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Wallaville Railway Line
The Wallaville Branch Railway was a fifty kilometre railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was a branch line from Goondoon railway station () (about twenty kilometres east of Gin Gin on the Mount Perry railway line in the Bundaberg Region of Queensland, Australia) southwest to Kalliwa Creek. It was approved in December 1914 to tap the Goodnight Scrub forests and to transport sugar cane to the Wallaville mill established in 1896. Construction Work began but was suspended in 1916. Construction resumed after World War I and the first stage to Wallaville was opened on 9 August 1920. Stops were established en route at Snake Creek, Bungadoo, Delan, Weithew, Berrembea, Drinan and Lallewoon. Two trains a week plied the route plus additional services during the sugar crushing season. Extension As an employment measure during the depression, the line was extended beyond Wallaville about 10 kilometres via Innes to Morganville but still well short of the original Kalliwa Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goondoon Railway Station
Bungadoo is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. The area was formerly known as Albionville. In the Bungadoo had a population of 315 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the southern and eastern boundary of the locality. The Ned Churchward Weir (originally called the Walla Weir) was built in 1998 across the river between Bungadoo and Promisedland to provide water for irrigation. The Goondoon railway station is in the north-eastern tip of the locality (). It was the junction from the Mount Perry railway line to the Wallaville railway line The Wallaville Branch Railway was a fifty kilometre railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was a branch line from Goondoon railway station () (about twenty kilometres east of Gin Gin on the Mount Perry railway line in the Bundaberg Region of ..., both of which are now closed. History In the Bungadoo had a population of 315 people. The bin night is Monday. References {{Bundaberg Region Bunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berrembea, Queensland
Delan is a mixed-use locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Delan had a population of 323 people. Geography The land use is a mixture of rural residential housing and agriculture, which is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing. History The locality takes its name from the railway station name assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 6 January 1921 and is an Aboriginal word meaning ''possum''. Woodbine State School opened on 16 October 1922. It was renamed Berrembea State School in 1924. It closed in 1967. It was at 559 Berrembea Road (). Demographics In the , Delan had a population of 299 people. In the , Delan had a population of 323 people. Education There are no schools in Delan. The nearest government primary schools are: * Bullyard State School in neighbouring Bullyard to the north * Maroondan State School in neighbouring Maroondan to the north-west * McIlwraith State School in neighbouring McIlwraith to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Lines Opened In 1920
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Sugar
Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in India sometime after the first century AD. The derivation of the word "sugar" is thought to be from Sanskrit (''śarkarā''), meaning "ground or candied sugar," originally "grit, gravel". Sanskrit literature from ancient India, written between 1500 - 500 BC provides the first documentation of the cultivation of sugar cane and of the manufacture of sugar in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The history of sugar has five main phases: # The extraction of sugar cane juice from the sugarcane plant, and the subsequent domestication of the plant in tropical India and Southeast Asia sometime around 4,000 BC. # The invention of manufacture of cane sugar granules from sugarcane juice in India a little over two thousand years ago, followed by improvements in refining the crystal granules in India in the early centuries AD. # The spread of cultivation and manufacture of cane sugar to the medieval Islamic world together with som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closed Railway Lines In Queensland
Closed may refer to: Mathematics * Closure (mathematics), a set, along with operations, for which applying those operations on members always results in a member of the set * Closed set, a set which contains all its limit points * Closed interval, an interval which includes its endpoints * Closed line segment, a line segment which includes its endpoints * Closed manifold, a compact manifold which has no boundary Other uses * Closed (poker), a betting round where no player will have the right to raise * ''Closed'' (album), a 2010 album by Bomb Factory * Closed GmbH, a German fashion brand * Closed class, in linguistics, a class of words or other entities which rarely changes See also * * Close (other) * Closed loop (other) * Closing (other) * Closure (other) * Open (other) Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969 * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Railway
