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Stanthorpe–Texas–Inglewood Road
Stanthorpe–Texas–Inglewood Road is a continuous road route in the Southern Downs and Goondiwindi regions of Queensland, Australia. It has two official names: Stanthorpe–Texas Road and Inglewood–Texas Road. The entire route is signed as State Route 89. Tourist Drives 5 (Amiens) and 8 ( Glenlyon Dam) and the Shearer's Way all start in Stanthorpe and run concurrent with this road for part of its length. Stanthorpe–Texas Road (number 232) is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS) and Inglewood–Texas Road (number 231) is a state-controlled regional road. Route description The road commences as Stanthorpe–Texas Road (Connor Street) at an intersection with High Street in Stanthorpe. High Street is the former route of the New England Highway through Stanthorpe. The road runs generally west and south-west towards Texas, passing through several rural localities (see below). While still in Stanthorpe it passes under the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanthorpe, Queensland
Stanthorpe is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Stanthorpe had a population of 5,286 people. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt. Geography Stanthorpe lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border from Brisbane via Warwick, Queensland, Warwick, north of Tenterfield, New South Wales, Tenterfield and 811m above sea level. The record low temperature of -10.6 °C (12.9 °F) was registered on June 23, 1961 in Stanthorpe. This is the lowest temperature recorded in Queensland. Stanthorpe was developed around Quart Pot Creek which meanders from south-east through the centre of town and then out through the south-west, where its confluence with Spring Creek forms the Severn River (Queensland), Severn River. Quart Pot Creek forms part of the south-western boundary of the locality, while the Severn River forms part of the south-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brush Creek, Queensland
Brush Creek is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brush Creek had a population of 39 people. Geography The Inglewood – Texas Road enters the locality from the south ( Limevale) and exits to the north-west (Inglewood). The west of the locality is within the Yelarbon State Forest which extends into Glenarbon to the west and into Beebo to the north-east. Texas State Forest is in the south of the locality. Greenup State Forest is in the east of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. History The locality was named after a pastoral run held in the early 1850s by Thomas Collins, which in turn was believed to be named for the creek flowing through the run. Brush Creek was opened for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. The Brush Creek Provisional School open on 28 March 1927. In 1930 or 1932, it became a part-time provision school along with Greenup Provisiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severnlea, Queensland
Severnlea is a semi-rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Severnlea had a population of 382 people. Geography Severnlea is immediately south of the town of Stanthorpe. The New England Highway and the Southern railway line pass through the locality from north (Stanthorpe) to south ( Glen Alpin). The locality was historically served by the now-abandoned Severnlea railway station (). The Severn River also flows from north to south to the west of the highway and railway. The land use is a mixture of rural residential housing, grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ... on native vegetation, and crop growing. History The locality presumably takes its name from the Severn River. Beverley State School opened on 30 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick, Queensland
Warwick ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in southeast Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Region Local government in Australia, local government area. The surrounding Darling Downs have fostered a strong agricultural industry for which Warwick, together with the larger city of Toowoomba, serve as convenient service centres. In the , the locality of Warwick had a population of 12,294 people. Geography The Condamine River meanders from the east to the north-west of Warwick. One of its tributaries, Rosenthal Creek, enters Warwick from the south and enters the Condamine within Warwick. The Cunningham Highway and the New England Highway jointly enter Warwick from the north, cross the Condamine River, and then turn west within the town close to the Warwick central business district. The Cunningham Highway then continues west towards Goondiwindi, while the New England Highway he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Applethorpe, Queensland
Applethorpe is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on Queensland's border with New South Wales. It is well known for the production of apples. It often records the lowest temperatures in Queensland. In the , the locality of Applethorpe had a population of 571 people. Geography The town is positioned on the New England Highway just north of Stanthorpe, Queensland, Stanthorpe in the Granite Belt region at an elevation of . The Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern railway line passes through the locality from north (The Summit, Queensland, The Summit & Glen Niven, Queensland, Glen Niven) to south (Stanthorpe). The town was served by the now-abandoned Applethorpe railway station (). History The area was originally called ''Roessler'' after an early German settler, but the name was changed to Applethorpe (reflecting the apple orchards in the district) in 1915, as part of the anti-Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Railway Line
