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Macknade, Queensland
Macknade is a rural town and coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Macknade had a population of 203 people. Geography Mackade is bounded by the Herbert River () on the south and east, the Seymour River () on the west and the Hinchinbrook Channel () to the north (separating the mainland from Hinchinbrook Island). Seaforth Channel is another off-shore passage (). History The Macknade Sugar Company opened a sugar plantation and the Macknade Sugar Mill in the area in 1874. The district took its name from the mill, which in turn took its name from a house in Kent, England where the mill's owners had lived. Macknade Provisional School opened on 13 November 1893. On 1 January 1909, it became Macknade State School. The postal receiving office opened in about 1901 and became a post office in October 1902. The post office closed on 29 October 1993. Demographics In the , the locality of Macknade had a population of 304 ... [...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] |
Herbert River
The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert Herbert, Robert George Wyndham Herbert, the first Premiers of Queensland, Premier of Queensland. Location and features With its headwaters forming at an elevation of on the Atherton Tableland, part of the Great Dividing Range west of Herberton, Queensland, Herberton and north of Ravenshoe, Queensland, Ravenshoe, the Herbert River is formed by the confluence of the Millstream and the Wild River. The Herbert River flows in a generally southeastern direction through the Lumholtz National Park joined by fifteen tributary, tributaries including the Stone River and flowing past the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham. The Herbert River reaches its river mouth, mouth where it enters the Coral Sea near Lucinda, Queensland, Lucinda, at the southern end of the Hinchinbrook Channel, north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Queensland
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative status, or historical significance. In some regions, towns are formally defined by legal charters or government designations, while in others, the term is used informally. Towns typically feature centralized services, infrastructure, and governance, such as municipal authorities, and serve as hubs for commerce, education, and cultural activities within their regions. The concept of a town varies culturally and legally. For example, in the United Kingdom, a town may historically derive its status from a market town designation or City status in the United Kingdom, royal charter, while in the United States, the term is often loosely applied to incorporated municipality, municipalities. In some countries, such as Australia and Canada, distinction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tramways In Queensland
List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are: * Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles. * Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sugar Mill Name, of which not all mills have a Wikipedia article. * Miscellaneous tramways for which only limited information is available, ordered by Enterprise Name as contained in Wikipedia articles This list article does not include the Brisbane tramway network, the Brisbane Tramway Museum, the Gold Coast light rail, or the Rockhampton steam tram network. The information listed is derived from the references and from the wikilinked articles (including those in “See also”) Non sugar cane tramways Except where shown otherwise these tramways had a gauge of . They were regarded as tramways because of their lighter construction, and because they did not compete with government railways. The Mapleton Tramway, a former sugar cane tramw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment And Reporting Authority
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is the independent statutory authority responsible for the development of a national curriculum, a national assessment program, and a national data collection and reporting program that supports learning for Australian students. ACARA's work is carried out in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including teachers, principals, governments, State and Territory education authorities, professional education associations, community groups and the general public. It was established in 2008 by an Act of the Australian Federal Parliament. The authority is also responsible for the My School website and NAPLAN testing. References External links * My School website {{Authority control 2008 establishments in Australia Education in Australia Educational organisations based in Australia Organizations established in 2008 Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macknade State School, 2020
Macknade is a rural town and coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Macknade had a population of 203 people. Geography Mackade is bounded by the Herbert River () on the south and east, the Seymour River () on the west and the Hinchinbrook Channel () to the north (separating the mainland from Hinchinbrook Island). Seaforth Channel is another off-shore passage (). History The Macknade Sugar Company opened a sugar plantation and the Macknade Sugar Mill in the area in 1874. The district took its name from the mill, which in turn took its name from a house in Kent, England where the mill's owners had lived. Macknade Provisional School opened on 13 November 1893. On 1 January 1909, it became Macknade State School. The postal receiving office opened in about 1901 and became a post office in October 1902. The post office closed on 29 October 1993. Demographics In the , the locality of Macknade had a population of 304 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burdekin Shire Council
The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has existed as a local government entity since 1888. In the , the Shire of Burdekin had a population of 16,692 people. History Yuru (also known as ''Juru, Euronbba, Juru, Mal Mal, Malmal'') is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuru country. The Yuru language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Burdekin, including the town of Home Hill.' On 16 January 1888, the Ayr Division was created out of Subdivision 3 of the Thuringowa Division in 1888 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1887''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Ayr Division became the Shire of Ayr on 31 March 1903. On 12 June 1982, the Shire of Ayr was renamed the Shire of Burdekin, a change long desired ... [...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] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Greater London to the north-west. The county town is Maidstone. The county has an area of and had population of 1,875,893 in 2022, making it the Ceremonial counties of England#Lieutenancy areas since 1997, fifth most populous county in England. The north of the county contains a conurbation which includes the towns of Chatham, Kent, Chatham, Gillingham, Kent, Gillingham, and Rochester, Kent, Rochester. Other large towns are Maidstone and Ashford, Kent, Ashford, and the City of Canterbury, borough of Canterbury holds City status in the United Kingdom, city status. For local government purposes Kent consists of a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and the unitary authority area of Medway. The county historically included south-ea ... [...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] |
