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Tannymorel
Tannymorel is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Tannymorel had a population of 161 people. History The name ''Tannymorel'' comes from a village in Ireland and means ''a bend in the creek''. It was named by Patrick Leslie and Ernest Dalrymple, both of whom were from Scotland. Farm Creek Provisional School opened on 22 May 1877. On 18 January 1892 it became Farm Creek State School. In 1910 it was renamed Tannymorel State School in 1910. The school closed on 20 July 2017. The school was at 2 Oak Street (). The Killarney railway line from Warwick to Killarney reached Tannymorel on 24 August 1885 with town being served by the Tannymorel railway station (). Grayson railway station was to the south-east of the town on Grayson Siding Road (). The Mount Colliery Tramway, a private 5 km-long horse tramway, opened in 1908. The tramway joined the line at Tannymorel to transport coal from a nearby mine to the rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Colliery, Queensland
Mount Colliery is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Colliery had a population of 111 people. History Tannymorel Colliery State School opened on 17 September 1915. In 1922 it was renamed Mount Colliery State School. It closed in 1968. It was located at 21 Roach Street (). Methodist church services were being held in private homes from at least December 1913. Fund raising to build a Methodist church was underway by June 1914. By October 1914, land for the church had been purchased. The stump-capping ceremony for Mount Colliery Methodist Church was held on Wednesday 27 January 1915. On Sunday 7 March 1915, the church was officially opened by Reverend Charles Martin (chairman of the Downs District Methodist Church). Although built by the Methodists, the church was available for use for any Protestant worship. The first couple to be married in the church were Arthur Collins and Millicent Bolton on 21 April 1915. It was subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killarney Railway Line
The Killarney railway line was a branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It travelled from Warwick to Killarney and operated from 1884 to 1964. Along with approval for the Fassifern and Crows Nest branches in 1880 came parliamentary approval for this branch. Although the owner of the large Canning Downs station offered land to enable a direct route from Warwick to Killarney, a more circuitous route was chosen to serve surrounding farms. It meant that the branch line ran 44 kilometres east from Warwick and then south to Killarney rather than take a direct 32 kilometre route through Canning Downs. The Southern railway line reached Warwick in 1871. The terminus was then on the northern side of the Condamine River. After construction of a bridge over the river and extension of the line south to Stanthorpe, a stop at East Warwick became Warwick railway station and the old terminus was renamed Mill Hill railway station. The branch line to Killarney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiyarra, Queensland
Wiyarra is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wiyarra had a population of 19 people. History The locality takes its name from a former railway station, an Aboriginal word for a local lagoon with black swans Black swan is the common name for ''Cygnus atratus'', an Australasian waterfowl. (The) Black Swan(s) may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Black Swan'' (film), a 1942 swashbuckler film * ''Black Swans'' (film), a 2005 Dutch drama film * ' .... References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danderoo, Queensland
Danderoo is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Danderoo had a population of 30 people. Geography The predominant land use is for crops with small areas of grazing on native vegetation. History The name ''Danderoo'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word, meaning a ''place of killing'', possibly referring to a clash between Aboriginal people and shepherds on Toolburra pastoral run in the 1840s. Danderoo State School opened on 22 January 1900 and closed on 1964. In the , Danderoo had a population of 30 people. Education There are no schools in Danderoo. The nearest primary school is Yangan State School in Yangan to the north. The nearest secondary school is Killarney State School (to Year 10) in Killarney to the south-east and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Lomond, Queensland
Loch Lomond is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Loch Lomond had a population of 106 people. History The locality takes its name from Loch Lomond in Scotland. Loch Lomond Provisional School opened on 23 November 1903. On 1 January 1909 it became Loch Lomond State School. It closed on 13 February 1976. It was on the southern corner of Warwick Killarney Road and Mckee Road (). The Presbyterian Church was officially opened on Sunday 20 August 1905, having been relocated from Tannymorel, Queensland, Tanneymorel. It was damaged in a cyclone in December 1915. It was on the south-eastern corner of Warwick Killarney Road and Middle Road (). In the , Loch Lomond had a population of 106 people. Education There are no schools in Loch Lomond. The nearest government primary schools are Murray's Bridge State School in neighbouring Murrays Bridge, Queensland, Murrays Bridge to the west and Killarney State S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiens, Queensland