The Texas railway line is a disused branch railway of the South Western railway line in the south of the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and was the last traditional branch line railway constructed in Queensland. The McDougall brothers settled land in the Texas region in about 1840. They later had to prove their claim to the property after another settler moved in during their absence. At the time, the Republic of Texas in North America was in the midst of a land war with neighbouring Mexico and thus they called their property Texas station. Deposits of silver, lead and copper were mined at Silver Spur about east of Texas. Tobacco was grown in the Texas region along with a busy trade in rabbit meat and skins. Between October 1910 and March 1912, a road train serviced the area between Inglewood (a railhead on the South Western line), Texas and Silver Spur. In 1914, following an inefficient and unreliable service, a branch line was approved linking the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingoola, Queensland
Mingoola is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. In the , Mingoola had a population of 14 people. Geography Mingoola is located on the border of Queensland and New South Wales with the adjacent locality over the border also being called Mingoola. The Dumaresq River forms part of the border and forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality. The Severn River enters the locality from the north-east ( Sundown) and becomes a tributary of the Dumaresq River at the border. The elevation ranges from . The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation, except for the lower-lying land around the Severn and Dumaresq Rivers which is used for crop growing. History The locality probably takes its name from a pastoral run called Mangoola or Moongoola mentioned in the memoirs of Oscar De Satge. Land in Mingoola was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. Demographics I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonshaw, Queensland
Bonshaw is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Bonshaw had a population of 25 people. Geography The Dumaresq River (sometimes called the Severn River) forms the western boundary of the locality and also the state border with New South Wales. The Bonshaw Weir is across the river (). The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with crop growing along the Dumaresq River. History The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run visible on an 1883 map, but appears in newspaper mentions as early as 1845. Land in Bonshaw was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. Construction commenced on the Bonshaw Weir on 22 June 1949, but construction was far slower than expected and the costs increased significantly over original estimates. It was completed in May 1953. Demographics In the , Bonshaw had a population of 40 people. In the , Bonshaw had a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast. It is available for purchase both online and in paper form throughout Queensland and most regions of Northern New South Wales. History 19th century origins The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four mastheads. The '' Moreton Bay Courier'' later became '' The Courier'', then the '' Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the ''Daily Mail'' in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Its first editorial promised to "make known the wants of the community ... to rouse the apathetic, to inform the ignorant ... to transmit truthful representations of the state of this unrivalled portion of the colony to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nundubbermere, Queensland
Nundubbermere is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Nundubbermere had a population of 102 people. Geography The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing. History The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run in the Stanthorpe area. Land in Nundubbermere was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. On 15 June 1917, the Queensland Government approved the establishment of a state school at Nundubbermere. In October 1917 the government reserved of Crown land for the school. It is unclear if the school ever opened. Demographics In the , Nundubbermere had a population of 98 people. In the , Nundubbermere had a population of 102 people. Education There are no schools in Nudubbermere. The nearest government primary schools are: * Greenlands State School in neighbouring Greenlands to the north * Broadwater State School in Broadwater to the north-east * Glen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoral Run
A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to Pastoral farming, graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands. Australia Historical background In the Australian states and territories, leases constitute a land apportionment system created in the mid-19th century to facilitate the orderly division and sale of land to European colonists. Legislation ensured that certain Aboriginal rights were embodied in pastoral leases. However, according to historian Henry Reynolds (historian), Henry Reynolds, several colonial leaders ran roughshod over these rights, including Sir John Downer (when the Northern Territory was governed by the colony of South Australia, colonial government of South Australia); Sir John Forrest in the colony of Western Australia; and Sir Samuel Griffith in colony of Queensland, Queensland. Today Pastoral leases exist in both Law of Australia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pozieres, Queensland
Pozieres is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pozieres had a population of 208 people. Geography Pozieres railway station is an abandoned railway station () on the now-closed Amiens railway line, Amiens branch railway of the Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern railway line. History Following World War I, Pozieres was one of the Pikedale soldier settlements established in the Granite Belt area of the Darling Downs. As part of this initiative, the Amiens branch railway was constructed west of Cottonvale, Queensland, Cottonvale. The line was not built to convey passengers but rather to transport fruit from the soldiers' orchards to markets in Brisbane and Sydney. The line was opened on 7 June 1920 and it closed on 28 February 1974. The name ''Pozieres'' comes from the Pozieres railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1920, which in turn was suggested by surveyor Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
