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Urangan
Urangan is a coastal suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Urangan had a population of 9,764 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north by Hervey Bay (the bay not the town, ) and to the east by the northern end of the Great Sandy Strait (and beyond it, Fraser Island). Dayman Point is a headland () Shelly Beach is a beach that extends into neighbouring Torquay (). Urangan Boat Harbour is a harbour (). In the far south west of the suburb is the single runway Hervey Bay Airport. History The name ''Urangan'' is derived from Kabi language, either from the word ''yuangan'' meaning '' dugong'', or ''yerengen'' meaning '' small shell fish''. The local landmarks of Dayman Spit and Dayman Point were named after Lieutenant Joseph Dayman of the Royal Navy. Dayman was the first European to navigate through the Great Sandy Strait on 10 November 1846 in a small decked boat called the ''Asp''. It had been intended that Dayman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urangan Pier
Urangan Pier is a historic pier in Urangan, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is a former deep-water, cargo-handling facility originally built to facilitate the export of sugar, timber and coal. The pier, served by the extension of the railway line from Pialba, was used for the transfer of cargo between rail and ships. It was built between 1913 and 1917, originally to a length of 1124 metres. The pier was closed in 1985, and 239 metres of it was demolished. However, due to public outcry, 868 metres of the pier was left, and the land was given to the Hervey Bay City Council (now the Fraser Coast Regional Council). By 2009 the last 220-metre section of the pier had been fully restored, and the original timber pylons had been replaced with steel pylons with a plastic covering. History The original proposal to establish Urangan as a coal port for the Burrum River mining project did not eventuate due to several factors, mainly because the coal output did not reach origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervey Bay Railway Line
Hervey Bay railway line, sometimes known as Urangan railway line, is a closed railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in 1896 to Pialba and it was extended to Urangan in 1913. It was extended to the end of the Urangan Pier in 1917, along with the opening of the pier. It was closed in 1993. History The line has a long and storied history. Before proposals Coal was discovered on the Burrum River in 1863. The Maryborough railway line had commenced operations as an isolated system with the opening of a line from the Port of Maryborough to the goldfields at Gympie. Initially, the coal at Burrum River generated little interest, but by the 1880s, developers were pushing for a railway to the river, and the first section of the line, which would eventually be extended to Bundaberg, opened from Baddow to Howard on 30 June 1883. This gave the coal mines near Howard access to the Maryborough wharves, but the small, shallow vessels which could traverse the Mary River were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervey Bay, Queensland
Hervey Bay () is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to the Coral Sea between the Queensland mainland and nearby Fraser Island (also known as K'Gari and Gari). The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north, ferry access to Fraser Island, accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing, calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones. In October 2019, Hervey Bay was named the First Whale Heritage Site in the world by the World Cetacean Alliance, for its commitment to and practices of sustainable whale and dolphin watching. A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay, were the happiest in Australia. At June 2018, there were an estimated 54,674 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquay, Queensland
Torquay ( ) is a coastal suburb in Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Torquay had a population of 6,316 people. Geography Torquay is located north of Brisbane. Torquay is one of five beachside suburbs in Hervey Bay that is made up of primarily residential homes with some tourist accommodation in apartment buildings. History The name Torquay might appear to be a reference to the English seaside town of Torquay, but its origins are believed to be a corruption of Kabi language words ''dhakki-talbur'', reduced to ''dhakki'' meaning either ''a place of short stones'', ''a rocky reef'' or ''a stone axe''. The similarity of the sound of the word probably gave rise to the English-town spelling. Torquay Provisional School opened on 21 January 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Torquay State School. The Pialba-to- Urangan section of the Hervey Bay railway opened on 19 December 1913 with Torquay railway station () serving the local area. The lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Coast Region
The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains Fraser Island. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Cities of Maryborough and Hervey Bay and the Shires of Woocoo and most of Tiaro. In June 2018 it had a population of 105,463. The 2021-2022 budget of the Fraser Coast Regional Council is A$387 million. History Butchulla (also known as Batjala, Badtjala, Badjela and Badjala) is the language of the Fraser Coast region, including Fraser Island. Butchulla language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Fraser Coast Regional Council, particularly the towns of Maryborough and Hervey Bay extending south towards Noosa and north to Howard. Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Fraser Coast Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Sandy Strait
The Great Sandy Strait is a strait in the Australian state of Queensland of length which separates mainland Queensland from Fraser Island. It is also a locality in the Fraser Coast Region local government area. In the , Great Sandy Strait had a population of 4 people. Geography The Great Sandy Strait extends south from Hervey Bay to Inskip Point. The Mary River enters the strait at River Heads. It covers an area of . Tourism and commercial fishing are the two main industries that are active within the Strait. Boating and fishing are also pursued for recreation. Each year in June the Bay to Bay yacht race is sailed on the Great Sandy Strait. There are numerous named and unnamed islands in the strait. The named island are from north to south: Big Woody Island, Round Island, Little Woody Island, Picnic Island, Duck Island, Walsh Island, Turkey Island, Bookar Island, Thomas Island, Slain Island, Tooth Island, Round Bush Island, New Island, Garden Island, Dream Island, and Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Sandy Strait, Queensland
