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Mulgrave Derry, Quebec
Mulgrave may refer to: Australia New South Wales *Mulgrave, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney Queensland *Mulgrave, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Burdekin *Mulgrave, a former name of Gordonvale, Queensland *Mulgrave Island, alternative name for Badu Island *Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland) Victoria *Mulgrave, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne *Electoral district of Mulgrave (Victoria) Canada *Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, a town *Mulgrave School, in West Vancouver, British Columbia England *Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, Yorkshire Micronesia *The Mulgrave Islands, a name used in the 19th century for the Mili and Knox Atolls. People * Earl of Mulgrave, a hereditary title ** Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755–1831), British soldier and politician ** Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (1611–1658), English peer ** John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave (1648–1721), British poet and Tory politician ** Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave Captain C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulgrave, New South Wales
Mulgrave is a suburb in the north west of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It is a predominantly industrial and commercial area. History The district was settled in the period between 1794 and 1800. Francis Grose (British Army officer), Lieutenant-Governor Grose named the locality 'Mulgrave Place' honouring Constantine Phipps, the second Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, Baron Mulgrave, who had died in 1792. Baron Mulgrave had been an English naval officer and statesman and a colleague and friend of Joseph Banks.Place Names of the District by James Jervis (a lecture delivered before the Parramatta and District Historical Society on 7 September 1920), ''Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate'' (Parramatta), 22 September 1920, page 4. Transport Mulgrave railway station is on th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulgrave, Queensland
Mulgrave is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mulgrave had a population of 19 people. Geography Although the Shire of Burdekin is mostly lower-lying land used for growing sugarcane, Mulgrave in the south-west of the shire has more mountainous terrain, with a number of named peaks and gorges (from north to south): * Woodhouse Mountain () * Bunkers Hill () * Nanny Goat Gorge () * Mount Dalrymple () * Bird Gorge () * Mount Benjonney () * Blue Mountain () There is some crop growing (including sugarcane) in the lower north-eastern part of the locality, but otherwise the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. Demographics In the , Mulgrave had a population of 21 people. In the , Mulgrave had a population of 19 people. Education There are no schools in Mulgrave. The nearest government primary schools are Clare State School in neighbouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordonvale, Queensland
Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality situated on the southern side of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gordonvale had a population of 6,944 people. At Gordonvale in June 1935, the cane toad was introduced in a failed attempt at controlling the native Batocera frenchi, Frenchi beetle and the greyback cane beetle. Geography Gordonvale lies approximately south of the Cairns central business district and is just east of the Gillies Range which leads to the Atherton Tableland. The locality is bounded to the south-east by the Mulgrave River. The land is generally flat and low-lying (approx above sea level), but on the eastern, southern and western boundaries of the locality the land begins to rise sharply as the locality is surrounded by mountainous terrain formating part of a number of ranges: Islet Hills to the north-west, Lamb Range to the south-west, Bellenden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |