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Gore Highway
The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as National Highway A39. History The highway is named after two brothers, St. George Richard Gore and Ralph Thomas Gore who established the Yandilla pastoral run in the area (between Pittsworth and Milmerran), through which the road traverses. It was elevated to National Highway status in February 1993, and replaced the Cunningham Highway as the main route between Goondiwindi and Brisbane. Interstate traffic was rerouted through Toowoomba and the Warrego Highway as it presented a less steep gradient than via Warwick and Cunninghams Gap, shortening travel time especially for trucks. It was initially designated State Route 85 until February 1993 when National Highway 85 was proclaimed, splitting State Route 85 into two. In 2005 it was given t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a section of the Cunningham Highway. It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood. The highway is a state-controlled strategic road, except for the section concurrent with the Gore Highway, which is a state-controlled part of the National Network. History It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th Century that roughly parallels today's highway. Upgrade A project to replace the Banana Creek bridge, at a cost of $7.7 million, was completed in April 2022. List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway Travelling from south to north: * Goondiwindi * Moonie * Condamine * Miles * Guluguba * Wandoan * Taroom * Theodore * Banana * Dululu * Westwood Major intersections Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore Highway At Southbrook
Gore may refer to: Places Australia * Gore, Queensland * Gore Creek (New South Wales) * Gore Island (Queensland) Canada * Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitoulin Island United Kingdom * Gore Hundred, a historic subdivision of Middlesex * Kensington Gore, a street in Kensington, West London ** Gore House, on Kensington Gore United States * Gore, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Gore, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Gore, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Gore, Oklahoma, a town * Gore, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Gore Canyon, Colorado * Gore Creek (Colorado) * Gore Mountain (New York) * Gore Mountain (Vermont) * Gore Range, Colorado * Goretown, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Junction City, Kentucky, formerly known as Gore *"The Gore", southeast Indiana, a nickname for part of the former Northwest Territory ceded from Ohio to Indiana in 1803, orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condamine Farms, Queensland
Condamine Farms is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Condamine Farms had a population of 28 people. Geography The land is mostly undeveloped. The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing. History The locality was named for being in the vicinity of the Condamine River, although the river flows approx to the north-east of the locality. Demographics In the , Condamine Farms had a population of 23 people. In the , Condamine Farms had a population of 28 people. Education There are no schools in Condamine Farms. The nearest government primary schools are Kindon State School in Kindon to the south-east and Millmerran State School in Millmerran to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Millmerran State School (to Year 10). There is no nearby school providing secondary education to Year 12; distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pines, Queensland
The Pines is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , The Pines had a population of 48 people. Geography The land use is rural residential with large acreage blocks. Education There are no schools in The Pines. The nearest primary and secondary school to Year 10 is in Millmerran and the nearest secondary school to Year 12 in is Pittsworth Pittsworth is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pittsworth had a population of 3,294 people. Geography Pittsworth township is south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, so .... References Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wattle Ridge, Queensland
Wattle Ridge is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wattle Ridge had a population of 36 people. Geography The Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as Nationa ... passes through the location from north ( Condamine Farms / Cypress Gsrdens midpoint) to west ( Bulli Creek). Most of the land in the locality is undeveloped. References Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulli Creek, Queensland
Bulli Creek is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulli Creek had a population of 6 people. Geography The watercourse Bulli Creek, as which the locality is presumably named, rises in the north of the locality and flows north where it becomes a tributary of Western Creek, then Weir River within the Murray-Darling basin. The Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as Nationa ... passes through the locality from east ( Wattle Ridge) to west ( Kindon). Much of the north of the locality is within the Western Creek State Forest while much of the south of the locality is within the Bulli State Forest. The remaining land is used for farming. References Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindon, Queensland
Kindon is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kindon had a population of 19 people. Geography The Gore Highway passes through from north-east ( Bulli Creek) to south-west ( Wyaga). The southern part of the locality is within the Whetstone State Forest, but otherwise the predominant land use is farming. History Kindon State School opened on 29 January 1963. Education Kindon State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 14034 Gore Highway (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Kindon. The nearest are in Millmerran (to Year 10 only) and in Goondiwindi Goondiwindi () is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Goondiwindi had a population of 6,355 people. Geography Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyaga
Wyaga is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wyaga had a population of 94 people. Geography The Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as Nationa ... passes through from east to west. History The locality was named after an early pastoral run in the district, held in the late 1840s by David Perrier and then transferred to J.J.Whitting in 1849. Wyaga appears on an 1883 Darling Downs map. In the Wyaga had a population of 94 people. Heritage listings Wyaga has the following heritage-listed sites: * Millmerran Road: Wyaga Homestead References {{Goondiwindi Region Goondiwindi Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billa Billa, Queensland
Billa Billa is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Billa Billa had a population of 107 people. Geography Billa Billa is crossed by the Leichhardt Highway and in the south east by the Gore Highway. Yarril Creek marks a small section of the boundary in east. The Weir River roughly follows the western extent of Billa Billa. The majority of the land is used for agriculture. There are a number of lagoons in the locality: * Billa Billa Lagoon () * Tangan Lagoon () * Washpool Lagoon () History The name ''Billa Billa'' means ''pool'' or ''reach of water'' in an unknown Aboriginal dialect. In the , Billa Billa had a population of 107 people. See also * List of reduplicated Australian place names These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga" ''many ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pampas, Queensland
Pampas is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pampas had a population of 62 people. Geography The locality is positioned between the main channel and north branch of the Condamine River both of which mark boundaries. The Millmerran railway line and Gore Highway pass through Pampas. The Pampas–Horrane Road ( State Route 82) runs north-west to Cecil Plains. The land use is predominantly horticulture and cropping. History Pampas is named because of the extensive coverage of kangaroo grass. Pampas railway station is an abandoned railway station on the Millmerran railway line (). The Dry Paddock Provisional School opened on 9 August 1897. In 1909 it became Pampas State School. It closed on 27 December 1957. It was at 22 Fysh Road (). Pampas Memorial Hall was erected in late 1954. In the , Pampas had a population of 62 people. Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including: * Bonnie Doon () * Culverthorpe () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Downs, Queensland
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally applied to an area approximating to that of the Condamine River catchment upstream of Condamine township but is now applied to a wider region comprising the Southern Downs, Western Downs, Toowoomba and Goondiwindi local authority areas. The name Darling Downs was given in 1827 by Allan Cunningham, the first European explorer to reach the area and recognises the then Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling. The region has developed a strong and diverse agricultural industry largely due to the extensive areas of vertosols (cracking clay soils), particularly black vertosols, of moderate to high fertility and available water capacity. Manufacturing and mining, particularly coal mining are also important, and coal seam gas extractio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
