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Vinegar Hill, Queensland
Vinegar Hill is a locality in the Lockyer Valley 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 , Vinegar Hill had a population of 57 people. References Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Lockyer
Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount. The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan. The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Wright
The Division of Wright is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Geography Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The seat was first contested at the 2010 election. The division was created under the Australian Electoral Commission's 2009 Redistribution of Queensland. |
Buaraba South, Queensland
Buaraba South is a locality in the Lockyer Valley 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 , Buaraba South had "no people or a very low population". History The district was named and bounded on 18 February 2000. Demographics In the , Buaraba South had a population of 0 people. In the , Buaraba South had "no people or a very low population". Education There are no schools in Buaraba South. The nearest primary schools are in Murphys Creek, Lake Clarendon and Helidon. The nearest secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton. References Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buaraba, Queensland
Buaraba is a rural locality in the Somerset 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 , Buaraba had a population of 181 people. History Buaraba Provisional School opened on 1922. In January 1936 it became Buaraba State School. It closed on 1966. In the , Buaraba had a population of 181 people. Geography ''Buaraba Creek'' flows through from west to south-east. Most of Ravensbourne National Park is within the locality. Road infrastructure The Esk-Hampton Road (State Route 85) runs along the north-western boundary, and the Gatton Esk Road passes through the eastern part. References {{Somerset Region Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Creek, Queensland (Lockyer Valley) , a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region
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Spring Creek, Queensland may refer to: * Spring Creek, Queensland (Banana Shire), a locality in the Shire of Banana * Spring Creek, Queensland (Darling Downs), a locality split between the Toowoomba Region and Southern Downs Region * Spring Creek, Queensland (Lockyer Valley Region) Spring Creek is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Spring Creek had a population of 601 people. History Clarendon Provisional School opened on circa 1882. In 1903 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adare, Queensland
Adare is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Adare had a population of 873 people. Geography The Warrego Highway forms most of the locality's southern boundary. The Gatton-Esk Road forms most of its eastern boundary. Lockyer Creek forms the south-eastern boundary. Adare is predominantly freeland farming land, a mix of crops and grazing; the land ranges from 100-150 metres above sea level. In the northern tip of the locality is an unnamed peak of 250 metres which is a small part of the Lockyer National Park which is predominantly located in the adjacent locality of Vinegar Hill. Redbank Creek rises in Vinegar Hill and flows from the north to the south-east through Adare entering Lockyer Creek immediately before Jordan Weir. Holcomb is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality near the crossing of Adare Road over Redbank Creek (). History The locality is named after one of the Lockyer Valley's largest cattle properties of the 19t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringwood, Queensland
Ringwood is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Ringwood had a population of 66 people. Geography Ringwood is located on the Warrego Highway The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ... which forms its southern boundary. The southern half of the locality is about 110–130 metres above sea level and is predominantly used for crops and grazing. The northern half is more rugged rising to an unnamed peak at 340 metres at the locality's north-western edge; this land is undeveloped bushland. The locality is almost entirely freehold land. History In the Ringwood had a population of 66 people. References {{Lockyer Valley Region Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventeen Mile, Queensland
Seventeen Mile is an undeveloped locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Seventeen Mile had a population of 16 people. Geography The terrain is mountainous with the highest peak being Mount Cross (627 metres). Most of the south-east of the locality is within the Lockyer National Park Lockyer National Park is a national park in north of the Lockyer Valley Region in South East Queensland, Australia. The landscape is dominated by the foothills of the Great Dividing Range and features sandstone gorges and eucalypt forest. There .... History The locality was named and bounded on 18 February 2000. References Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Valley Region
The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Gatton and the Shire of Laidley. It has an estimated operating budget of A$35m. History Prior to European settlement, the Lockyer Valley area was home to the Kitabul Aboriginal people. Tarampa Division, as it was then known, was created on 15 January 1880 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'', with its first board meeting being held on 20 February 1880. On 25 April 1888, the Laidley district broke away and separately incorporated as the Laidley Division, and later on 25 January 1890, the Forest Hill area moved from Tarampa to Laidley. On 1 July 1902, the town of Laidley was created as a separate municipality with its own Borough Council. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the borough and divisions became a town and shires respective ... [...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] |
