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Goondi, Queensland
Goondi is a rural suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Goondi had a population of 28 people. Geography Goondi is riverside land wrapped around the southern side of an elbow-shaped bend in the Johnstone River. It is very flat land, being 0 to 10 metres above sea level, and is predominantly used for growing sugar cane and bananas. Reid Creek flows from the north-east of the locality from neighbouring Sundown, Queensland (Cassowary Coast Region), Sundown through to the Johnstone River in the north of the locality. There is very little residential development in Goondi. The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the south-western edge of Goondi crossing the Johnstone River at the Sir Joseph McAvoy Bridge, while the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast railway line travels from south to north along Goondi's north-eastern border and crosses the Johnstone River. There is a private cane train ... [...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] |
Cassowary Coast Region
The Cassowary Coast Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail, Cardwell, Queensland, Cardwell and Tully, Queensland, Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Cardwell and the Shire of Johnstone. The Regional Council, which administers the region, has an estimated operating budget of Australian dollar, A$64 million. In the , the Cassowary Coast Region had a population of 29,157 people. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Cassowary Coast Region consisted of the entire area of two previous local government areas: *Shire of Cardwell *Shire of Johnstone The Shire of Hinchinbrook, Hinchinbrook Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 28 October 1881, the Shire of Johnstone, Johnstone Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innisfail Estate, Queensland
Innisfail Estate is a semi-rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisfail Estate had a population of 1,454 people. Geography Innisfail Estate is bounded by the Johnstone River to the east, south and west. It is flat low-lying land, below above sea level. It is connected to Innisfail to the west across the river by the Geraldton Bridge (Geraldton being the former name of Innisfail). Rocky Point is at the south-east of the locality on the Johnstone River (). The south-western part of the locality near the bridge is suburban. The east of the locality is undeveloped wetlands. The remainder of the locality is used for agriculture, predominantly growing sugarcane. History In 1879 Thomas Henry Fitzgerald came to North Queensland looking for locations suitable to grow sugarcane. He was impressed by the potential of the Johnstone River district. Returning to Brisbane he established a company Fitzgerald & Co with the assistance of Roman C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innisfail State College
Innisfail State College is a government secondary school and technical college in Innisfail Estate, a suburb of Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a combined secondary school and TAFE facility which opened in 2010, replacing Innisfail State High School and the Innisfail TAFE in Innisfail, Queensland. It will use existing TAFE buildings as well as new buildings that have been recently built. Since 2015, Innisfail State College has split P Block Classrooms for TAFE students. Today, Innisfail State College is a high school for students in Years 7 to 12, Primary and Secondary Education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ... for students with a disability at the Diverse Learning Centre, and a TAFE facility for post-secondary students. The Pr ... [...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 Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of 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 ... families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Queensland Libraries in Brisbane Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundaberg Sugar
Bundaberg Sugar is a company involved in all aspects of sugar manufacture, including growing and milling the sugarcane and refining and marketing the sugar. It operates principally in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. As at 2014, the company had over of sugarcane plantations. History Bundaberg Sugar Company Limited was created in 1972 from the merger of the Fairymead Sugar Company Limited and Gibson & Howes Limited. Through these, the company can trace its history back to 1870 when the Fairymead Sugar Plantation was first established. In 2000, Bundaberg was acquired by the Belgian holding company Finasucre. In 2013, the company entered into an agreement with Pacific Gold Macadamias to purchase its waste product, approximately 2,000 tonnes of macadamia nut shells each year, which will be burned as a fuel to process the bagasse (the waste product of sugar milling) into biofuel. In 2014, the company purchased 14 new water irrigators which use 50% less power than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Aboriginal Languages
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intelligible varieties) up to possibly 363. The Indigenous languages of Australia comprise numerous language family, language families and language isolate, isolates, perhaps as many as 13, spoken by the Aboriginal Australians, Indigenous peoples of mainland Australia and a few nearby islands. The relationships between the language families are not clear at present although there are proposals to link some into larger groupings. Despite this uncertainty, the Indigenous Australian languages are collectively covered by the technical term "Australian languages", or the "Australian family". The term can include both Tasmanian languages and the Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Western Torres Strait language, but the Genetic relationship (linguistics), genetic relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Coast Railway Line, Queensland
The North Coast railway line (NCL) is a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, 1067 mm gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Roma Street railway station, Roma Street station, Brisbane, and largely parallels the Queensland coast to Cairns railway station, Cairns in Far North Queensland. The line is electrified between Brisbane and Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton. Along the way, the 1680 km railway passes through the numerous towns and cities of eastern Queensland including Nambour railway station, Nambour, Bundaberg railway station, Bundaberg, Gladstone railway station, Queensland, Gladstone, Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton, Mackay railway station, Mackay and Townsville railway station, Townsville. The line though the centre of Rockhampton Street running, runs down the middle of Denison Street. History The first section of the North Coast Line was opened in 1881 and the final section in 1924, with over 60 sections opened during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian National Highway (Australia), National Highway and also part of Highway 1 (Australia), Highway 1, the longest highway route in Australia. Its length is approximately ; it is entirely sealed with bitumen. The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, Henry Bruce (Australian politician), Harry Bruce. Bruce was the state Minister for Works in the mid-1930s when the highway was named after him. The highway once passed through Brisbane, but was truncated at Bald Hills, Queensland, Bald Hills when the Gateway Motorway became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986. It was previously known as the Great North Coast Road, being renamed as the Bruce Highway in 1934 after the state's Minister for Public Works, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bananas
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – berry (botany), botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa (genus), Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a Peel (fruit), peel, which may have a variety of colors when ripe. It grows upward in clusters near the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (Parthenocarpy, parthenocarp) cultivated bananas come from two wild species – ''Musa acuminata'' and ''Musa balbisiana'', or hybrids of them. ''Musa'' species are native to tropical Indomalaya and Australia (continent), Australia; they were probably Domestication, domesticated in New Guinea. They are grown in 135 countries, primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent to make banana paper and textile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
