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Samsonvale
Samsonvale is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Samsonvale had a population of 590 people. Geography The district is dominated by Lake Samsonvale, the waters of North Pine Dam, one of the three main water-suppliers to the metropolitan region. Samsonvale sits below the highest peak in the area, Mount Samson. History Samsonvale was occupied by the indigenous people, who named the area Tukuwompa. British settlement of Samsonvale began with the Samsonvale pastoral run established in 1845 by the Joyner family and the locality takes its name from the pastoral run. The nearby suburb of Joyner is named after the family. The history of Samsonvale is one of forced resumptions with three quarters of the Joyner's original pastoral run in the 1860s being taken from them. Samsonvale Provisional School opened on 1 June 1875. It closed on 1880. It was located "100 yards north of the Presbyterian Church" (approx ). Presbyterian church services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Pine Dam
The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with earth-fill embankments on abutments with a gated spillway across the North Pine River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the Moreton Bay region and Brisbane's northern suburbs. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Samsonvale. Location and features The dam is located north-west of Brisbane, within the Moreton Bay region, at Joyner, near the settlements of Whiteside, and Petrie. The North Pine Dam was designed by the Department of Local Government, with the Co-ordinator General's Department supervising construction contracts headed by Transfield. The cost of the dam was 20 million, and the dam was opened on 12 August 1976 by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane City Council, Alderman Frank Sleeman. The concrete dam structure is high and long. The dam wall holds back the reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Samsonvale
The North Pine Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with earth-fill embankments on abutments with a gated spillway across the North Pine River that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for supply of potable water for the Moreton Bay region and Brisbane's northern suburbs. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Samsonvale. Location and features The dam is located north-west of Brisbane, within the Moreton Bay region, at Joyner, near the settlements of Whiteside, and Petrie. The North Pine Dam was designed by the Department of Local Government, with the Co-ordinator General's Department supervising construction contracts headed by Transfield. The cost of the dam was 20 million, and the dam was opened on 12 August 1976 by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane City Council, Alderman Frank Sleeman. The concrete dam structure is high and long. The dam wall holds back the reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobble Creek, Queensland
Kobble Creek is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kobble Creek had a population of 632 people. Geography Kobble Creek is situated along Mount Samson Road to the south of Dayboro, approximately northwest of the Brisbane central business district. The south-eastern boundary of the locality is the Mount Samson Range (). The range includes Mount Kobble () at a height of . The name Kobble is derived from the Waka language, Garumngar dialect, word ''kabul'' meaning '' carpet snake''. The western part of the locality is mountainous and within the D'Aguilar National Park which extends further west into a number of other localities. The land use in the eastern part of the locality is a mixture of rural residential, grazing on native vegetation and some cropping. History The locality is named after the creek with that forms part of the catchment area of Lake Samsonvale, one of the three main water-suppliers to the metropolitan region. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyner, Queensland
Joyner is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Brisbane metropolitan area. In the , Joyner had a population of 2,833 people. Geography Joyner is located east of, and is contiguous with Lake Samsonvale. The area was originally known as Harrisons Pocket before the modern day adaptation and implementation of the name Joyner. Essentially, the Joyner area may be considered one of the numerous sub-catchments of the North Pine River drainage basin. This basin extends from the western ranges all the way to Moreton Bay. The origin of the name Joyner is from the Joyner family, early settlers in the area. History In the , Joyner recorded a population of 2,769 people, 48.8% female and 51.2% male. The median age of the Joyner population was 34 years, 3 years below the national median of 37. Of people living in Joyner, 78.7% were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (5.1%), England (4.1%), South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Samson, Queensland
Mount Samson is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Samson had a population of 594 people. Geography Mount Samson is about halfway between Samford and Dayboro located in South East Queensland. It is roughly north west of Brisbane. Mount Samson is a mix of acreage properties and small farms. The area was most recently dominated by agriculture such as dairy farming. Access to Mount Samson from Brisbane is along Samford Road and Mount Samson Road. History Mt Samson was occupied by the indigenous people who named it Buran (Boorun), which means wind. The suburb takes its name from the reasonably dominant Mount Samson which is part of the D'Aguilar Range. Samson Creek Provisional School opened on 9 August 1880. On 1 October 1909, it became Samson Creek State School. In 1925, the school was moved and renamed Mount Samson State School. Mount Samson was connected to Brisbane by a train service from 1919 to 1955. The station was sited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush Creek, Queensland
