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Withcott
Withcott is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Withcott had a population of 1844 people. Geography Withcott is in the Lockyer Valley. The town is located on the Toowoomba Connection Road, formerly part of the Warrego Highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of the regional centre of Toowoomba. History Withcott State School opened in September 1912. It closed on 30 Apr 1971. It reopened on 31 January 1984 in a new building. At the , Withcott had a population of 1,000. During the 2010–2011 Queensland floods, Withcott suffered extensive damage when a flash flood hit the town on 10 January 2011. Education Withcott State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 26 Biggs Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 198 students with 17 teachers (13 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent). Community groups The Upper Lockyer Withcott branch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanchview, Queensland
Blanchview is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blanchview had a population of 191 people. Geography The southern half of Blanchview features two mountains. In the west the elevations rise to 600 metres surrounding the peak of Mount Tabletop which is located in the adjacent suburb of Rangeville. Across a narrow valley to the east, Mount Davidson rises to similar heights. The steep slopes of both mountains have remained naturally vegetated. Mount Davidson (also known as Hays Peak) is in the south-east corner of the locality (), rising to . History The name ''Blanchview'' is a manufactured name, derived from the name of land owner Ernest Blanchard. 5 km South of Withcott, it was previously known as Monkey Waterholes (also written as Monkey Water Holes). However, his son, John "Colin" Blanchard, told of a Toowoomba town councillor in early 1900s suggesting the name Blanchview when visiting the Blanchard farm house that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Henry Heights, Queensland
Prince Henry Heights is a residential locality on the outskirts of Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Prince Henry Heights had a population of 571 people. Geography Prince Henry Heights is located east of the Toowoomba city centre. It was named for Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 until 1947; the suburb's boundary road had been known as Prince Henry Drive well before 1945. The suburb consists of a small residential area surrounded by Jubilee Park and Redwood Park, two large bushland reserves along Toowoomba's eastern edge. History At the Prince Henry Heights had a population of 512 people. Prince Henry Heights was among the most socio-economically advantaged suburbs of Toowoomba; at the 2006 census, residents had a median individual income of $736, compared with $448 for the Toowoomba statistical district, and a median family income of $1,856 compared to $1,116. The suburb had a SEIFA score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postmans Ridge, Queensland
Postmans Ridge is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Postmans Ridge had a population of 398 people. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 18 February 2000. In the , Postmans Ridge had a population of 398 people. Geography ''Rocky Creek'' forms part of the south-western boundary before flowing through from west to east. Road infrastructure The Warrego Highway runs through from south-east to north-west, and the Toowoomba Connection Road The Toowoomba Connection Road is a former section of the Warrego Highway that passes through the city of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. With the opening of the Toowoomba Bypass in 2019 the Warrego Highway was redirected to it, and the byp ... runs from south-east to south-west. References {{South East Queensland Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redwood, Queensland
Redwood is a rural locality on the outskirts of Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Redwood had a population of 170 people. Geography Redwood is located east of the Toowoomba city centre. Half of the suburb's area consists of the bushland Redwood Park, after which the suburb was named in 1981; the rest, to the south of the highway, is mostly crown land. The residents of Redwood live along the suburb's western boundary with East Toowoomba along the ridge line of the Great Dividing Range at approximately above sea level, while the rest of locality descends to the east to approximately at the locality's eastern boundary with Withcott. The Warrego Highway which connects Ipswich to Toowoomba and towns west of Toowoomba passes through Redwood using the Old Tollbar Road and the Toowoomba Connection Road. This was the major road access over the Great Dividing Range to/from Toowoomba until September 2019 when the Toowoomba Bypass Road (informally know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–2011 Queensland Floods
A series of floods hit Queensland, Australia, beginning in November 2010. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At least 90 towns and over 200,000 people were affected. Damage initially was estimated at around A$1 billion before it was raised to $2.38 billion. The estimated reduction in Australia's GDP is about A$30 billion. As of March 2012, there were 33 deaths attributed to the floods, with a further three people still missing. Three-quarters of the council areas within the state of Queensland were declared disaster zones. Communities along the Fitzroy and Burnett Rivers were particularly hard hit, while the Condamine, Ballone, and Mary Rivers recorded substantial flooding. An unexpected flash flood caused by a thunderstorm raced through Toowoomba's central business district. Rainfall from the same storm devastated communities in the Lockyer Valley. A few days later, thousands of houses in Ipswich and Brisbane were inundated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Connection Road
