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Kooralgin, Queensland
Kooralgin is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kooralgin had a population of 47 people. Geography Cooyar Creek forms the south-west boundary of the locality before flowing through the locality and exiting to the north-east ( Gilla); it eventually becomes a tributary of the Brisbane River. The main road route through the locality is Cooyar Kooralgin Road, which enters from the south-west ( Cooyar) and passes through the locality, changing its name to Yarraman Kooralgin Road, before exiting to the north-east (Gilla). One section of The Palms National Park is in the west of the locality. Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with crop growing around Cooyar Creek. History Kooralgin Provisional School opened on 10 April 1916. It closed in 1923. It reopened in 1930 as a half-time school in conjunction with Claredale Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher). About 1932, ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
The Palms National Park
The Palms is a small national park with two sections, one in Cooyar and the other in Kooralgin, both in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The main feature of the park is spring-fed gully filled with piccabeen palms. Strangler figs, bunya pines and hoop pines also predominate. History The 12.4 ha park was proclaimed in 1950. Attractions The birdlife in the park is prolific. No camping is allowed in the park but picnics and bushwalks are catered for. See also * Protected areas of Queensland Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia. As at 2020, it contained more than 1,000 protected areas. In August 2023, it was estimated a total of 14.5 million hectares or 8.38% of Queensland's landmass was protected. List of terrestria ... References National parks of Queensland Protected areas established in 1950 1950 establishments in Australia {{Queensland-national-park-stub ... [...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] |
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River (Turrbal language, Turrbal: ) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia. It flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governors of New South Wales, Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The Moreton Bay Penal Colony, penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. The river is a tide, tidal estuary and the water is brackish water, brackish from its mouth through the majority of the Brisbane metropolitan area westward to the Mount Crosby Weir. The river is wide and navigability, navigable throughout the Brisbane metropolitan area. It is affectionately known by locals as the "Brown Snake", on account of its silty waters and long, winding course. The river travels from Mount Stanley. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam, forming Lake Wivenhoe, the main ... [...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] |
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local government authorities with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. In 2018–2019, it had a Australian dollar, A$491 million budget, of which A$316 million is for service delivery and A$175.13 million capital (infrastructure) budget. In the , the Toowoomba Region had a population of 173,204 people. History Prehistory Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Toowoomba Region existed as eight distinct local government areas: the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Shire of Cambooya, Cambooya, Shire of Clifton, Clifton, Shire of Crows Nest, Crows Nest, Shire of Jondaryan, Jondaryan, Shire of Millmerran, Millmerran, Shire of Pittsworth, Pittsworth, and Shire of Rosalie, Rosalie. The City had its beginning in the Toowoomba Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Yarraman, Queensland
Upper Yarraman is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Upper Yarraman had a population of 80 people. Geography Upper Yarraman is on the Darling Downs. The New England Highway runs through Upper Yarraman. It is part of the Cooyar Creek catchment, a tributary of the Brisbane River. History The area was first surveyed in 1897. It was then opened for selection with a requirement being the land had to be cleared and cultivated. The name of Yarraman is derived from the aboriginal word meaning horse. Although the origin of the word Yarraman is unknown, it is thought to be derived from the word "yira" which means large teeth. Yarraman Creek Upper Provisional School opened on 30 January 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Yarraman Creek Upper State School. Circa 1935 it was renamed Yarraman Upper State School. It closed on 31 December 2002. It was at 130 Upper Yarraman Road (). The school building has been converted into a residence. On a road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarraman, Queensland
Yarraman is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yarraman had a population of 1,127 people. Geography Yarraman is located northwest of the state capital, Brisbane on the junction of the New England Highway, New England and D'Aguilar Highway, D'Aguilar highways. Yarraman is set in a fertile valley and produces timber, cereal, grain and beef and dairy goods, which it exports to larger cities. Yarraman is surrounded by the various components of the fragmentary Bunya Mountains and Yarraman Important Bird Area which contains the largest remaining population of the vulnerable species, vulnerable black-breasted button-quail. In the far west the Meandu Mine extracts coal for the nearby power station. History The name ''Yarraman'' means ''horse'' in the Port Jackson Pidgin English spread by Aboriginal stockmen in eastern Australia. It might derive from word ''yira'' or ''yera'' meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooyar, Queensland
Cooyar is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cooyar had a population of 231 people. Geography Cooyar is on the Darling Downs and on the New England Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. History Land in Cooyar was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. Cooyar Post Office opened by March 1907 (a receiving office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... had been open from 1904). St Francis' Anglican Church was dedicated on 12 April 1928. Its closure on 28 March 1999 was approved by Assistant Bishop Ray Smith. Demographics In the , the locality of Cooyar and the surrounding area had a population of 281 people. In the , the locality of Cooyar had a population of 224 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