Rush Creek is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rush Creek had a population of 157 people. Geography The North Pine River at the western end of Lake Samsonvale marks the southern boundary of Rush Creek. Forbes Creek is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (). Brisbane–Woodford Road (Dayboro Road) runs through from east to west. History Hay Cottage was originally built about 1870 by Ernest Goertz. The cottage later passed to Charles Hay who raised a family there. The construction of the North Pine Dam in the early 1970s required the resumption of the cottage's land. In 1989 the cottage was relocated to 27 William Street in Dayboro and is occupied by Hay Cottage Arts and Crafts Association Inc. Forbes Creek Provisional School opened on 20 August 1880. On 1 January 1909, it became Forbes Creek State School. It closed in 1960. It was just north of the North Pine River in the vicinity of Rush Creek Road (approx ); this area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayboro Railway Station
Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,119 people. Geography  Dayborois approximately north-northwest of , the state capital. To the north of Dayboro lies the and the mountain township of Mount Mee. Other nearby towns i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayboro, Queensland
Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,119 people. Geography Dayborois approximately north-northwest of , the state capital. To the north of Dayboro lies the and the mountain township of Mount Mee. Other nearby towns i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteside, Queensland
Whiteside is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Whiteside had a population of 753 people. Geography Whiteside is from Brisbane CBD. History The European history of the area began 1843, when Captain Francis Henry (Frank) Griffin (ca. 1813-1881) became the first free settler to occupy the land. A short time later, Frank was joined by his brothers John and William. In 1845 they were joined by the mother Jane and father Gearbe who was the controlling partner in the property. . The run taken up by the Griffins for raising both cattle and sheep, which was named ''Whiteside'', was an extensive portion of 28 square miles of land on the north bank of the North Pine River stretching from the sea coast as far west as Terror's Creek (now Dayboro) and northwards nearly as far as the Caboolture River. Circa April 1847, it was alleged that servants at the ''Whiteside'' sheep station of Captain Francis Griffin mixed flour laced with arsenic and left in a hut wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cashmere, Queensland
Cashmere is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cashmere had a population of 4,920 people. Geography Cashmere is on the north-western outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Cashmere is near the foothills of the D'Aguilar Range surrounded by dense forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' .... Cashmere is bounded to the north by Lake Samsonvale and is located west of Warner. History The origin of the suburb name is from an early property owner by the name of James Cash. In the , Cashmere recorded a population of 4,651 people, 49.7% female and 50.3% male. The median age of the Cashmere population was 35 years, 2 years below the national median of 37. 77.3% of people living in Cashmere were born in Australia. The other top r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armstrong Creek, Queensland
Armstrong Creek is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Armstrong Creek had a population of 325 people. Geography The North Pine River marks a portion of the northeastern boundary. D'Aguilar National Park protects a section of forest in the west, where the D'Aguilar Range The D'Aguilar Range is a mountain range near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The town of Dayboro, Queensland, Dayboro is situated on the lower foothills midway along the range and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of Mooloolah, Queensland, ... rises to elevations greater than 500 m. History Armstrong Creek Provisional School opened circa February 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Armstrong Creek State School. It closed on 30 March 1919. The school building was relocated to establish the school in Ocean View. At the , the locality recorded a population of 373. In the , Armstrong Creek had a population of 325 people. References {{Moreton Bay Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Bay Region
The Moreton Bay Region is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture. With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585, Moreton Bay Region is the third largest local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, both of which are also amalgamated entities. History '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and Moreton Bay Region, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore''.'' Prior to 2008, the new Moreton Bay Region was an entire area of three previous and distinct local g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
