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Shire Of Rosenthal
The Shire of Rosenthal was a local government area south and west of the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Rosenthal Heights, a Warwick suburb, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1886 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Warwick, Shire of Allora and Shire of Glengallan to form the Shire of Warwick. History The Inglewood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1378. Following a petition by residents, the Rosenthal Division was created on 18 April 1889 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' from Subdivision No. 1 of Inglewood Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Rosenthal Division became the Shire of Rosenthal on 31 March 1903. Its offices were located at Willi Street, Rosenthal Heights. On 19 March 1992, the Electoral a ... [...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] |
Rosenthal Division
#REDIRECT Shire of Rosenthal The Shire of Rosenthal was a local government area south and west of the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Rosenthal Heights, a Warwick suburb, covered an area of , and existed a ... Rosenthal Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Pratten, Queensland
Pratten is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pratten had a population of 205 people. History The town is named after either the settler Thomas Pratten or his son G.L. Pratten, a surveyor. It was previously known as Darkey Flat, because it was the site of an Aboriginal campsite. Darkey Flat State School opened in 1876. In 1990, it was renamed Pratten State School. It closed in 1965. St James' Anglican Church opened on Sunday 31 July 1881 at Darkey Flat. Pratten Presbyterian Church was officially opened on Monday 21 October 1901 by Reverend Kerr. On Sunday 10 September 1905, the new Patrick Leslie Memorial Presbyterian Church was opened by Reverend Kerr. It commemorates Warwick district pioneer, Patrick Leslie. It was in Elliott Street. Following the cessation of services in Pratten, in September 1954, the church building was relocated to 16 Braemar Street in Warwick. While passing through Cunningham, the church building sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgrave, Queensland
Palgrave 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 , establishe ..., Australia. In the , Palgrave had a population of 17 people. History The locality takes its name from the parish name, which in turn is thought to be named after an officer of the Aberdeen Company operating several pastoral runs in the area or after a senior public servant. References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyburn, Queensland
Leyburn (pronounced Lee-burn) is a rural town in the Southern Downs Region and a locality split between the South Downs Region and the Toowoomba Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Leyburn had a population of 476 people. Geography The Toowoomba–Karara Road ( State Route 48) passes through the locality from north-east to south, running immediately to the east of the town. Tourist Drive 12 (the Sprint Route) follows Leyburn Cunningham Road to the outskirts of Warwick. Leyburn State Forest is a protected area in the east of the locality (). History Leyburn was named in the 1840s by William Gray, Snr., who came to the area by bullock dray from Pitt Town on the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales.From series of articles published under the title ''Queensland place names and obelisks'' by Sydney May (formerly Honorary Secretary of the Queensland Place Names Committee) in ''Local Government'', June 1957 – November 1964 The first name for the locality was Canal Creek; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie, Queensland
Leslie is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Leslie had a population of 12 people. Geography The Condamine River forms the northern boundary of the locality and the Cunningham Highway forms most of the southern boundary. The South Western railway line enters the locality from the south (Leslie Dam) and exits to the west ( Wheatvale). Historically, the locality was served by the now-abandoned Leslie railway station (). The land use is crop growing in the east of the locality with grazing on native vegetation in the centre and west of the locality. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 14 September 2001. The name comes from the former Leslie railway station which was named after Patrick Leslie, a pioneer pastoralist on the Darling Downs. Demographics In the , Leslie had a population of 12 people. In the , Leslie had a population of 12 people. Education There are no schools in Leslie. The nearest government p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karara, Queensland
Karara () is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Karara had a population of 123 people. Geography The town is on the Darling Downs on the Cunningham Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane. The highway passes through the locality from the east to the south-west. The Toowoomba–Karara Road ( State Route 48) connects the highway through to the north of the locality to Leyburn and ultimately through to Toowoomba. The South Western railway line passes through the locality roughly parallel and to the north of the highway with the locality served by two railway stations: * Durikai railway station, now abandoned () * Karara railway station, serving the town (). Both the line and Karara railway station are no longer in active use. The Durakai State Forest occupies the southern and eastern areas within the locality; otherwise it is freehold land predominantly used for farming apart from a small urban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greymare, Queensland
Greymare is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Greymare had a population of 64 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway enters the locality from the north-east ( Montrose / Rodgers Creek) and exits to the north (Thane). The South-Western railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Montrose) and exits to the north (Thane). Greymare railway station served the locality but is now abandoned (). History The locality was named after a grey mare which belonged to pastoralist John Deuchar John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second .... This horse would escape from any paddock and head for the Greymare Creek. The Graymare railway station was named in 1904. Toolburra South State School opened on 2 June 1879. In 1924 it was rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalveen, Queensland
Dalveen is a town and a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , Dalveen had a population of 335 people. Geography The town is located in the south of the locality. The New England Highway enters the locality from the north ( The Glen) and exits to the south ( Cottonvale); it bypasses the town just to the west. The Southern railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Silverwood) and passes through the town (being served by the Dalveen railway station ) and then exits to the south (Cottonvale). History The name ''Dalveen'' derives from locality name given by settler John Flint, who named it after Dalveen Pass in Lanark, Scotland. Stanthorpe Road Provisional School opened on 12 August 1878. In 1879 it was renamed North Maryland Provisional School. In 1892 it was renamed Dalveen State School on 18 January 1892. The section of the Southern railway line from Cherry Gully via Dalveen to Stanthorpe opened on 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunningham, Queensland
Cunningham is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Cunningham had a population of 66 people. History The locality is named after explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who was the first European to see the lush pastures of the Darling Downs in 1827. In the Cunningham had a population of 66 people. Geography The Condamine River forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality. The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality in an approximately east–west direction and forms part of the southern boundary. The South Western railway line passes through the locality from the north-east to the south-west. The land is mostly used for farming. There is a small urban centre on the Leyburn-Cunningham Road which features the Country Women's Association Memorial Hall at Cunningham Road, a memorial park and the now disused Cunningham railway station. Amenities The memorial park has a picnic table as well as three memorials to (left to righ ... [...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] |
