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Eight Mile Creek, Queensland
Eight Mile Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eight Mile Creek had "no people or a very low population". Geography The ''Burdekin River'' forms the southern part of the eastern boundary, while ''Expedition Pass Creek'' forms the northern boundary. ''Eight Mile Creek'' (the watercourse) forms the northern part of the eastern boundary until it joins ''Expedition Pass Creek'' on its way to the ''Burdekin''. The land use is almost entirely grazing on native vegetation. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. Demographics In the , Eight Mile Creek had "no people or a very low population". In the , Eight Mile Creek had "no people or a very low population". Education There are no schools in Eight Mile Creek. The nearest government primary school is Millaroo State School in Millaroo to the north. There are no nearby secondary schools; distance education Distance education, also known as d ... [...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] |
Mount Wyatt, Queensland
Mount Wyatt is a mountain and rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Wyatt had a population of 34 people. Geography The Burdekin Dam is on the western boundary of the locality. The Suttor River which flows into the Burdekin Dam forms the south-western boundary of the locality; the Sellheim River flows through the south-western part of the locality into the Suttor River. The Burdekin River (upstream from the dam) forms the north-western boundary; the Bowen River flows through the northern part of the locality into the Burdekin River. The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. There are some mines in the south of the locality, mining copper, silver, and gold. There are many mountains in the locality: Mount Wyatt has the following mountains: * Cramoisie Cliff (Red Bluff) () * Earlscliffe () * Fairview Hill () * Havilah Hill () * House And Kitchen Hills () * Les Jumelles () * Little Tor () * Mount Battery () * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millaroo, Queensland
Millaroo is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millaroo had a population of 86 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the west by the Burdekin River. The place is located about south-east of Townsville, about inland from the Coral Sea. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. Climate Millaroo has a Köppen climate classification#Cwa: Dry-winter humid subtropical climate, dry-winter humid subtropical climate, bordering on a tropical savannah climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: Cwa/Aw). The town experiences a short wet season from December to March and a long dry season from April to October with cooler nights and higher sunshine. Average maxima vary from in November and December to in July, while average minima fluctuate between in January and in July. Mean average annual precipitation is moderate: ; but is hi ... [...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] |
Burdekin River
The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay over to the southeast of the source, with a catchment area of approximately . The Burdekin River is Australia's largest river by (peak) discharge volume. The river was first encountered by Europeans during the expedition led by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 and named in honour of Thomas Burdekin, one of the sponsors of the expedition. Course and features The Burdekin River rises on the western slopes of the Seaview Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, west of . In the river's upper catchment, from its source the river generally flows west and then south out of the Girringun National Park, part of the UNESCO Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. This area, now part of Basalt was the location of one of the earliest inland settlements ... [...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 Burdekin
The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has existed as a local government entity since 1888. In the , the Shire of Burdekin had a population of 16,692 people. History Yuru (also known as ''Juru, Euronbba, Juru, Mal Mal, Malmal'') is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuru country. The Yuru language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Burdekin, including the town of Home Hill.' On 16 January 1888, the Ayr Division was created out of Subdivision 3 of the Thuringowa Division in 1888 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1887''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Ayr Division became the Shire of Ayr on 31 March 1903. On 12 June 1982, the Shire of Ayr was renamed the Shire of Burdekin, a change long desired ... [...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] |
Ravenswood, Queensland
Ravenswood is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ravenswood had a population of 297 people. It is historically and currently a gold mining town. Geography The Flinders Highway loosely bounds parts of the north-western boundary of the locality, entering from the north-east ( Reid River) and exiting to the west ( Broughton). The Great Northern railway line takes a similar route to the highway mostly immediately parallel to the highway to the north or the south, with the following stations: * Cardington railway station, now abandoned () * Woldston railway station() * Fanning railway station, now abandoned () There are a number of neighbourhoods within the locality: * Boori () * Cardington () * Kirk () * Rochford () * Silver Valley () * Waigera () * Woldston () History After the discovery of gold in 1868 through to the early 1900s, the township flourished and grew to nearly 5000 residents and boasted 48 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogie, Queensland
Bogie is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bogie had a population of 207 people. Geography The terrain is mountainous and relatively undeveloped. The principal land use is grazing on native vegetation. The Bowen Developmental Road passes through the middle of the locality from the south-west ( Springlands) to the north-east ( Bowen). The Newlands railway system roughly follows the same route as the road through the locality with Binbee railway station serving the locality (). History Twenty-five Mile Camp Provisional School (also known as Aberdeen Provisional School) opened circa July 1919. In 1920, it was renamed Bogie Range Provisional School. It closed circa 1922. On 4 December 1956, the Queensland Government opened for selection a grazing lot of being portions 33 and 34, parish of Adaleigh, County of Herbert in the Bowen Land Agent's district and the Shire of Wangaratta (). It was west of the Bogie Range and the Bogie Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millaroo
Millaroo is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millaroo had a population of 86 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the west by the Burdekin River. The place is located about south-east of Townsville, about inland from the Coral Sea. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. Climate Millaroo has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate, bordering on a tropical savannah climate ( Köppen: Cwa/Aw). The town experiences a short wet season from December to March and a long dry season from April to October with cooler nights and higher sunshine. Average maxima vary from in November and December to in July, while average minima fluctuate between in January and in July. Mean average annual precipitation is moderate: ; but is highly concentrated during the summer; and is spread across 57.2 precipitation days (above the threshold). Extreme temperatures have ranged f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalbeg, Queensland
Dalbeg is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dalbeg had a population of 32 people. Geography Dalbeg farming community located inland from the townships of Ayr and Home Hill. Situated on the banks of the Burdekin River, it is a fertile area famous for growing sugar cane and vegetables. On many maps there appears to be a road crossing the Burdekin River at Dalbeg. In fact this was once a fording point. The earliest explorers coming from the Gulf region ( The Plains of Promise) used Expedition Pass through the mountains to arrive at the banks of the Burdekin River at this fording point where they then crossed into Strathalbyn Station. The river can no longer be forded at this point. History The area was originally known as ''Akala'' until the Queensland Surveyor General changed the name to ''Dalbeg'', the name of a pastoral run taken up by pastoralist James Hall Scott on 28 May 1863. In the early 1950s, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
