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Staaten, Queensland
Staaten is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Staaten had a population of 0 people. Geography The '' Staaten River'' rises in the locality and flows to the west. The Staaten River National Park The Staaten River National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,640 km northwest of Brisbane. It receives its name from the Staaten River which flows through the park. Environment The park encompasses an extensive section of ... is in the south-west corner of the locality. References {{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland ... [...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 Cook
Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia. Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands. It is named after British navigator James Cook, who charted the coast and landed on Possession Island – one of the Torres Strait islands – in 1770. History 1883 election In the 1883 election, there were four candidates for the (then) two-member electorate. They were: * Thomas Campbell * Frederick Cooper (one of the sitting members) * John Hamilton * Charles Lumley Hill (a former member in Gregory) Cooper and Hamilton were elected, but there were allegations of "ballot stuffing", specifically that there were too many votes cast at the California Gully and Halpin's Creek polling stations given the number of electors. The unsuccessful candidates, Campbell and Hill, petitioned to overturn the ballot. In December 1883, arrests were made in connection with the ballot stuffing. On 4 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Kennedy
The Division of Kennedy is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland. History The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named after Edmund Kennedy, an explorer in the area where the division is located in Queensland. The member since 1993 is Bob Katter Jr., the leader of Katter's Australian Party. He was previously elected as a member of the National Party, but became an independent in 2001 before forming his own party in 2011. Geographically, the electorate is rural. It takes in the Pacific coast of Queensland between Cairns and Townsville, including a small portion of Cairns itself, before sweeping westward to take in most of Queensland's northern outback—a large, increasingly sparsely populated area stretching west to the border with the Northern Territory. The largest population centre in the electorate is the city of Mount Isa, in its far west. Until 1949, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highbury, Queensland
Highbury is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Highbury had a population of 0 people. Geography It is located north of the Staaten River National Park. The ''Mitchell River Mitchell River may refer to: Australia *Mitchell River (Queensland) *Mitchell River (Victoria) *Mitchell River (Western Australia) Canada *Mitchell River (Cross River) *Mitchell River (Quesnel River tributary) United States *Mitchell River (Mass ...'' forms a small part of the eastern boundary before flowing through to the west. Road infrastructure The Burke Developmental Road (State Route 27) runs through from east to west. References {{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamboola, Queensland
Gamboola is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gamboola had a population of 23 people. Geography The ''Lynd River'' forms part of the western boundary. Road infrastructure The Burke Developmental Road The Burke Developmental Road is a Queensland (Australia) developmental road. It links Cloncurry and Normanton in a south–north direction, then turns to the north-east north of Normanton for before turning south-east till Dimbulah, where it ... (State Route 27) runs through from south-east to west. References {{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndside, Queensland
Lyndside is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lyndside had a population of 0 people. Geography The ''Lynd River The Lynd River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the river rise in the Forty Mile Scrub National Park in the Great Dividing Range and flows in a north weste ...'' flows through from south to north, where it forms part of the north-eastern boundary. References {{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathmore, Queensland
Strathmore is a locality split between the Shire of Mareeba and the Shire of Etheridge, in Queensland, Australia. In the Strathmore had a population of 12 people. Geography The Einasleigh River splits the locality between the two local government areas with Shire of Mareeba to the north and Shire of Etheridge to the south. The land use is grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ... on native vegetation. History In the Strathmore had a population of 12 people. Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Minnies Outstation, part of Strathmore () * Strathmore () Transport There are a number of airstrips in the locality: * Minnies Outstation airstrip () * Strathmore Airstrip #1 () * Strathmore Airstrip #2 () References {{Shire of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagoonya, Queensland
Yagoonya is a coastal locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yagoonya had a population of 25 people. Geography Yangoonya is on the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula facing the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Burke Developmental Road passes through the locality from north to south. History Originally called Yagoona, the name was changed to Yagoonya on 7 June 2002. Education There are no schools in Yagoonya. The nearest schools are in Kowanyama (P-10) to the north or in Normanton (P-10) and Karumba Karumba is a town and a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Karumba had a population of 531 people. Geography Karumba is in the Gulf Country region o ... (P-6) to the south-west. There is no secondary Years 11 and 12 schooling available in the area or nearby. References {{Shire of Carpentaria Shire of Carpentaria Coastline of Queensland Localities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maramie, Queensland
Maramie is a locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. In the , Maramie had a population of 28 people. Geography The '' Mitchell River'' flows through from east to north-west. The '' Alice River'' rises in the locality and flows north-west to its junction with the ''Mitchell'' on the north-western boundary. The Burke Developmental Road (State Route 27) enters the locality from the south ( Yagoonya) and exits to the east (Highbury). There are three national parks within the locality: * Errk Oykangand National Park in the north-west of the locality * a small portion of Olkola National Park in the north-east of the locality (extending into neighbouring Dixie) * Staaten River National Park in the south-east of the locality (extending into neighbouring Staaten) Apart from these protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from Maramie Creek (now called Clark Creek) which was in turn named b ... [...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] |
Shire Of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several councils in the Atherton Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region. On 20 March 2013, Mareeba residents voted in favour of a proposal to reverse the amalgamation and to re-establish Mareeba Shire. The new Mareeba Shire was re-established on 1 January 2014. History The Woothakata Division, based in the mining town of Thornborough on the Hodgkinson goldfield, was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1836. Woothakata is a Wakaman and Kuku Djungan Aboriginal word which describes the way (the journey) they travelled to Ngarrabullgan/Mount Mulligan, an important meeting place. The name Wootha ... [...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] |
