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Montrose, Queensland (Southern Downs Region)
Montrose is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Montrose had "no people or a very low population". Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the Cunningham Highway, which enters the locality from the south-east (Cunningham / Rodgers Creek) and exits to the south-west ( Greymare). The South Western railway line runs to the north and loosely parallel with the highway, entering the locality from the east (Cunningham) and exiting to the west (Greymare). The locality was historically served by the now-abandoned Montrose railway station (). The land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from the railway station, which, in turn, came from a pastoral run, named by pastoralist St George Richard Gore after the town of Montrose in Forfarshire, Scotland. Demographics In the , Montrose had "no people or a very low population". In the , Montrose had "no people or a very low population". Educa ... [...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] |
Wheatvale, Queensland
Wheatvale is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wheatvale had a population of 57 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway passes from east to west through the locality. The South Western railway line, Queensland, South Western railway line also passes from east to west through the locality but to the north of the highway; the locality is served by the Wheatvale railway station (). The Condamine River flows through the locality. History The locality takes its name from its railway station which in turn was named on 5 February 1904 by the Queensland Railways Department, after the property of James Clancy McMahon, a pioneer wheat grower in the area. On 1 April 1896, James Clancy McMahon built and furnished a school building and also paid a teacher's salary. At the start of 1897, it became Wheatvale Provisional School with the teacher being appointed by the Queensland Public Instruction Department. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forfarshire
Angus (; ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the east of the county. Angus was historically a province, and later a sheriffdom and county (called Forfarshire or the County of Forfar until 1928), bordering Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west; southwards it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay. The county included Dundee until 1894, when it was made a county of a city. The pre-1894 boundaries of Angus continue to be used as a registration county. Between 1975 and 1996 Angus was a lower-tier district within the Tayside region. The district took on its modern form and powers in 1996, since when the local authority has been Angus Council. History Etymology The name "Angus" ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montrose, Angus
Montrose ( ; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Situated north of Dundee and south of Aberdeen, Montrose lies between the mouths of the River North Esk, Angus, North and River South Esk, South Esk rivers. It is the northernmost coastal town in Angus and developed as a natural harbour that traded in skins, hides, and cured salmon in medieval times. With an estimated population of in , the town functions as a port, but the major employer is GlaxoSmithKline, which was saved from closure in 2006. The skyline of Montrose is dominated by the steeple (architecture), steeple of Montrose Old and St Andrew's Church, Old and St Andrew's Church, designed by James Gillespie Graham and built between 1832 and 1834. Montrose is a town with a wealth of architecture, and is a centre for international trade. It is an important commercial port for the oil and gas industry. It is known for its wide thoroughfare and high street, which leads to picturesque closes containing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George Richard Gore
St. George Richard Gore (26 March 1812 – 16 August 1871) was a grazier and politician in colonial Queensland, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and, later, the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Gore was born in Dublin, Ireland, eldest of five sons of Thomas Gore (brother of the 7th baronet, of Manor Gore, Donegal) and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Corbet. Gore was of the same family as the Earls of Arran. St George Gore was educated by his father and at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1831; M.A., 1834). He was called to the Bar and practiced in London until 1839, having decided to emigrate. Gore married in 1840 Frances, daughter of the late Edward Coldwell, of Lyndhurst, Southampton, England. Queensland grazier Gore, along with brother Ralph Thomas Gore, arrived in Sydney aboard the ''Bengal'' in February 1840. Gore moved to Moreton Bay district (now Queensland) and settled in the Warwick, Queensland district at Yandilla. Politics Gore was elec ... [...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] |
South Western Railway Line, Queensland
The South Western line is a narrow-gauge railway line in the southern part of the state of Queensland, Australia. It junctions from the Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern line immediately south of Warwick railway station, Queensland, Warwick station and proceeded westwards for a distance of 413 km to the town of Dirranbandi, Queensland, Dirranbandi. A western extension to Boomi, New South Wales, Boomie in New South Wales, approved by the Queensland Parliament in 1914, was never constructed. The Thallon, Queensland, Thallon-to-Dirranbandi section was closed on 2 September 2010. It services the small towns of Inglewood, Queensland, Inglewood (junction of the now closed Texas railway line, Texas branch) and Goondiwindi as well as the villages of Yelarbon, Queensland, Yelarbon and Thallon, Queensland, Thallon among others. History The South Western line opened as far as Thane, Queensland, Thane on 1 July 1904 and was completed to Dirranbandi on 21 May 1913. A furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunningham Highway
The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway located in South East Queensland, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 Highway shield, shield between Ipswich and north of Warwick, Queensland, Warwick at its junction with the New England Highway at Glengallan, Queensland, Glengallan where both the Cunningham and the New England head south concurrency (road), concurrently to Warwick. Thereafter, the Cunningham carries the National Highway 42 shield to its south-western terminus with the Leichhardt Highway at Goondiwindi. The majority of the Cunningham Highway is a single carriageway with freeway standard and 6-lane arterial road standard towards its north-eastern terminus, near Ipswich. State-controlled road The Cunningham Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into four sec ... [...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] |
Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The region runs along the state's southern boundary with New South Wales and was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. As at 2024, it has an area of . In the , the Southern Downs Region had a population of 36,290 people. History The majority of the former Warwick Shire is home to the Githabul people who have lived around this area for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the early 1840s. The current area of the Southern Downs Region existed as two distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Warwick; which in turn consisted of four previous local government areas: ** the City of Warwick; ** the Shire of Allora; ** the Shire of Glengallan; ** the Shire of Rosenthal; * and the Shire of Stanthorpe. The City of Warwick came into being as the Warwick Municipality on 25 May 1861 under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane, Queensland
Thane is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Thane had a population of 19 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway traverses the locality from the south-east ( Greymare) to south-west ( Karara) passing through the town of Thane which is roughly central within the locality. The South Western railway line also traverses through the locality slightly to the north of the highway from Greymare to the town of Thane and then goes further north than the highway towards Karara before it exits slightly to the north of the highway. The town is served by the Thane railway station (). Thanes Creek (the watercourse) enters the locality from the south-west (Karara) and exits to the north-west (the locality of Thanes Creek). The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. There is some cropping along Thanes Creek (the watercourse) to the north of the town. History The town takes its name from the railway statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
