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Shire Of Caboolture
The Shire of Caboolture was a local government area located in the Australian state of Queensland on the northern urban fringe of the capital, Brisbane, and south of the Sunshine Coast. The Shire covered an area of , of which approximately one-quarter was urban, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the City of Redcliffe and Shire of Pine Rivers to form the Moreton Bay Region. History Caboolture Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. It was centred on Caboolture, which was at that time a small logging town, and initially covered all of Moreton Bay and much of the Sunshine Coast, but by 1890 had shrunk considerably with the separate incorporation of the Pine Division (21 January 1888), Redcliffe Division (5 April 1888) and Maroochy Division (5 July 1890). Caboolture Division became the Shire of Caboolture on 31 March 1903 after the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godwin Beach, Queensland
Godwin Beach is a coastal rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Godwin Beach had a population of 462 people. History The locality is named after Charles Godwin who owned a fish cannery by the beach from 1897 to 1907. In January 1911 the steamer ''Eastern'' was stranded on the Salamander Bank (), north-west of Bulwer on Moreton Island, and barrels of oil had drifted off into the sea. Godwin was employed to salvage these barrels and transport them to Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South .... While doing so, on 20 February 1911 he was thrown from his boat in rough seas off Toorbul Point and he drowned. Circa 1999, a monument commemorating Godwin was erected on the beachfront. In the , Godwin Beach recorded a population of 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elimbah, Queensland
Elimbah is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Elimbah had a population of 3,963 people. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . Geography Elimbah is located north of the larger centre of Caboolture, and south of Beerburrum. Elimbah has the following mountains: * Round Mountain () * The Saddleback () * Tunbubudla (The Twins) () The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality. Further west, Beerburrum Road also runs through from south to north. Glass House Mountains Road (Steve Irwin Way) passes through the north-east corner. The North Coast railway line also passes from south to north through the locality, roughly parallel to the highway. The town is served by Elimbah railway station (). History The traditional owners of Elimbah were the Kabi people, who called the area as the "place of the grey water sna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnybrook, Queensland
Donnybrook is a coastal town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Donnybrook had a population of 617 people. Geography Donnybrook is north of Brisbane, the state capital. The closest major population centre is Caboolture, to the west. The town of Donnybrook is on the coast of the Australian mainland but is separated by the narrow Pumicestone Passage from Bribie Island. History The town name was approved by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 October 1975. The name appears to be derived from a corroboree site, or because of fights amongst oyster gatherers at weekend camps. The town started out as a small fishing community but has since developed into a tourist destination. Pumicestone Post Office opened on 1 August 1958. It was renamed Donnybrook in 1976. In 1985, an unsealed road running along the waterfront was named Grant Lane after Robert Grant (1895 – 15 November 1991) for his 90th birthday, a popular local who e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deception Bay, Queensland
Deception Bay is a coastal suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Deception Bay had a population of 19,850 people. Geography It is approximately north of Brisbane CBD in the south-eastern corner of the bay of the same name which separates the Redcliffe Peninsula and Bribie Island. The suburb of Deception Bay takes its name from a small bay in the west of Moreton Bay, south of Pumicestone Passage and north of the Redcliffe Peninsula. In the north of the bay at Beachmere is where the Caboolture River and Burpengary Creek meet the ocean. It was named in 1823 by Lieutenant John Oxley, who thought the bay was a river and because of his mistake and the shallowness, named it Pumice Stone River; he later changed the name to Deception Bay. History Deception Bay was so named by Lieutenant John Oxley in 1823 who thought the bay was a river and because of his mistake and the shallowness, named it Deception Bay. The area was once large parcels of lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboolture South, Queensland
