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Shire Of Pioneer
The Shire of Pioneer was a Local government in Australia, local government area surrounding the city of Mackay, Queensland, Mackay and including all but its innermost suburbs. The shire, administered from Mackay, Queensland, Mackay itself, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Mackay. History The Borough of Mackay was proclaimed on 22 September 1869 under the ''Municipal Institutions Act 1864''. Pioneer Division was one of the 74 divisional boards established on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 2884 and covered the region surrounding but not including the Borough of Mackay. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Pioneer Division became the Shire of Pioneer on 31 March 1903. The Pioneer Shire Council Chambers at 1 Wood Street, Mackay, were constructed in 1935 and are now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The Sh ... [...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] |
Andergrove, Queensland
Andergrove is a northern urban locality in Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Andergrove had a population of 9,419 people. Geography Andergrove has been steadily growing as a suburban community since 1990s and the housing stock is mostly low-set brick homes. History Andergrove State School opened on 21 February 1939. Pioneer State High School opened on 28 January 1986. At that time, Andergrove was in the Pioneer Shire, which was amalgamated into City of Mackay in 1994. MacKillop Catholic Primary School opened in 1995. In the 2011 census, Andergove had a population of 9,372 people. In the , Andergrove had a population of 9,419 people. Education Andergrove State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Fernleigh Avenue (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 368 students with 35 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Mackay, Queensland
North Mackay is a suburb of Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Mackay had a population of 5,933 people. Although in present times North Mackay is an officially and precisely bounded area, historically and in informal use the term "North Mackay" or "Mackay North" may refer to any part of Mackay north of the Pioneer River. For a part of its life, it and surrounding suburbs were also actually part of the historic Shire of Pioneer. Geography As the name suggests, North Mackay is the suburb to the north of the central suburb of Mackay, separated by the Pioneer River. The suburb is bounded by Norris Road to the west, the Mackay Harbour branch of the North Coast railway to the north, Vines Creek to the east and Barnes Creek and the Pioneer River to the south. Harbour Road passes through the east of the suburb and is the arterial access to the harbour. The suburb is predominantly residential although there are a some small industrial areas in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nindaroo, Queensland
Nindaroo is a rural locality in the Mackay 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 , establishe ..., Australia. In the Nindaroo had a population of 239 people. History Nindaroo Provisional School opened on 27 February 1899. On 1 January 1909 it became Nindaroo State School, before closing in 1963. The school was located at 1 Boveys Road, corner of Mackay Habana Road (), now in neighbouring Richmond. In the Nindaroo had a population of 239 people. References External links Mackay Region Localities in Queensland {{NorthQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant, Queensland (Mackay Region)
Mount Pleasant is a suburb in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Pleasant had a population of 4,444 people. Geography The suburb is bounded by Fursden Creek and the Pioneer River to the south, by Hicks Street and the Bruce Highway to the south-west, by Murrays Road and Pioneer Road to the west, the branch line of North Coast railway line to the Port of Mackay) to the north, and Norris Road and Willetts Road to the east. Historically farming land, the current land use is almost entirely residential, apart from a parcel of farmland in the north of suburb, to the east of the Mackay Bucasia Road. History Northview State School opened on 28 January 1986. On 11 August 1987 the school building of the closed Mount Pelion State School was relocated to Northview State School in Mount Pleasant but it gradually fell into disrepair. On 24 October 2014 the building was moved to Sarina to be restored as part of the Sarina Tourist Art and Craft Visitor Information Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackay Harbour, Queensland
Mackay Harbour is a coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mackay Harbour had a population of 555 people. Geography The locality of Mackay Harbour is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea and to the south by the Pioneer River. The Port of Mackay is located on the oceanside supported by a number of associated industrial facilities. There is also a residential and tourism development called Mackay Marina with 479 marina berths. History When Mackay was first settled, ships came into port in the Pioneer River. However, by 1884, there were problems accommodating larger ships in the river. Although a new port had been desired since 1887, there was no progress in building one until l the Australian Government provided a grant of £250,000 and a loan of £1,000,000 in 1933. Work started on the port with the laying of a foundation stone on 14 September 1935. On 27 August 1939, the new deep water port was officially opened by Queensland Premier William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenella, Queensland
