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Kirknie, Queensland
Kirknie is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kirknie had a population of 70 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the west by the Burdekin River and to the south by the Bogie River. The west and centre of the locality are at relatively low elevations, but the terrain rises steeply in other parts of the locality. The Stokes Range is in the north () rising to elevations of . Mount Leslie is in the east () at . Mount Louisa is in the south () rising to , together with the Gregory Ranges (). The west and centre of the locality are used for crop growing, predominantly sugarcane. The rest of the locality is used for Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. There is a Cane tramways, cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Inkerman Sugar Mill in Home Hill, Queensland, Home Hill. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. Demographics In the , ... [...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] |
Mona Park, Queensland
Mona Park is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mona Park had a population of 97 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south-east by the Burdekin River and to the north-west by Barratta Creek. The land is mostly low-lying with elevations of above sea level but there is an unnamed peak risking to in the north-east of the locality. The predominant land use is growing sugarcane on th lower-lying areas and there is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Iocal sugar mills. The higher ground is used for grazing on native vegetation. There is also some irrigated crop growing near the river. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. Demographics In the , Mona Park had a population of 104 people. In the , Mona Park had a population of 97 people. Education There are no schools in Mona Park. The nearest government primary schools are Clare State School in neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkerman Sugar Mill
The Inkerman Sugar Mill is located in Home Hill, Queensland, Home Hill, Queensland on the banks of the Burdekin River. The cane sugar mill, mill was designed and built by the Scottish people, Scottish engineer J Pickering under the instruction of John Drysdale, using machinery manufactured by Geo Fletcher and Company of Derby, England. It was completed in 1914 and began crushing the following year. From March 2010, it is operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia, Wilmar Sugar Australia Pty Ltd. Before that it was operated by CSR Limited. See also * List of sugar mills in Queensland * List of tramways in Queensland References Buildings and structures in North Queensland Food and drink companies established in 1914 Sugar mills in Queensland Australian companies established in 1914 Home Hill, Queensland {{Queensland-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cane Tramways
The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line. In 2013, it claimed to be the second largest narrow gauge network in the world. The network consists of the following lines: *the North Coast Line (NCL), extending from Brisbane to Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns *four east–west lines (and associated branch lines), including: **the Western line from Brisbane to Toowoomba and Charleville **the Central Western line from Rockhampton to Longreach and Winton **the Mt Isa line from Townsville to Mount Isa **the Tablelands line from Cairns to Forsayth *four export coal networks, including: ** Moura to Gladstone ** Blackwater to Gladstone ** Goonyella to Hay Point ** Newlands to Abbot Point *the original narrow-gauge Southern line that provided a rail connection to Sydney, extending from Toowoomba to the New South Wales border at Wallangarra, plus the South Western line west from Warwick to Thallon; *two line ... [...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] |
Sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, which accumulates in the Plant stem, stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family, Poaceae, an economically important flowering plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops. It is native to New Guinea. Sugarcane was an ancient crop of the Austronesian people, Austronesian and Indigenous people of New Guinea, Papuan people. The best evidence available today points to the New Guinea area as the site of the original domestication of ''Saccharum officinarum''. It was introduced to Polynesia, Island Melanesia, and Madagascar in prehistoric times via Austronesian sailors. It was also introduced by Austronesian sailors to India and then to Southern China by 500 ... [...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] |
Bogie River
A bogie ( ) (or truck in North American English) comprises two or more wheelsets (two wheels on an axle), in a frame, attached under a vehicle by a pivot. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transport. A bogie may remain normally attached (as on many railroad cars and semi-trailers) or be quickly detachable (as for a dolly in a road train or in railway bogie exchange). It may include suspension components within it (as most rail and trucking bogies do), or be solid and in turn be suspended (as are most bogies of tracked vehicles). It may be mounted on a swivel, as traditionally on a railway carriage or locomotive, additionally jointed and sprung (as in the landing gear of an airliner), or held in place by other means (centreless bogies). Although ''bogie'' is the preferred spelling and first-listed variant in various dictionaries, bogey and bogy are also used. Railway A ''bogie'' in the UK, or a ''railroad truck'', ''wheel truck'', or simply ''truck'' in Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