Caboolture South is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Caboolture South had a population of 5,300 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the north and west by the Caboolture River and to the east by Cundoor Creek, its tributary. The North Coast railway line enters the suburb from the south-east (Morayfield) and exists to the north-east (Caboolture). The line splits the suburb with the areas west of the line being residential areas with associated services, while the areas east of the line are used for industry and agriculture. The Burpengary–Caboolture Road (Morayfield Road) runs through from south to north. History The name ''Caboolture'' is from the Yugarabul Aboriginal language meaning ''place of carpet snake'' which is located south of the original Caboolture township. Caboolture State School opened on 4 August 1873. In 1890 it became Caboolture South State School. In 1908 it was renamed Morayfield State School. Caboolture Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burpengary East, Queensland
Burpengary East is a coastal suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Burpengary East had a population of 6,433 people. Geography The suburb is bounded by the Bruce Highway on the west. It is bounded by the Caboolture River on the north-east, where the river enters Deception Bay (the bay) which then forms a short eastern boundary to the suburb. The southern boundary is approximates the course of Little Burpengary Creek. Burpengary Creek flows through the suburb from west to east where it empties into Deception Bay.The suburb is predominantly used for residential housing, although some areas remain rural or undeveloped. Deception Bay Conservation Park is in the south-east of the suburb extending south to Deception Bay (the suburb). The suburb is mostly used for residential housing with a mixture of smaller suburban blocks and larger rural residential blocks. However, land along the creeks and rivers is mostly used for grazing on native vegetation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burpengary, Queensland
Burpengary is a town and suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 14,022 people. It is by road from the Brisbane central business district. Burpengary is one of Moreton Bay region's fastest growing residential areas. Major retailers in Burpengary include ALDI, Woolworths Limited, Coles Supermarkets and Kmart Australia. Geography The locality is bounded to the east by the Bruce Highway, to the west by Oakey Flat Road, to the north-west by the North Coast railway line, and to the south-west by Burpengary Creek and the North Coast railway line. Burpengary railway station serves the town (). Burpengary Creek is the suburb's main waterway. Burpengary–Caboolture Road (Morayfield Road) runs through the locality from north-east to north. History The name is derived from the Aboriginal word ''burpengar'', meaning the "place of the green wattle". When Europeans settled in Burpengary in the 1870s, the indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellmere, Queensland
Bellmere is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bellmere had a population of 5,863 people. Geography The ''Caboolture River'' forms part of the southern boundary and all of the south-eastern. ''Wararba Creek'' forms the eastern boundary before flowing into the ''Caboolture River'' in the south-east. The D'Aguilar Highway passes to the north-east. The proposed Bruce Highway Western Alternative will pass through Bellmere from south to north. Located to the west of the centre of Caboolture, it is essentially a suburb of that town. History It has been claimed that Bellmere was named after local landowner Arthur John Bell. Bellmere State School opened on 14 July 1913 but closed in 1936. In the , Bellmere recorded a population of 5,540 people, 51.8% female and 48.2% male. The median age of the Bellmere population was 30 years, 7 years below the national median of 37. 76.5% of people living in Bellmere were born in Australia. The other top r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beachmere, Queensland
Beachmere is a coastal rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Beachmere had a population of 4,112 people. It is located north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. History The origin of the suburb name is from an early residence owned by Thomas Edwin Bonney by the name of Beachmere meaning a beach upon marshy ground. Bonney is believed to be the first settler in the area, having arrived in 1870. Beachmere State School opened on 28 January 1986. The Moreton Bay Birali Steiner School opened on 15 April 2013, and is part of Steiner Education Australia. In the , Beachmere recorded a population of 4,112 people, 50.6% female and 49.4% male. The median age of the Beachmere population was 50 years, compared to the national median age of 38. 76.8% of people living in Beachmere were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 3.9%, Philippines 0.7%, Germany 0.6%. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Queensland
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral state legislature in the country since the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Brisbane. All laws applicable in Queensland are authorised by the Parliament of Queensland, with the exception of specific legislation defined in the Constitution of Australia, very limited criminal law applying under the Australia Act 1986 as well as a small volume of remaining historical laws passed by the Parliament of New South Wales and the Imperial Parliament. Following the outcome of the 2015 election, successful amendments to the electoral act in early 2016 include: adding an additional four parliamentary seats from 89 to 93, changing from optional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
