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South Maclean, Queensland
South Maclean is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Maclean had a population of 2,232 people. Geography North Maclean is on the Mount Lindesay Highway with the Logan River as part of its northern and southern boundaries as well as passing through the locality. North Maclean, Queensland, North Maclean is immediately to the north of South Maclean. A small section of South Maclean's western border aligns with the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. History In 1997, the locality of Maclean was replaced by North and South Maclean; prior to this date, they have shared history. Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, South Maclean became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008. On 29 September 2017, South Maclean was extended eastward taking land from the west of Jimboomba as part of creating the new localities of Riverbend, Queensland, Riverbend and Glenlogan, Queenslan ... [...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] |
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] |
North Maclean
North Maclean is a locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Maclean had a population of 1,581 people. Geography North Maclean is on the Mount Lindesay Highway with the Logan River as part of its eastern and southern boundary. South Maclean is immediately to the south of North Maclean. The western boundary of North Maclean is marked by the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. History North and South Maclean were once a single district originally known as ''Logan Bridge'', as there was a low-level bridge across the Logan River at this location since 1860. The district later acquired the name ''Maclean'', probably after Alexander Grant McLean, the acting Surveyor General of New South Wales from 1856—1861. The township with blocks on both sides of the river was surveyed in 1863. North Maclean Provisional School opened on 18 July 1882 and closed on 1912. Maclean Provisional School opened on 16 April 1926 with teacher Ruby Eunice Dunn. Later that ye ... [...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] |
Park Ridge, Queensland
Park Ridge is a suburb in the City of Logan, located within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. In the , Park Ridge had a population of 8,455 people. Geography Park Ridge lies to Logan's west and enjoys a rural setting. There are acreage properties buffered by bushland. The suburb is dissected by Park Ridge Road in an east-west direction, while its western and eastern boundaries are marked by the Mount Lindesay Highway and Chambers Flat Road respectively. History Logan Ridges was the original name for the suburb of Park Ridge. This was until the early 1890s, when the post office changed its name to reflect the park-like nature of the area. Early settlers hailed from Yorkshire and timber-getting and farming were the primary industries during the 1890s and remained important through to the early 20th century, when tobacco growing was taken on. Success was fleeting and eventually poultry farming came to the fore; Ingham's Chickens becoming a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Ridge State High School
Park Ridge State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in the suburb of Park Ridge, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ..., with an enrolment of 1510 students and a teaching staff of 130 as of 2024. Since 2015, the school's role of Executive Principal has been held by Sharon Amos. The school also consists of one Associate Principal, four Deputy Principals, fifteen Heads of Department, six Year Level Coordinators, two Guidance Officers, one school Chaplain and one Youth Support Coordinator. History The school opened on 29 January 1991. Recently, the school opened a Wellbeing Centre with student access to Guidance Officers, a Youth Support Coordinator, a Chaplain, a wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarrabilba State Secondary College
Yarrabilba State Secondary College (YSSC) is a secondary school located in Yarrabilba (Queensland, Australia), a locality of Logan City. Etymology The indigenous Australian Wanggeriburra clan of the Yugambeh language group occupied the land of Yarrabilba before the arrival of Europeans. The suburb's name, and hence the school's name, are based on the word "Yarrabilba" meaning 'place of song' in Wangerriburra/Bundjalung language. Infrastructure Construction On 23 March 2019, the first sod of soil was turned in the $65 million project, led by Broad Construction, to build a state secondary school at Yarrabilba, one of the eight schools built as part of the Palaszczuk government's investment of more than $450 million. Construction was completed in 2019 and the school was opened in 2020. Computers The Logan-based Social enterprise "Substation33", which repurposes technology, donated computers and laptops to the school, some of which were used by coding tutorial groups. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenbank, Queensland
Greenbank is a rural residential Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Greenbank had a population of 9,587 people. Geography It is located south of central Brisbane. It was once divided between the Shire of Beaudesert and Logan City, but the Queensland Government's amalgamation of local government areas resulted in Greenbank becoming entirely within Logan City, since 15 March 2008. The suburb is surrounded by farmland and includes the forested Greenbank Military Range (), which is on the Commonwealth Heritage List. A strip of parkland and a watercourse originally named The Platypus Pools and Bracken Way is a natural habitat for a number of species of flora and fauna including platypus, the rare black cockatoo, kookaburra, the superb fairywren, blue wren, kingfisher, honeyeaters, owls, kangaroos, wallaby, wallabies, koalas, Phalangeriformes, possums, Pogona, bearded dragons, legless lizards and water monitors up to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenlogan, Queensland
Glenlogan is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the suburban development corridor south of Brisbane in the Greater Flagstone development area. In the , Glenlogan had a population of 1,122 people. Geography The ''Logan River'' forms the western and north-western boundaries. The Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor follows the south-eastern boundary. Mount Lindesay Highway passes to the east. History Glenlogan is situated in the Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages, Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian country. The locality takes its name from the former Glenlogan Park thoroughbred stud farm on Lance Road. Glenlogan was designated a locality within the Logan City by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines in September 2017. It was excised from land formerly in Jimboomba. Demographics In the , Glenlogan had a population of 1,122 people. Education There are no schools in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Beaudesert
The Shire of Beaudesert was a local government area located in South East Queensland, Australia, stretching from the New South Wales border, along the Gold Coast hinterland to the urban fringes of the cities of Brisbane and Ipswich. The Shire covered an area of , and existed from 1879 until its abolition on 15 March 2008, following which it was split between Logan City and the new Scenic Rim Region. History The Tabragalba Division was incorporated on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 869, centred on Beaudesert. On 18 January 1884, there was an adjustment of boundaries between subdivision No. 1 of Tabragalba Division and subdivision No.2 of the Coomera Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Tabragalba Division became Shire of Tabragalba on 31 March 1903, and on 8 August 1903 was renamed Shire of Beaudesert by an Order in Council. On 23 November 1912, a separate Town of Beaudesert was established to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney–Brisbane Rail Corridor
The Sydney–Brisbane railway corridor consists of the long standard-gauge main line between the Australia, Australian state capitals of Brisbane (Queensland) and Sydney (New South Wales), and the lines immediately connected to it. Description The main line consists of: * the Main North railway line, New South Wales, Main North line from Central railway station, Sydney, Sydney Central station to Telarah railway station, Telarah station, in Maitland railway station, Maitland, and * the North Coast railway line, New South Wales, North Coast line from Telarah to Roma Street railway station, Roma Street station, Brisbane. Freight trains operate along the entire corridor, as does a daily (each way) New South Wales XPT, XPT passenger service, in addition to a service to Casino railway station, Casino. History Originally the corridor consisted of standard gauge track in New South Wales and narrow gauge track in Queensland, which met at a Break of gauge, break-of-gauge statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan River
The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in South East Queensland that drains the southern ranges of the Scenic Rim and empties into Moreton Bay after navigating the City of Logan, a major suburban centre located south of Brisbane. The drainage basin, catchment is dominated by urban and agricultural land use. Near the mouth (river), river mouth are mangrove forests and a number of aquaculture farms. Course and features The river rises below Mount Ernest on the southern slopes of the Scenic Rim, part of the Great Dividing Range and forms in the Mount Barney National Park, near the QueenslandNew South Wales border, below Mount Lindesay (Queensland), Mount Lindesay. The river flows generally north by nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
