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Pierces Creek, Queensland
Pierces Creek is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Virginia. In the , Pierces Creek had a population of 95 people. History The locality was originally named Pierce Creek but it was renamed Pierces Creek in 2005. It appears on a 1944 map as Virginia. Virginia Provisional School opened on 12 October 1908 and became Virginia State School in 1909. In 1918 it was renamed Pierce Creek State School. It closed on 18 October 1959. It was on the western side of Pierces Creek Road south of the junction with Middle Road (approx ). St Faith's Anglican Church in Pechey was dedicated on 10 September 1911 by the Venerable Archdeacon Arthur Rivers Arthur Richard Rivers (1857–1940) was Dean of Hobart from 1920 to 1940. Early life Rivers was born in Teignmouth and educated at St John's College, Oxford. His younger brother was Richard Godfrey Rivers, an artist and gallery curator. Re .... In February 1931 it was relocated to Vi ... [...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] |
Jones Gully, Queensland
Jones Gully is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Jones Gully had a population of 15 people. Geography The New England Highway forms a small section of the south-eastern boundary of the locality, entering from and exiting to Glenaven. The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing. History Jones Gully State School opened circa 1932 under head teacher Mr H. J. Wootton. It was officially opened on Saturday 12 March 1932 by Arthur Edward Moore, the Queensland Premier The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed .... It closed circa 1955 when a larger school was built at Crows Nest to replace a number of small local schools. Jones Gully State School was on the south-eastern corner of Jones Gully Road and Tigel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rivers
Arthur Richard Rivers (1857–1940) was Dean of Hobart from 1920 to 1940. Early life Rivers was born in Teignmouth and educated at St John's College, Oxford. His younger brother was Richard Godfrey Rivers, an artist and gallery curator. Religious life Ordained in 1882 Rivers began his career with a Curate, curacy in Painswick. Emigrating to Australia he was Precentor of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Sydney Cathedral and Chaplain to the Alfred Barry, Primate of Australia. Moving to Queensland he was Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of St Michael, Brisbane and then St Andrew in the same city. He was Archdeacon of Wide Bay–Burnett, Burnett and Wide Bay from 1896 to 1905; and of Toowoomba from thenCrockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30: Oxford, OUP, 1929 until his appointment as Dean of Hobert. Later life Rivers died on 1 November 1940. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pechey, Queensland
Pechey is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality had a population of 98 people. Geography The New England Highway passes through the centre of the town, and the Pechey-Maclagan Road exits to the west. Pechey State Forest occupies the entire south east corner of the area. History The town was named after Edward Wilmot Pechey (Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Aubigny 1873-1877). He was also a surveyor and sawmill owner. Pechey Provisional School opened on 19 March 1889. On 1 January 1909, it became Pechey State School. It closed in 1959. St Faith's Anglican Church was dedicated on 10 September 1911 by the Venerable Archdeacon Arthur Rivers. In February 1931, it was relocated to Virginia (now Pierces Creek, Queensland, Pierces Creek), where it was re-dedicated on 1 March 1931 by Archdeacon Glover. Pechey Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receivin ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local government authorities with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. In 2018–2019, it had a Australian dollar, A$491 million budget, of which A$316 million is for service delivery and A$175.13 million capital (infrastructure) budget. In the , the Toowoomba Region had a population of 173,204 people. History Prehistory Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Toowoomba Region existed as eight distinct local government areas: the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Shire of Cambooya, Cambooya, Shire of Clifton, Clifton, Shire of Crows Nest, Crows Nest, Shire of Jondaryan, Jondaryan, Shire of Millmerran, Millmerran, Shire of Pittsworth, Pittsworth, and Shire of Rosalie, Rosalie. The City had its beginning in the Toowoomba Mun ... [...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] |
Mountain Camp, Queensland
Mountain Camp is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mountain Camp had a population of 24 people. Geography Pierces Creek Road forms the eastern boundary of the locality with Jones Gully Road commencing at the boundary and proceeding in a north-westerly direction through the locality, after which it forms the north-western boundary of the locality. Two Tree Hill is in the north-west of the locality (), rising to above sea level. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing and rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to n ... housing. Demographics In the , Mountain Camp had a population of 24 people. In the , Mountain Camp had a population of 24 people. Education There are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crows Nest, Queensland
Crows Nest is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Darling Downs on the New England Highway, from the state capital, Brisbane and from the nearby city of Toowoomba. In the , the locality of Crows Nest had a population of 2,212 people. Geography east of the town is the Crows Nest National Park. History Jarowair (also known as Yarowair, Yarow-wair, Barrunggam, Yarrowair, Yarowwair and Yarrow-weir) is one of the languages of the Toowoomba region. The Jarowair language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Toowoomba Regional Council, particularly Toowoomba north to Crows Nest and west to Oakey. The origin of the name is uncertain. One claim is that it was named after an Aboriginal man, Jimmy Crow, who gave directions to early European settlers. He lived in a big hollow tree near the police station, which became known as ''Crows Nest''. It became a popular overnight ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anduramba, Queensland
Anduramba is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Anduramba had a population of 84 people. Geography The northeast of the locality is marked by Emu Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River. History Anduramba State School opened in 1912. It closed in 1952, but re-opened in 1953. It closed permanently on 18 October 1959. The school was in McGreevy Road (). Anduramba was officially named and bounded as a locality in February 1999. The boundaries were amended in September 2005 to include the locality of Nudindenda. Demographics In the , Anduramba had a population of 77 people. In the , Anduramba had a population of 84 people. Education There are no schools in Anduramba. The nearest government primary schools are Crow's Nest State School in neighbouring Crows Nest to the south, Blackbutt State School in Blackbutt to the north-west, and Benarkin State School in Benarkin to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are: * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