An industrial railway is a type of railway (usually private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics, or military site. In regions of the world influenced by British railway culture and management practices, they are often referred to as tramways (which are distinct from trams or streetcars, a passenger technology). Industrial railways may connect the site to public freight networks through sidings, or may be isolated (sometimes very far away from public rail or surface roads) or located entirely within a served property. Overview Industrial railways were once very common, but with the rise of road transport, their numbers have greatly diminished. An example of an industrial railway would transport bulk goods, for example clay from a quarry or coal from a mine, to an interchange point, called an exchange siding, with a main line railway, onwards from where it would be transported to its final desti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrow Gauge Railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rails, they can be less costly to build, equip, and operate than standard- or broad-gauge railways (particularly in mountainous or difficult terrain). Lower-cost narrow-gauge railways are often used in mountainous terrain, where engineering savings can be substantial. Lower-cost narrow-gauge railways are often built to serve industries as well as sparsely populated communities where the traffic potential would not justify the cost of a standard- or broad-gauge line. Narrow-gauge railways have specialised use in mines and other environments where a small structure gauge necessitates a small loading gauge. In some countries, narrow gauge is the standard; Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenmorgan
Glenmorgan is a rural town in the Western Downs Region and a locality split between the Western Downs Region and the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Glenmorgan had a population of 148 people. Geography The Town is located on Surat Developmental Road (known as Sybil Street within the town), west of the state capital, Brisbane. Erringibba National Park is a protected area in the east of the locality (). Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation, along with some crop growing. Climate The Glenmorgan region has hot summers and warm winters. History The township derived its name from the Glenmorgan railway station used to honour Godfrey Morgan, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1909–1938), grazier, journalist, and Secretary for Railways 1929-32. The local street names, have been named after members of Godfrey Morgan's family. The area was formerly known as either Cobblegum Creek or C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Morgan (Australian Politician)
Godfrey Morgan (1 July 1875 – 29 August 1957) was an Australian journalist, politician, and farmer. He served on the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1909 until 1938, first for the electoral district of Murilla and then for the electoral district of Dalby. Biography Godfrey Morgan was born on 29 July 1875 in Landsborough, Victoria, Australia, to Godrey Morgan, a newspaperman and printer, and Mary Elizabeth Morgan, née Williamson.Morgan, Godfrey (1875–1957) – '' Australian Dictionary of Biography''. Retrieved 12 January 2015. When Morgan was young his father began a newspaper at |
Perry River, Queensland
Morganville is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The locality is bounded by the Old Gayndah Road to the north, the Burnett River to the east, the Goodnight Scrub Road to the south-east, and the Perry River to the west. Perry River is a neighbourhood () around the Perry River, a tributary of the Burnett River (). The name ''Perry'' refers to the mountain Mount Perry, which, in turn, was named after shepherd William Perry on the Tenningering pastoral run in the 1860s. History The locality takes its name from the railway station, which was the terminus of the branch line from Goondoon. The name was assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 14 March 1929 (although the line didn't open until 5 October 1931). It was named after politician Godfrey Morgan who was Secretary for Railways from 1929 to 1932 and who officially opened the line. Perry River State School opened on 19 May 1925 under head teacher Norman Pyle. It closed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morganville, Queensland
Morganville is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The locality is bounded by the Old Gayndah Road to the north, the Burnett River to the east, the Goodnight Scrub Road to the south-east, and the Perry River to the west. Perry River is a neighbourhood () around the Perry River, a tributary of the Burnett River (). The name ''Perry'' refers to the mountain Mount Perry, which, in turn, was named after shepherd William Perry on the Tenningering pastoral run in the 1860s. History The locality takes its name from the railway station, which was the terminus of the branch line from Goondoon. The name was assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 14 March 1929 (although the line didn't open until 5 October 1931). It was named after politician Godfrey Morgan who was Secretary for Railways from 1929 to 1932 and who officially opened the line. Perry River State School opened on 19 May 1925 under head teacher Norman Pyle. It closed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