The Toowoomba Connection Road is a former section of the Warrego Highway that passes through the city of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. With the opening of the Toowoomba Bypass in 2019 the Warrego Highway was redirected to it, and the bypassed section of the highway was renamed Toowoomba Connection Road and assigned the route number A21. Route description The road commences in the rural locality of Helidon Spa, where it diverges from the Warrego Highway, providing a more direct route to the Toowoomba CBD. It passes through the rural localities of Postmans Ridge and Withcott before ascending the Great Dividing Range to Toowoomba. It passes between the CBD and South Toowoomba before turning north and then north-west through the suburbs of Newtown and Wilsonton. It then passes through outer suburbs to the rural locality of Charlton, where it ends at an intersection with the Warrego Highway and the Gore Highway. History In January 2011, the Warrego Highway was extens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballard, Queensland
Ballard is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ballard had a population of 151 people. Geography Ballard is located east from the Toowoomba city centre. History The locality, historically known as ''Ballaroo'', is named for Robert Ballard, a railway engineer for Peto, Brassey and Betts who oversaw the construction of the main range section of the Ipswich–Toowoomba railway. In December 1885, "The Highfields Estate" made up of 147 allotments was advertised for sale by Arthur Martin & Co. Despite the use of the Highfields name, the estate is not within present day Highfields but is predominantly within present day Ballard with small areas in Blue Mountain Heights and Murphys Creek. A map advertising the land sale illustrates the location of the estate in proximity to the "S & W Railway line" and the Highfields railway station (now known as Spring Bluff railway station) and shows town allotments in the area of the intersection of Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lofty, Queensland
Mount Lofty is a residential locality on the north-eastern edge of the suburban area of Toowoomba, in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Lofty had a population of 3,775 people. Geography Jubilee Park, a large parkland and bushland area with numerous riding trails, forms the eastern part of the suburb. At the end of North Street is the peak of Mount Lofty, which features a garden and rainforest, a lookout, and the transmission tower for WIN Television. Nearby is Toowoomba State High School (Mount Lofty Campus) and a rifle range used by Toowoomba Rifle Club, that is no longer in use. History Mount Lofty was formerly known as Tick Hill. There was a two-storey house called ''Longview'' on its crest, which was relocated from the Toowoomba CBD by Charles Cocks. The house was built for Cocks in the 1860s on the corner of Ruthven Street and Bridge Street. In 1904, Cocks had the house dismantled and rebuilt on the eastern end of North Street on a site, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer, Queensland
Lockyer is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lockyer had a population of 95 people. Geography Lockyer railway station is an abandoned station on the Main Line railway (). History Jagara (also known as Jagera, Yagara, Yugarabul, Yuggera and Yuggerabul) is one of the Aboriginal languages of South-East Queensland. There is some uncertainty over the status of Jagara as a language, dialect or perhaps a group or clan within the local government boundaries of Ipswich City Council, Lockyer Regional Council and the Somerset Regional Council. The locality takes its name from Lockyer Creek, believed to have been named by explorer Allan Cunningham in July 1829. It was named after Major Edmund Lockyer Edmund Lockyer, (21 January 1784 – 10 June 1860) was a British soldier and explorer of Australia. Born in Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was the son of Thomas Lockyer, a sailmaker, and his wife Ann. Lockyer began his army career as an ensig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Country Women's Association
The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of local branches. Established in 1922, local branches provide friendship and mutual support to their members while contributing to the betterment of life in their local communities. Over time, many branches have evolved to include support for wider issues such as domestic violence campaigns and fund-raising for international initiatives such as orphanages. In 2019 the QWCA received a Queensland Greats Awards, Queensland Greats Award from the Queensland Government.2019 Queensland Greats recipients , Queensland Government website. Retrieved 11 June 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangeville, Queensland
Rangeville is a residential Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rangeville had a population of 8,312 people. Geography Rangeville is located south-east of the Toowoomba city centre. The suburb's eastern boundary is along the top of the Great Dividing Range and is home to four reserves: *Table Top Mountain (or Mt Tabletop Note: Dr Ray Kerkhove, owner of this site, is a reputable historian. Sehere anhere. Tabletop Mountain and formerly One Tree Hill) is accessible via two routes: Stevenson Street dirt carpark, or drive to the base of the mountain dirt carpark via South Street and Table Top Drive. The mountain was the site of the Battle of One Tree Hill in September 1843, in which a group of Aboriginal Australians under the warrior Multuggerah ambushed and routed a group of 18 armed men. *Picnic Point, Toowoomba, Picnic Point Park, which has several lookouts, a restaurant and a bar. At Picnic Point a 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murphys Creek, Queensland
Murphys Creek is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murphys Creek had a population of 629 people. Geography The locality is located at the foot of the Great Dividing Range. History The locality was originally known as Murphy's Waterhole and Fingal. Peter Murphy was a convict assigned as a servant to Patrick Leslie and accompanied Leslie on his 1841-42 exploration of the Darling Downs. Murphy was highly regarded by Leslie and arranged for the Governor of New South Wales to pardon Murphy. Murphys Creek developed as a railway town on the line between the regional city of Toowoomba and settlements to the east, including Helidon, Ipswich and Brisbane. A railway station in the town was opened in 1867, as a part of the Ipswich-Toowoomba segment of the Southern and Western Railway. Based at the foot of the Great Dividing Range, the station and water tank were intended to provide water and services for steam locomot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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