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Toobeah
Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Toobeah had a population of 191 people. Geography Toobeah is in the Darling Downs region. The town is on the Barwon Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South .... History The town takes its name from the Toobeah railway station on the South Western railway line, which was established in 1910. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word indicating ''to point'', possibly because of the presence of a sign post at the road junction where the railway station was built. Toobeah Provisional School opened on 12 October 1914. On 1 December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toobeah Railway Station
Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Toobeah had a population of 191 people. Geography Toobeah is in the Darling Downs region. The town is on the Barwon Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane. History The town takes its name from the Toobeah railway station on the South Western railway line __NOTOC__ South Western Railway may refer to: Australia *South West Rail Link in Sydney, Australia *South Western railway line, Queensland, Australia *South Western Railway, Western Australia United Kingdom *Glasgow and South Western Railway in Sc ..., which was established in 1910. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word indicating ''to point'', possibly because of the presence of a sign post at the road junction where the railway station was built. Toobeah Provisional School opened on 12 October 1914. On 1 December 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callandoon, Queensland
Callandoon is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Callandoon had a population of 33 people. Geography The Macintyre River forms the southern boundary of the locality which is also part of the border between Queensland and New South Wales. History Callandoon pastoral station was established in the mid 1840s by the prominent colonial capitalist and New South Wales politician Augustus Morris. Strong Aboriginal resistance to the British occupancy of their lands in the area induced Morris and other prominent landholders such as William Wentworth to organise a Native Police Australian native police units, consisting of Aboriginal troopers under the command (usually) of at least one white officer, existed in various forms in all Australian mainland colonies during the nineteenth and, in some cases, into the twentie ... force to crush the indigenous recalcitrance. Frederick Walker was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodar, Queensland
Goodar is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Goodar had a population of 65 people. Geography The locality is bounded by the Barwon Highway to the south. The Umbercollie State Forest is in the west of the locality. The South Western railway line enters the locality from the south-east (Goondiwindi) and exits to the south-west (Toobeah). The land use is a mixture of dry and irrigated crop growing along with grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from a pastoral run held in the 1840s by James Marks, transferred to Edward G. Cory in August 1849. The Goondiwindi-to- Talwood section of the South Western railway opened on 4 May 1910 with the locality being served by two railway stations: * Callandoon North railway station (now abandoned, ) * Carbuckey railway station (now abandoned, ) In the , Goodar had a population of 65 people. Education There are no schools in Goodar. The nearest primary schools are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lundavra, Queensland
Lundavra is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Lundavra had a population of 100 people. History Lundavra State School opened on 3 February 1964. In the Lundavra had a population of 100 people. Road infrastructure The Moonie Highway passes to the north, the Leichhardt Highway to the east, the Barwon Highway to the south, and the Meandarra Talwood Road (State Route 74) to the west. Education Lundavra State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 238 Lienassie Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 10 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Lundavra. The nearest secondary school is Goondiwindi State High School in Goondiwindi Goondiwindi () is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kioma, Queensland
Kioma is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Kioma had a population of 30 people. Geography The Meandarra – Talwood Road ( State Route 74) forms part of the western boundary. History John Hubert Fairfax formed “Kioma” Station in the early twentieth century. He was a grandson of John Fairfax, one of the early proprietors of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', and his wife was Ruth Fairfax (née Dowling), a founding member of the Australian Country Women's Association. Kioma State School opened on 9 November 1959 in response to a request from the managers of "Kioma" Station. In the Kioma had a population of 30 people. Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Denver () * Kioma (), as of 2019 operated by JH Fairfax and Son Kioma Station has an airstrip () adjacent to the school. Education Kioma State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Kioma Road (). In 2018, the school had an en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungunya, Queensland
Bungunya is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Bungunya had a population of 75 people. Geography Bungunya is located immediately north of the Macintyre River, which is the border between Queensland and New South Wales. The Weir River flows from east to west through the northern part of the locality. Other creeks flow from east to west through other parts of the locality. All of these rivers and creeks ultimately flow into the Barwon River in New South Wales. The town is located in the approximate centre of the locality. The Barwon Highway (from St George to Goondiwindi) passes from east to west through the middle of the locality, immediately to the north of the town. The Meandarra – Talwood Road ( State Route 74) runs north from the Barwon Highway through the centre of the northern part of the locality. The South Western railway line (from Warwick to Dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goondiwindi Region
The Goondiwindi Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia along the state's border with New South Wales. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which dated back to the 19th century. It has an estimated operating budget of A$26.1 million. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Goondiwindi Region existed as three distinct local government areas: * the Town of Goondiwindi; * the Shire of Waggamba; * and the Shire of Inglewood. Inglewood and Waggamba began as two of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' on 11 November 1879. The Municipality of Goondiwindi was proclaimed under the ''Local Government Act 1878'' on 20 October 1888. They became shires, and a town, respectively on 31 March 1903 under the ''Local Authorities Act 1902''. In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Western Railway Line, Queensland
The South Western line is a narrow gauge railway line in the southern part of the state of Queensland, Australia. It junctions from the Southern line immediately south of Warwick station and proceeded westwards for a distance of 413 km to the town of Dirranbandi. A western extension to Boomie in New South Wales, approved by the Queensland Parliament in 1914, was never constructed. The Thallon-to-Dirranbandi section was closed on 2 September 2010. It services the small towns of Inglewood (junction of the now closed Texas branch) and Goondiwindi as well as the villages of Yelarbon and Thallon among others. History The South Western line opened as far as Thane on 1 July 1904 and was completed to Dirranbandi on 21 May 1913. A further extension of the line west of Dirranbandi was approved by Parliament in 1914 but never constructed. Services The South Western Mail was introduced as a twice weekly service in 1910. Upon the opening of the line to Dirranbandi, the train de ... [...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] |
Barwon Highway
The Barwon Highway is one of the shorter state highways of Queensland, Australia. It starts at the Carnarvon Highway in Nindigully, 44 kilometres south of St George, and travels east for about 155 kilometres until it reaches Goondiwindi, where it terminates at the Leichhardt Highway. The highway travels north of and roughly parallel to the Barwon River, after which it is named. The river forms part of the border between Queensland and New South Wales. State route 85 This highway is part of State Route 85, which extends for over from Bribie Island to Nindigully, duplexing with the Brisbane Valley Highway (National Route 17) from the D'Aguilar Highway to Esk, the New England Highway (State Route A3) from Hampton to Toowoomba, the Gore Highway (National Route A39 - formerly 85) from Toowoomba to the Leichhardt Highway, and the southern section of the Leichhardt Highway (also National Route A39) to Goondiwindi. Stock route Like many Australian roads, the Barwon Highway f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Queensland
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a State of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating the relationships between all state and territory governments and the Australian Government. Under the Australian Constitution, all states and territories (including Queensland) ceded powers relating to certain matters to the federal government. The government is influenced by the Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government. The Governor of Queensland, as the representative of Charles III, King of Australia, holds nominal executive power, although in practice only performs ceremonial duties. In practice executive power lies with the Premier and Cabinet. The Cabinet of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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