The Monument, Queensland
The Monument is a mining town in the locality of Dajarra, Queensland, Dajarra in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It is nicknamed Phosphate Hill. History The town was named by the by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 October 1975. The name refers to a nearby mountain, also called The Monument (), which has a rock pillar standing on the top of it. The Monument State School opened on 15 March 1976 and then closed in December 1978. It reopened on 15 January 1982 and closed in December 1994. Economy The town exists for workers at the IPL Phosphate Mine. References External links

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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 ...
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