Glenella is a mixed-use town and suburb of Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Glenella had a population of 4,519 people. Geography The land is mostly low-lying or less above sea level but with some hills rising to . The land in the east and south-east of the suburb is residential. There is a small industrial estate in the south-east. The remainder of the suburb remains rural, mostly growing sugarcane and some grazing on native vegetation. The Bruce Highway passes through the suburb from the east ( Mount Pleasant) to the west ( Farleigh). The North Coast railway line enters the suburb from the north-east (Richmond) and exits to the west (Farleigh). There is a network of cane tramways through the suburb operated by Mackay Sugar to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the sugar mills, the nearest being Farleigh mill in Farleigh. History Mackay North State School opened on 3 February 1879 with an initial enrolment of 35 children. The first teacher was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foulden, Queensland
Foulden is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the northern bank of the Pioneer River in Mackay. In the , Foulden had a population of 9 people. Geography Foulden is bounded by the Pioneer River to the south and east, Fursden Creek to the north, and the Maraju Yakapari Road to the west. The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south (crossing over the river from Racecourse / West Mackay on a dedicated rail bridge) and exits to the north ( Erakala). The locality was served by the former Maraju railway station (). The Glenella Connection Road enters through the locality from south (crossing over the river from West Mackay on the Edmund Casey Bridge) and exits to the north (Eralaka / Glenella). The land is low lying and flat and prone to flooding, but well-suited to growing sugarcane which is the predominant land use. History Foulden Sugar Mill operated from 1872 to 1887. It was on the northern bank of the Pioneer River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erakala, Queensland
Erakala is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Erakala had a population of 547 people. History The locality takes its name from a railway station, which in turn was named on 12 January 1927 named by the Queensland Railways Department. It is an Aboriginal word meaning a ''flat Flat or flats may refer to: Architecture * Flat (housing), an apartment in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and other Commonwealth countries Arts and entertainment * Flat (music), a symbol () which denotes a lower pitch * Flat (soldier), ...''. References {{Mackay Region Mackay Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eimeo, Queensland
Eimeo is a coastal town and suburb in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Eimeo had a population of 3,285 people. Geography Eimeo has a headland that extends north into the Coral Sea. The point of the headland is rocky but the eastern and western sides of the headland have sandy beaches. Sunset Bay is to the west of the headland extending into neighbouring Bucasia (). Eimeo Creek flows into Sunset Bay and forms the boundary between the Eimeo and Bucasia (). History The name ''Eimeo'' was derived from selection name used by Jeremiah Downs Armitage, an early settler in the 1870s, after his birthplace Moorea (also called Eimeo) in Tahiti. His father Elijah Armitage was a missionary in the South Seas. Armitage engaged in many occupations, including timber cutting, fruit growing and operating a boarding house and/or hotel. Armitage's lasting legacy to the area is the avenue of mango trees he planted, probably in the 1880s, to delineate the track lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolphin Heads, Queensland
Dolphin Heads is a coastal town and suburb of Mackay in the Mackay 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 , establishe ..., Australia. In the , the suburb of Dolphin Heads had a population of 388 people. Geography The waters of the '' Coral Sea'' form the eastern boundary and much of the northern boundary. History The town was named on 9 October 1982. The locality was named and bounded on 3 September 1999. In the , the suburb of Dolphin Heads had a population of 388 people. Education There are no schools in Dolphin Heads. The nearest government primary school is Eimeo Road State School in Rural View to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Mackay Northern Beaches State High School, also in Rural View. Amenities There is a park in He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cremorne, Queensland
Cremorne is a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cremorne had a population of 33 people. Geography Cremorne is on the northern bank of the Pioneer River in the centre of Mackay. The Forgan Smith Bridge crosses from central Mackay over the Pioneer River and through Cremorne to North Mackay. The Pioneer River forms the southern boundary of the locality and Barnes Creek forms the northern boundary. Most of the western part of the locality is parkland (largely undeveloped); there is a small number of industrial buildings around the Forgan Smith Bridge. History Arriving in 1863, John Greenwood Barnes was the first settler on the northern band of the Pioneer River. He experimented with growing edible tropical plants such as breadfruit, mango, guava, pineapples etc. on behalf of botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, the curator of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. However his greatest success was with coconut palms which he first planted in 1868 and then e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
