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Myall Park, Queensland
Myall Park is a rural locality, north of Miles, in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Myall Park had a population of 17 people. Geography Dogwood Creek enters the locality from the east ( Hookswood) and forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality before exiting to the south (Miles). The Leichhardt Highway enters the locality from the west ( Dalwogon), forms the north-western boundary of the locality, and then exits to the north-west (Kowguran). The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. History Myall Park State School opened in 1922. It closed circa 1942. The school was on the western side of Myall Park Road (formerly Miles Retreat Road, ). Between January and March 2023, a number of bushfires burnt thousands of hectares of land, impacting the communities of Tara, Fairyland, Myall Park, and Montrose. Demographics In the , Myall Park had a population of 21 people. In the , Myall Park had a population of 17 people. 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] |
Darling Downs Gazette
The ''Darling Downs Gazette'' was a newspaper published from 1848 to 1922 in Drayton and Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. History ''The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser'' was founded in 1858 by Arthur Sidney Lyon. The first issue of four pages was published on Thursday 10 June 1858 from ''Willow Cottage'', a wooden shanty, in Drayton. After two years, it was purchased by W. H. Byers. Later, William Henry Traill was the proprietor for a brief period. While Drayton, being established in 1842, was the first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs, by the 1860s it was clear that it would be overtaken by nearby Toowoomba in size and importance, leading to Byers relocating the Darling Downs Gazette to Toowoomba in 1861. As the Darling Downs was a rural district occupied by squatters, the newspaper focussed on farming and trade issues. Its politics were aligned with the interests of the squatters (a significant force in early Queensland politics), and lead to the c ... [...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] |
Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a section of the Cunningham Highway. It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood. The highway is a state-controlled strategic road, except for the section concurrent with the Gore Highway, which is a state-controlled part of the National Network. History It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th century that roughly parallels today's highway. Upgrade A project to replace the Banana Creek bridge, at a cost of $7.7 million, was completed in April 2022. List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway Travelling from south to north: * Goondiwindi * Moonie * Condamine * Miles * Guluguba * Wandoan * Taroom * Theodore * Banana * Dululu * Westwood Major intersections ... [...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] |
Dogwood Creek (Queensland)
Dogwood Creek is a creek in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Dogwood Creek is long and drops from an elevation 361 metres to 260 metres (101 metres in total). Fish found in the creek include golden perch, Mary River cod, Murray cod, Bidyanus bidyanus, silver perch, spangled perch and Freshwater yabby, yabbies. The creek eventually merges with the Balonne River to become part of the Condamine River. History The creek was named after the Jacksonia scoparia, dogwood bushes in the area by explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on 23 October 1844 on his expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington (now Darwin, Northern Territory). A commonly used track to access homesteads in the area (now the Warrego Highway) crossed the creek; that location became known as Dogwood Crossing. This would later develop into the town of Miles, Queensland, Miles. Dogwood Creek has flooded on many occasions, including 1908 and 1938. References {{coord, 27, 02, 59, S, 149, 37, 59, E, type: ... [...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] |
Western Downs Region
Western Downs Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Queensland, Australia. The Western Downs Regional Council manages an area of , which is slightly smaller than Switzerland, although with a population of 34,467 in June 2018, it is over 228 times less densely populated. The area is home to prime farming land and thus agriculture is a major industry in the area. Dalby, the biggest town in the region is home to the second largest cattle saleyards in Australia. The Dalby Saleyards process over 200,000 cattle annually in its facility which is comparable to Rockhampton and Casino, New South Wales, Casino. The Western Downs Regional Council's Corporate Office is situated at 30 Marble Street, Dalby. In the , the Western Downs Region had a population of 33,843 people. History Baranggum (also known as Barrunggam, Barunggam Parrungoom, Murrumgama) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the BaruĊgam, Baranggum people. The Baranggum language reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalwogon, Queensland
Dalwogon (sometimes written as Dalwogan) is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dalwogon had a population of 53 people. Geography The locality is roughly bounded to the north and east by Nine Mile Creek. The Leichhardt Highway passes through the locality from south-east (Miles) to the north-east (Kowguran). The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with small amounts of crops. History The name Dalwogon/Dalwogan is an Aboriginal word meaning ''turtle Turtles are reptiles of the order (biology), order Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Crypt ...''. The Dalwogan railway station on the Wandoan railway line was at . The line and the station are now both closed. (The spelling of the names of the locality and the railway station slightly differ.) The railway station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles, Queensland
Miles is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Miles had a population of 1,874 people. Geography The town is on the Warrego Highway, west of Brisbane, the state capital, west of Toowoomba, west of Dalby, Queensland, Dalby and west of Chinchilla, Queensland, Chinchilla. It is situated east of Roma, Queensland, Roma, east of Mitchell, Queensland, Mitchell, east of Morven, Queensland, Morven and east of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville. History Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek (Queensland), Dogwood Creek, named by German European land exploration of Australia, explorer Ludwig Leichhardt in 1844. The town was renamed Miles in honour of the Queensland Colonial Secretary, William Miles (Queensland politician), William Miles. Miles Post Office opened on 3 January 1878. Miles Provisional School opened on 31 May 1880, becoming Miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hookswood, Queensland
Hookswood is a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Hookswood had a population of 58 people. Geography Hookswood is immediately north-east of Miles. The Warrego Highway passes to the south of the locality, and the Leichhardt Highway to the west of the locality; there are no major roads within the locality. The north of the locality is within the Barakula State Forest. The land use in the rest of the locality is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from an early-1850s pastoral run on Dogwood Creek operated by John Ferrettin (together with the Dogwood run to the immediate south). In 1852, C.J. McKenzie took over both runs. Hookswood State School opened in 1914 and due to low student numbers closed in 1922 . The school reopened in 1923 but closed again. It reopened in 1925 and closed again in 1926. The school was on Hookswood Pelham Road (). Demographics In the , Hookswood had a population of 56 people. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
