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Maroon, Queensland
Maroon is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Maroon had a population of 152 people. Geography The southern end of Dugandan Range () forms a small part of the locality's north-western boundary. The locality has the following mountains: * Mount May () * Paddys Peak () The south and east of the locality, including Mount May and Paddys Peak, are protected areas within the Mount Barney National Park. History The locality name comes from ''wahlmoorum'', which is the Yaggera language name for Mount Ballow, which is associated with a legendary giant sand goanna. The Maroon pastoral property was established in 1843. A cemetery at Maroon has graves dating back to 1856. Maroon Provisional School opened on 15 July 1891. On 1 January 1909, it became Maroon State School. A new school building was officially opened on Friday 11 March 1938 by Minister for Public Instruction, Frank Arthur Cooper, Frank Cooper ... [...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] |
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] |
Cotswold Cottage, Maroon
Cotswold Cottage is a heritage-listed homestead (buildings), homestead at 186 Cotswold Road, Maroon, Queensland, Maroon, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1888 to 1890s by Frederick William Cook and was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Frederick William Cook built Cotswold Cottage in the Maroon district in stages between 1888 and the late 1890s, as his family's home. The former six-roomed stone and slab house is now a ruin. According to family descendants, Cook was a carpenter by trade who in 1878 emigrated to Australia from the Cotswolds in England under assisted passage. By 1883 he was working as a joiner in South Brisbane, Queensland, South Brisbane. In 1888 he took up selection 690 () in the Maroon district near Boonah, Queensland, Boonah in southeast Queensland. Cook's brother, Thomas, took up several adjoining selections around the same time. The area had been long recognized for its fertile soil, but had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
