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Blantyre, Queensland
Blantyre is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blantyre had a population of 54 people. Geography The predominant land use is Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. History The name ''Blantyre'' was originally a property name given by James Moffatt, believed to be after a Scottish town of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Blantyre. Later, it was also used for a railway station (now closed). Blantyre State School opened on 28 February 1876. It closed in 1886. It reopened on 21 November 1887 as Blantyre Provisional School. On 6 July 1901, it became Blantyre State School again. It closed in 1969. It was on the western half of 107 Blantyre Road (). Following the closure, the school building was relocated to the Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum, Laidley Pioneer Village. The Fassifern railway line (Queensland's first branch railway line) opened from Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich to Harrisville, Queensland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). 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 mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoralism
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The animal species involved include cattle, camels, goats, yaks, llamas, reindeer, horses, and sheep. Pastoralism occurs in many variations throughout the world, generally where environmentally effected characteristics such as aridity, poor soils, cold or hot temperatures, and lack of water make crop-growing difficult or impossible. Operating in more extreme environments with more marginal lands means that pastoral communities are very vulnerable to the effects of global warming. Pastoralism remains a way of life in many geographic areas, including Africa, the Tibetan plateau, the Eurasian steppes, the Andes, Patagonia, the Pampas, Australia and many other places. , between 200 million and 500 million people globally practiced pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roadvale State School
Roadvale State School is a heritage-listed state school at 111 Roadvale Road, Roadvale, Queensland, Roadvale, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Ferguson (architect), John Ferguson and Robert Ferguson (architect), Robert Ferguson of the Department of Public Works (Queensland) and was built from 1889 to 1899. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 31 May 2019. History Roadvale State School is located north of Boonah, Queensland, Boonah and south-west of Brisbane. It opened in 1889, soon after Closer settlement in Queensland, closer settlement commenced in the district. The school was established east of the small township of Roadvale in a rural setting. It retains an 1889 Ferguson Teaching Building and an 1899 playshed. Its grounds are surrounded by open farmland. The school has been in continuous operation since its establishment and has been the focus for the local community as a place of important social and cultural activity. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blantyre Railway Station, Queensland
Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is the capital of the country's Southern Region as well as the Blantyre District. History Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland. It was named after Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, birthplace of the explorer David Livingstone. The site was chosen by Henry Henderson, who was joined there on 23 October 1876 by Dr T. T. Macklin and others. Dr Macklin took over the leadership of the mission and began the work of building; but it was not until 1878 that the first ordained minister, Rev. Duff MacDonald, joined the mission. The original missionaries, for various reasons, faced local opposition and three of them were recalled. From 1881 to 1898, the mission was run by David Clement Scott, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dugandan, Queensland
Dugandan (pronounced ''Doog-an-dan'') is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dugandan had a population of 602 people. Geography ''Teviot Brook'' forms part of the western boundary before flowing through to the north. The Boonah – Rathdowney Road (State Route 93) runs through from north to south. History The name ''Dugandan'' is believed to be a Ugarapul word ''dugai/tugai'' meaning ''mountain spur place''. Originally the name was used for a large pastoral run established in 1884, covering a much larger area than the current locality from Boonah to Mount Joyce. As a result, the name Dugandan was used for the present day town of Boonah until the 1880s when it acquired its present name. In January 1861, a native police detachment led by Lieutenant Frederick Walker was dispatched to Dugandan Scrub, to the south of the present town, to "disperse" the local aboriginals who were camped in the area. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisville, Queensland
Harrisville is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Harrisville had a population of 667 people. Geography Warrill Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River (Queensland), Bremer River, passes through the western parts of the town. History In 1839, a survey baseline of was marked out on the floodplain, then known as ''Normanby Plains'', which now forms part of Harrisville, together with Wilsons Plains and Radford to the south. It was supervised by the surveyor Robert Dixon (explorer), Robert Dixon as the basis of a trigonometrical surveying, survey starting with Flinders Peak (Queensland), Flinders Peak to the east and Mount Walker, Queensland, Mount Walker (then Mount Forbes) to the west, which began the accurate interior mapping of Queensland. A monument to this work :File:Surveyor Robert Dixon 1839 Normanby Plains Trigonometrical Baseline Cairn, Harrisville,Queensland.jpg, "In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fassifern Railway Line
The Dugandan railway line was a branch railway in the Scenic Rim region of South East Queensland, Australia. It was also known as the Fassifern railway line. It operated from 1882 to 1964. Geography The line began west of Ipswich station on the Main Line 39 km west of Brisbane and proceeded generally southward for approximately 50 km to the locality of Dugandan now part of the urban settlement of Boonah. History Residents in the Fassifern Valley petitioned the Queensland Government to build a railway line to their district, and the first section was opened on 10 July 1882 as far as Harrisville. This is considered to be Queensland's first branch railway. The branch was extended to Dugandan on 12 September 1887. The Mount Edwards branch line branched off the Dugandan line at Munbilla. The Mount Edwards line opened to Kalbar on 17 April 1916 and to Mount Edwards on 7 October 1922. The Mount Edwards line closed in 1960. During its life, the Dugandan branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Library Of Queensland
State Library of Queensland (State Library) is the state public reference and research library of Queensland, Australia, operated by the Government of Queensland, state government. The Library is governed by the Library Board of Queensland, which draws its powers from the ''Libraries Act 1988.'' State Library is responsible for collecting and preserving a comprehensive collection of Queensland's cultural and documentary heritage, providing free access to information for all Queenslanders and for the advancement of public libraries across the state. The Library is at Kurilpa Point, within the Queensland Cultural Centre on the Brisbane River at South Bank, Queensland, South Bank. History The Brisbane Public Library was established by the government of the Colony of Queensland in 1896, and was renamed the Public Library of Queensland in 1898. The library was opened to the public in 1902. In 1934, the Oxley Memorial Library (now the John Oxley Library), named for the explorer Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laidley Pioneer Village And Museum
The Laidley Pioneer Village & Museum is an historic open-air museum located in the town of Laidley, Queensland, Laidley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia, on the corner of Drayton Street and Pioneer Street. It portraits rural life in Queensland from the early 19th century. History The Laidley region was once the home of the "Kitabul People" before the arrival of Europeans in the early 19th century. Today, the Jagera people, Ugarapul People are the traditional owners of the Lockyer Valley region. The Laidley Pioneer Village was the first museum of the heritage village type in Queensland when it was established in 1972. It is located on the site of a former resting paddock used for the horses of the Cobb & Co coaching business along the original transport route from Ipswich to Toowoomba.Brochure "Lockyer Valley Visitor's Guide", ''Lockyer Valley Regional Council''. Retrieved April 2022. The museum is run by volunteers and members of the non-profit organisation Lai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
