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Lilyvale, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)
Lilyvale is a locality in the Toowoomba Region local government area on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. At the 2016 Australian Census, Lilyvale recorded a population of 55. Geography A prominent hill in the north of the area remains mostly vegetated and reaches elevations above 590 m. A second hill in the southeast rises to around 570 m. The rest of Lilyvale has been cleared for agricultural purposes. History The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association opened a cheese factory at Lilyvale in 1926. References {{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Condamine
Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes a number of small towns, such as Oakey, Pittsworth, Cambooya and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River which runs through it. Created for the 2009 state election, it was mostly made up of territory previously belonging to the abolished districts of Cunningham and Darling Downs. It also drew a small number of voters previously belonging to the district of Toowoomba South. Originally proposed to be named Dalby by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the name Condamine was adopted instead upon further review. There was also an earlier district known as Condamine that existed from 1950 to 1992. It was based in the same region. History The electorate's re-introduction at the 2009 state election pitted two sitting members against each other. MPs Ray Hopper and Stuart Cope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Groom
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Groom is an agricultural electorate located on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland. It includes the regional city of Toowoomba and rural communities to the west and south. The current MP is Garth Hamilton, a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was created in 1984 as essentially a reconfigured version of the old Division of Darling Downs, which had existed since Federation. It is named in honour of Sir Littleton Groom, who represented Darling Downs with on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meringandan West, Queensland
Meringandan West is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Meringandan West had a population of 2,488 people. Geography Meringandan West is on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland. The majority of the eastern boundary is aligned with Meringandan Creek, separating the locality from Meringandan. The creek also formed the boundary between the Shire of Crows Nest The Shire of Crows Nest was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately northeast of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Crows Nest, covered an area of , and ex ... and the Shire of Rosalie) with Meringandan West falling under the jurisdiction of the Shire of Rosalie. In 2008, both Meringandan and Meringandan West both came under the jurisdiction of the newly created Toowoomba Region. Mount Muniganeen is in the north-west of the locality () rising to above sea level. Central parts of the area h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glencoe, Queensland
Glencoe is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the ,Glencoe had a population of 322 people. The area was once known as Gowrie Scrub. Geography Storey is a mountain in the west of the locality () rising to . History The Bethlehem Lutheran Church opened in 1880 and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2005. Glencoe State School opened circa 1882 and closed circa 1941. It was at 62 Glencoe Yalangur Road (). On Sunday 29 July 1900, Bishop William Webber officially opened St Jude's Church of England. It was on a site on the slope of Glencoe Mountain (now called Storey). It was at 341 Glencoe Yalangur Road (). The first burial in Glencoe general cemetery was in 25 October 2004. In the , Glencoe had a population of 322 people. Education There are no schools in Glencoe. The nearest government primary schools are Kingsthorpe State School in neighbouring Kingsthorpe to the south-west, Meringandan State School in neighbouring Meringandan West t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowrie Little Plain, Queensland
Gowrie Little Plain is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gowrie Little Plain had a population of 79 people. Geography Gowrie Little Plain is on the Darling Downs. In the south of the locality are a series of hills which rise to around above sea level. The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing. History The locality takes its name from the nearby town of Gowrie. The town takes its name from a pastoral run which was named pastoralists Henry Hughes and Frederick N. Isaac, who initially called the property ''Stanbrook'', but renamed it ''Gowrie'' in 1847. The name ''Gowrie'' is probably a corruption of ''cowarie,'' Aboriginal name for Gowrie Creek, which in turn possibly means ''freshwater mussel''. Gowrie Little Plain State School opened circa 1890 and closed in 1965. It was at approx 125 Gowrie Little Plain Road (). St Jude's Anglican church was dedicated on 20 July 1900 by Bishop William Webber. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. In 2018-2019, it had a A$491 million budget, of which A$316 million is for service delivery and A$175.13 million capital (infrastructure) budget. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Toowoomba Region existed as eight distinct local government areas: the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Cambooya, Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth, and Rosalie. The City had its beginning in the Toowoomba Municipality which was proclaimed on 24 November 1860 under the ''Municipalities Act 1858'', a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland when it became a separate colony in 1859. William Henry Groom, sometimes described as the "father of Toowoomba", was elected its first mayor. It achieved a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Downs
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 extraction ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation of Australia, Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = Local government areas of Queensland, 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Australia, Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor of Queensland, Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier of Queensland, Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk (Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), AL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association
The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association Limited Factory is a heritage-listed factory at 57 Brook Street, North Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Dairy Farmers Factory. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 April 2008. History The former Downs Co-operative Dairy Association Limited Factory, located on Brook Street, Toowoomba, is associated closely with the development of the Queensland dairy industry and with the emergence of the Darling Downs as a principal dairy producing region during the early to mid-twentieth century. The original butter factory, made of timber, was constructed in 1905. This was rebuilt in 1929 in brick and concrete, and extended at a later date. As the importance of dairying to Queensland expanded during the 1930s and 1940s, additional structures were erected on the site, including an administration building (early 1930s), laboratory (1936), an engine and refrigeration building (c.1930s), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