Amiens is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Amiens had a population of 293 people. History Following World War I, Amiens was one of the Pikedale soldier settlements established in the Granite Belt area of the Darling Downs. The name ''Amiens'' refers to the World War I battlefield in northern France, of special importance to the Australian Imperial Force in March–April 1918. The name was suggested by surveyor George Grant in 1920. Construction of the Amiens railway line commenced in 1919 and the line was opened on 7 June 1920 with the locality being served by the now-dismantled Amiens railway station (). Edward, Prince of Wales travelled the length of the Amiens branch in a royal train to officially open the line on 26 July 1920. On Saturday 15 October 1921, a Methodist church was officially opened in Amiens by Reverend Edwin George Walker, of Stanthorpe. It had been relocated from Tannymorel (where it had been opened in 1902 ... [...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] |
Emu Vale, Queensland
Emu Vale is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Emu Vale had a population of 185 people. History The town takes its name from the Emu Vale railway station on the Killarney railway line, which is believed to be named after an early pastoral run. Emu Vale Provisional School opened on 2 February 1876. It became Emu Vale State School on 20 January 1879. It was closed on 31 December 2003. The school was located on the triangle of land bounded by Yangan Killarney Road, Swift Road and Emu Creek (). The school's website was archived. Land in Emu Vale was Land selection in Queensland, open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. The first section of the Killarney railway line from Warwick was long and terminated at Emu Vale. The contract to build the first section was given to John Garget (contractor), John Garget on 22 November 1881, but progress was delayed when the Queensland Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killarney, Queensland
Killarney is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , the locality of Killarney had a population of 954 people. Geography Killarney is located south-east of Warwick on the Condamine River in the Darling Downs. Killarney is located about from the Queensland/New South Wales border. It is close to Queen Mary Falls in the Main Range National Park, where Spring Creek plunges into the valley. Mountain View is a neighbourhood within the locality of Killarney (). Melrose is a neighbourhood within the locality of Killarney (); it is associated with the Melrose pastoral station. History The Githabal (also known as Gidabal, Kitabal) language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Southern Downs Regional Council, particularly Warwick, Killarney and Woodenbong extending into New South Wales. Killarney bordered on the northern boundaries of the Yetimarala. Originally p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Daily News
The ''Warwick Daily News'' is an online newspaper serving Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is published by The Warwick Newspaper Pty Ltd and owned by News Corp Australia. The ''Warwick Daily News'' is circulated to the residents of Warwick Shire and surrounds to Inglewood in the west, Killarney in the east, Clifton to the north and the New South Wales border to the south, including Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt. The circulation of the ''Warwick Daily News'' is 3,218 Monday to Friday and 3,439 on Saturday. The ''Warwick Daily News'' website is part of News Corp Australia's News Regional Media network. History Established circa 1864, the ''Warwick Examiner and Times'' was printed on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also established in 1864, the '' Warwick Argus'' published on opposing days i.e. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Ultimately, in 1919, an opportunity to combine and publish daily was realized with the ''Examiner'' purchasing the ''Argus'' and the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severnlea, Queensland
Severnlea is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Severnlea had a population of 350 people. Geography The New England Highway and the Southern railway line pass through the locality from north (Stanthorpe) to south ( Glen Alpin). The Severn River also flows from north to south to the west of the highway and railway. History The locality presumably takes its name from the Severn River. Beverley State School opened on 30 October 1918. On 15 November 1922, it was renamed Severnlea State School. Severnlea Methodist Church opened in 1948. When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Severnlea Uniting Church. Education Severnlea State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 14 Turner Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 61 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Archbishop Of Brisbane
The Archbishop of Brisbane is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, Australia, and ''ex officio'' metropolitan bishop In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the b ... of the ecclesiastical Province of Queensland. List of Bishops and Archbishops of Brisbane References External links * – official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Brisbane, Anglican Archbishop of Lists of Anglican bishops and archbishops Anglican bishops of Brisbane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
