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Rosehill, Queensland
Rosehill is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rosehill had a population of 126 people. History The locality takes its name from Rosehill railway station (previously known as Lyndhurt Road, then Lyndhurst, and renamed to Rosehill in September 1885). The name refers to a local big hill covered in rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native plant, native to the Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was kn ... bush. Rosehill Provisional School opened circa 1890 but closed circa 1899. On 21 January 19091 it reopened, becoming Rosehill State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1940, but reopened on 29 January 1952 as Rose Hill State School. It closed permanently on 31 December 1966. Lyndhurst State School opened in January 1913, but was soon renamed Mount Gordon State School. It closed on ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of Southern Downs
Southern Downs is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 2001 as a replacement for Warwick. The district takes in the southern parts of the Darling Downs region along the New South Wales border. It includes the major towns of Warwick, Stanthorpe and Goondiwindi and extends westward almost to St George. It includes a number of smaller communities such as: * Allora * Cecil Plains * Inglewood * Killarney * Leyburn * Millmerran * Texas * Wallangarra * Yelarbon Darling Downs has traditionally been a conservative area, and Southern Downs is no exception. It has been a comfortably safe seat for the Liberal National Party and its predecessor, the National Party for its entire existence. Predecessor seat Warwick had been in the hands of a non-Labor party since 1947. The seat's first member, Lawrence Springborg, transferred from Warwick in 2001. He served as the last leader of the Queensland branch of the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Maranoa
The Division of Maranoa is an Australian electoral division in Queensland. Maranoa extends across the Southern Outback and is socially conservative. In the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, Pauline Hanson's One Nation finished ahead of Labor, reaching 20% of the primary vote. Maranoa is a stronghold for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The current MP is David Littleproud, former Minister of Agriculture and current leader of the National Party. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massie, Queensland
Massie is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Massie had a population of 113 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the Condamine River. The Warwick Allora Road enters to the locality from the south-east ( Toolburra) and exits to the north ( Deuchar). The South Western railway line enters the locality from the north (Deuchar) and runs immediately parallel and east of the Warwick Allora Road until it exits to the south-east (Toolburra). The locality was served by the Massie railway station (). The land use is crop growing and grazing on native vegetation. History The locality was named after the Massie railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department after Robert George Massie, a pastoralist of South Toolburra, who was formerly a Commissioner of Crown Lands for MacLeay River District and later a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willowvale, Queensland
Willowvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Willowvale had a population of 94 people. Geography Willowvale is predominantly farm land with no urban development. The Cunningham Highway forms the eastern boundary of the locality. Glengallan Creek flows from west to east through the northern part of the locality. Mount Juliet is located in the southern part of the locality. History Grayson Provisional School opened in 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Grayson State School. In 1912 it was renamed Willowvale State School. It closed in 1967. The school was at 361 Willowvale Road (on the south-west corner with Willowvale School Road, ). The Grayson / Glengallan Presbyterian Church was built on of land opposite the Grayson School at 350 Willowvale Road (). The land was donated by William Skerman and the church was erected using volunteer labour by local people. It officially opened on Sunday 19 September 1909. By 1913 it had become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Womina, Queensland
Womina is a rural locality in the Southern Downs 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 , Womina had a population of 234 people. History The locality was named and bounded on 5 September 2003. It takes its name from a former railway station name, which is Aboriginal word meaning "one." References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick, Queensland
Warwick ( ) is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in southeast Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Region Local government in Australia, local government area. The surrounding Darling Downs have fostered a strong agricultural industry for which Warwick, together with the larger city of Toowoomba, serve as convenient service centres. The town had an urban population of 15,380 as at June 2018, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. having declined slightly at an average annual rate of -0.15% year-on-year over the preceding five years. Geography The Condamine River meanders from the east to the north-west of Warwick. One of its tributaries, Rosenthal Creek, enters Warwick from the south and enters the Condamine within Warwick. The Cunningham Highway and the New England Highway jointly enter Warwick from the north, cross the Condamine River, and then turn west within the town close to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenthal Heights, Queensland
Rosenthal Heights is a rural residential locality in the Southern Downs 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 , Rosenthal Heights had a population of 2,259 people. History The locality takes its name from the parish, which in turn derived its name from a pastoral run name used by wool grower Frederick John Bracker in the early 1840s, from the German ''rosen'' meaning ''roses'' and ''thal'' meaning ''valley'' or ''glen''. In 1877, of land was resumed from the Rosenthal pastoral run to establish smaller farms. The land was offered for selection on 19 April 1877. Inverleigh State School opened on 6 October 1921 and closed on 21 July 1942. References Further reading * — includes Inverleigh School, Allan / Sandy Creek Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan, Queensland
Allan is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Sandy Creek. In the , Allan had a population of 87 people. Geography The Condamine River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality, while Sandy Creek flows through the locality from Leslie Dam (the locality) to the west towards Leslie to the north-west (eventually becoming a tributary of the Condamine River. The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from the south-east ( Rosenthal Heights) towards the west (Leslie Dam). The South Western railway line runs roughly parallel to the south of the highway; there is no railway station within the locality. Major arterial roads in the locality are Sandy Creek Road which runs from the highway north-west to Leslie. The Leslie Dam Road runs south from the highway towards the Leslie Dam. The predominant land is agriculture, both cropping and grazing. History The locality is probably named after William Allan, an earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toolburra, Queensland
Toolburra is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Toolburra had a population of 42 people. Geography Toolburra is an agricultural locality with little urban development. The Condamine River passes through the district and forms part of its boundaries on the north-west and south-east. The river's confluence with tributary Splityard Creek occurs in the centre of the district. The Warwick-Allora Road passes through the locality from the south-east to the north-west forming part of the south-east and north-west boundaries of the locality. The Southern railway line The Southern railway line serves the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The long line branches from the Western line at Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, and proceeds south through Warwick and Stanthorpe to the New South Wales/Quee ... runs parallel and slightly to the north of the Warwick-Allora Road. Toolburra railway station is on this line; however there are cur ... [...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] |
Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. It has an estimated operating budget of A$22.8 million. History The majority of the former Warwick Shire is home to the Githabul people who have lived around this area for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the early 1840s. The current area of the Southern Downs Region existed as two distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Warwick; which in turn consisted of four previous local government areas: ** the City of Warwick; ** the Shire of Allora; ** the Shire of Glengallan; ** the Shire of Rosenthal; * and the Shire of Stanthorpe. The City of Warwick came into being as the Warwick Municipality on 25 May 1861 under the ''Municipalities Act 1858'', a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
