West Queensland, south western regions of Queensland and the North West Slopes, northern and Central West, New South Wales, central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The southern part of the Mitchell Highway forms part of the National Highway A32 corridor, which stretches from Sydney to Adelaide via Dubbo and Broken Hill. Mitchell Highway also forms part of the shortest route between Sydney and , via and Mount Isa, making it an important road transport, road link for the transport of passengers and Truckload shipping, freight for regional New South Wales and Queensland. The highway is a part of route Alternative A2 between Augathella and Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, route A71 and B71 between Charleville and Nyngan, and part of route A32 between Nyngan and Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst. In New South Wales, the highway's south-eastern terminus is a ... [...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] |
Warrego River
The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling River, Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Warrego River is the northernmost tributary of the Darling River. Course and features The river rises from below Mount Ka Ka Mundi in the Carnarvon Range, near Tambo, Queensland, Tambo in Queensland, and flows generally south, reaching its confluence with the Darling River, downstream from Bourke, New South Wales, Bourke. The river is joined by thirty-seven tributary, tributaries, including the Nive River (Queensland), Nive and Langlo River, Langlo rivers; descending over its watercourse, course. The river flows through a series of reservoirs, including the Dillalah Waterhole, Ten Mile Waterhole, Lower Lila Dam, Six Mile Dam, Turtle Waterhole, and Boera Dam. The towns of Augathella, Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, Wyan ... [...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] |
Shire Of Murweh
The Shire of Murweh is a local government area in the Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville. In June 2018, the Shire of Murweh had a population of 4,318. History Bidjara (Bidyara, Pitjara, Peechara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bidjara people. The Bidjara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Murweh Shire Council, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mount Tabor. Murweh Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions of Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1286. On 11 October 1883, there was an adjustment of boundaries between Tambo Division and Murweh Division. On 5 February 1889, the western part of Murweh Division was separated to create the new Adavale Division. On 21 March 1894, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sommariva, Queensland
Sommariva is a locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It is situated east of Charleville and west of Morven on the Warrego Highway. In the , Sommariva had a population of 25 people. Geography The Warrego Highway passes through the locality from east to west. The Western Railway line also passes through from east to west to the immediate south of the highway, with four railway stations within the locality (from west to east): * Arabella railway station () * Sommariva railway station () * Lurnea railway station (now abandoned) () * Angellala railway station () History The locality takes its name from its railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 February 1911, using the name of an adjacent pastoral property, which presumably took its name from the town of Sommariva in Piedmont, Italy. In the , Sommariva had a population of 14 people. In the , Sommariva had a population of 25 people. Heritage listings Sommariva h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Warrego
Warrego is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate lies in the extreme southwest of Queensland, running along the western part of the border with New South Wales. It includes the large town of Dalby, as well as the rural centres of Surat, Roma, Tara, Charleville, Augathella, St George and Cunnamulla. History The electoral district of Warrego was created by the ''Additional Members Act of 1864'' which introduced six new single-member electorates. A by-election was held to fill the seat. The nomination date was 18 March 1865 and the election was held on 25 March 1865. Warrego was, as with the rest of the state, held by independents and loose groupings of members around the government of the day until the first years of the twentieth century, when the partisan system took hold. It then became a stronghold of the centre-left Labor Party, which held it without interruption from 1908 to 1974. The decline of the ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakers Bend, Queensland
Bakers Bend is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bakers Bend had a population of 28 people. Geography The Warrego River meanders from north to south through the locality. The Western railway line from Charlevillle to Cunnamulla runs north to south through the locality, east of the river. The Mitchell Highway runs from north to south through the locality parallel and immediately east of the railway line. The now abandoned town of Wallal is within the locality (). Heritage listings Bakers Bend has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * off the Diamantina Developmental Road: Myendetta Homestead * off the Mitchell Highway: Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 69) Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 69) is a heritage-listed blazed tree at Mitchell Highway, Bakers Bend, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It was marked by William Landsborough. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 June ... References Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyandra, Queensland
Wyandra is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wyandra had a population of 99 people. Geography The Warrego River flows from north to south through the locality. The Mitchell Highway also passes from north to south through the locality to the east and roughly parallel with the river. The town is in roughly the centre of the locality just to the east of the river and west of the highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and north of Cunnamulla. History The town was originally named Claverton in July 1896, after the Claverton Downs pastoral run on the Warrego River, which was established about 1860. However, it was renamed Wyandra later in 1896. The town grew with the completion of the Western railway line from Charleville in 1897 and quickly became a centre for local grazing properties. The Wyandra Provisional School opened on 10 February 1898 and became Wyandra State School on 1 January 1909. In February 1921, the citizens of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
