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Cordelia, Queensland
Cordelia is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ..., Australia. In the , Cordelia had a population of 176 people. Geography Cordelia has the following mountains: * Mount Catherina () * Mount Cordelia () History Cordelia Provisional School opened circa 1891. It closed circa 1893. Cordelia State School opened on 13 April 1918 and closed on 15 March 1993. The school was at 15 Cordelia School Road (). Demographics In the , Cordelia had a population of 210 people. In the , Cordelia had a population of 176 people. Education There are no schools in Cordelia. The nearest government primary schools are Victoria Plantation State School in neighbouring Victoria Plantation to the south-west and Halifax State ... [...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] |
Foresthome, Queensland
Foresthome is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Foresthome had a population of 84 people. Geography The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south and exits to the north. There are two railway stations on the line in the locality, but both are now abandoned: * Gairlock railway station () * Lilypond railway station () History Foresthome State School opened on 26 November 1935 with over 40 students. It closed on 15 March 1993. It was at 571 Halifax Road (). As at 2022, the school sign remains extant on the site. Demographics In the , Foresthome had a population of 87 people. In the , Foresthome had a population of 84 people. Heritage listings Foresthome has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Gairloch Bridge, Old Bruce Highway between Foresthome and Gairloch Education There are no schools in Foresthome. The nearest government primary schools are Victoria Plantation State School in neighbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast. It is available for purchase both online and in paper form throughout Queensland and most regions of Northern New South Wales. History 19th century origins The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four mastheads. The '' Moreton Bay Courier'' later became '' The Courier'', then the '' Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the ''Daily Mail'' in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Its first editorial promised to "make known the wants of the community ... to rouse the apathetic, to inform the ignorant ... to transmit truthful representations of the state of this unrivalled portion of the colony to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, state Legislative Assembly, with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the Constitution of Queensland, state constitution. Since Federation of Australia, federation in 1901, Queensland has been a States and territories of Australia, state of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the Australian Government, federal government. Queensland's system of government is influenced by the Westminster system and Federalism in Australia, Australia's federal system of government. Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, sixth-largest subnational entity; it List of countries and dependencies by area, is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its Tropical climate, tropical and Humid subtropical climate, sub-tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Hinchinbrook
The Shire of Hinchinbrook is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, covers an area of , and has existed since its creation on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. The council consists of a mayor plus six councillors, each of whom represents the entire Shire. Prior to 2008, the council consisted of a mayor plus eight councillors. In the , the Shire of Hinchinbrook had a population of 10,920 people. History The Hinchinbrook Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 326. It originally covered a much larger area, extending well into the Tablelands Region. On 3 September 1881, the Tinaroo Division was created on 3 September 1881 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' out of parts of the C ... [...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. Postcodes in Australia, 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 of suburb (municipality outside of a big city). The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "neighbourhood" or "district", 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 boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bemerside, Queensland
Bemerside is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bemerside had a population of 259 people. Geography Bemerside is bounded to the north-east and by the Seymour River, to the south-east by the Anabranch River, to the south by the Herbert River and Ripple Creek. The Anabranch River is a tidal stream that connects the Seymour River to the Herbert River. Bemerside has the following mountains along its eastern boundary (from north to south): * Mount Cudmore () * Mount Separation () * Mount Maragen () The Girringun National Park is in the north of the locality, extending into the neighbouring localities of Rungoo and Hawkins Creek. The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south (Gairloch) and exits to the north ( Rungoo). The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south ( Foresthome) and exits to the north (Rungoo) with the locality served by two railway stations (from north to south): * Hinchinbrook railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Plantation, Queensland
Victoria Plantation is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people. Geography Victoria Plantation is directly east of the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham. It is a sugarcane growing area, with a network of cane tramways connecting the plantations to the Victoria Sugar Mill in the south of the locality beside Palm Creek. History Victoria Plantation Provisional School opened on 1 March 1894, becoming Victoria Plantation State School on 1 January 1909. Demographics In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 156 people. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people. Education Victoria Plantation State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 244 Forrest Beach Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 74 students with 8 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) with 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingham, Queensland
Ingham is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. It is named after William Bairstow Ingham and is the administrative centre for the Shire of Hinchinbrook. In the , the locality of Ingham had a population of 4,455 people. Geography Ingham is approximately north of Townsville and north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town is positioned about inland within the Herbert River floodplain where Palm Creek drains the low-lying lands. It is surrounded by sugar cane farms which are serviced by a number of private railways The North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast railway line passes through the town, which is served by the Ingham railway station, Queensland, Ingham railway station. The Bruce Highway also passes through the town. Tokalon is neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (). It takes its name from the Tokalon railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braemeadows, Queensland
Braemeadows is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ..., Australia. In the , Braemeadows had a population of 269 people. History Braemeadows State School opened on 1928 and closed on 1969. It was on a site on the southern side of Four Mile Road commencing at the junction with Robinos and extending eastwards (). Demographics In the Braemeadows had a population of 290 people. In the , Braemeadows had a population of 269 people. Education There are no schools in Braemeadows. The nearest government primary schools are Victoria Plantation State School in neighbouring Victoria Plantation to the west, Halifax State School in neighbouring Halifax to the north-east, and Forrest Beach State School in neighbourin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, Queensland
Halifax is a town and a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Halifax had a population of 477 people. Geography Halifax is on the Herbert River, northeast of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham. History August Anderssen, a blacksmith, purchased the land in 1880 after which time the land was turned into sugar plantations. Herbert River Provisional School opened on 24 September 1883. It was renamed Halifax Provisional School in 1885. It became Halifax State School in 1891. Halifax Post Office opened on 23 August 1886. St Peter's Catholic School opened in 1927. Halifax Methodist Church opened in 1964. When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Halifax Uniting Church. Many homes in Halifax were flooded following extremely heavy rain in March 2018. Demographics In the , the locality of Halifax had a population of 431 people. In the , th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