The Great Sandy Strait is a strait in the Australian state of Queensland of length which separates mainland Queensland from Fraser Island. It is also a locality in the Fraser Coast Region local government area. In the , Great Sandy Strait had a population of 4 people. Geography The Great Sandy Strait extends south from Hervey Bay to Inskip Point. The Mary River enters the strait at River Heads. It covers an area of . Tourism and commercial fishing are the two main industries that are active within the Strait. Boating and fishing are also pursued for recreation. Each year in June the Bay to Bay yacht race is sailed on the Great Sandy Strait. There are numerous named and unnamed islands in the strait. The named island are from north to south: Big Woody Island, Round Island, Little Woody Island, Picnic Island, Duck Island, Walsh Island, Turkey Island, Bookar Island, Thomas Island, Slain Island, Tooth Island, Round Bush Island, New Island, Garden Island, Dream Island, and Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wondunna, Queensland
Wondunna is a suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wondunna had a population of 2,677 people. History The suburb was named after Willie Wondunna, an Aboriginal man born on Fraser Island, who was sent to Victoria to track the Kelly Gang Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a armour of the Kelly gang, suit of bulletproof armour dur ... in 1880. His alternate tribal name was Caboonya. Fraser Coast Anglican College opened on 1995. In the Wondunna had a population of 2,677 people. Education Fraser Coast Anglican College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Doolong South Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 642 students with 48 teachers (45 full-time equivalent) and 41 non-teaching staff (32 full-time equivalent). Amenities St John's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunya Creek, Queensland
Bunya Creek is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast 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 Bunya Creek had a population of 79 people. History Bunya Creek Provisional School opened circa 1881. On 1 January 1909 it became Bunya Creek State School. It closed in 1928 due to low student numbers. Urangan Road State School opened on 22 February 1915. In 1956 it was renamed Bingham Road State School. It closed on 1960. Despite the name, the school was 847 Booral Road (formerly Nikenbah Bingham Road) in Bunya Creek (). On Sunday 4 February 1917 Christ Church was officially opened by the Anglican Archdeacon of Toowoomba on Urangan Road, adjacent to the Urangan Road School. In the Bunya Creek had a population of 79 people. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervey Bay (Queensland)
Hervey Bay is a bay of the Coral Sea in the Bundaberg Region and Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. It is known for its whale watching. History Hervey Bay was logged by Lieutenant James Cook on 21 May 1770 on his exploration of the eastern Australian coast in the HM Bark Endeavour. He named it Hervey's Bay after his return to England, after Admiral Augustus John Hervey who was Lord of the Admiralty from 1771 to 1775. In July and August 1799 Matthew Flinders chartered the coast from Moreton Bay to Hervey Bay in the ''Norfolk''. Although he established that Fraser Island was not a peninsula (as was then believed) but an island, he failed to find a navigable channel through the Great Sandy Strait which separates the island from the mainland. His explorations of the area is commemorated by a monument called Matthew Flinders Lookout at the top of an escarpment facing the bay in Dayman Park, Urangan (). Lieutenant Joseph Dayman was the first to navigate through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booral, Queensland
Booral is a coastal locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Booral had a population of 1,540 people. History The name ''Booral'' is a Kabi language word meaning either ''tall'' (relating to the sky god ''Beiral'') or ''burrall'' meaning ''place of shell mounds''. Many shell mounds have been found along the coastline, arising from Aboriginal people feasting on shellfish. Aboriginal people travelled from the Bunya Mountains to trade bunya nuts for shellfish. It is believed Aboriginal people inhabited the area for over 6,000 years. Edgar Thomas Aldridge established the Booral Homestead in the 1850s. In the 2011 census, Booral had a population of 1,449 people. In the Booral had a population of 1,540 people. Geography The waters of ''Hervey Bay'' form the eastern boundary. Economy The proximity to the Great Sandy Strait enables salt water aquaculture, including the farming of fish, sea cucumbers Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from the class Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Rattlesnake (1822)
HMS ''Rattlesnake'' was an 28-gun sixth-rate corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1822. She made a historic voyage of discovery to the Cape York and Torres Strait areas of northern Australia. Construction Launched at Chatham Dockyard on 26 March 1822, ''Rattlesnake'' was 114 feet (34.7 m) long and 32 feet (9.7 m) abeam. She carried twenty 32-pounder carronades, six 18-pounder carronades and two 9-pounder long guns. Service in the Greek War of Independence For most of the years 1827 to 1829 ''Rattlesnake'' was cruising off the coasts of Greece, under the command of Captain the Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgeman. During that period her log was kept by Midshipman Talavera Vernon Anson and survives in a collection at the New York Public Library. Both men went on to become admirals. On 31 January 1828, ''Rattlesnake'' was part of a force of five British and two French ships that attacked the Greek island of Gramvousa, used as a base for piracy. While most of the pirat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
