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Turkey Beach, Queensland
Turkey Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Turkey Beach had a population of 148 people. Geography Turkey Beach is a coastal town that sits on a peninsula jutting into Rodds Bay (). Turkey Beach Road connects the town to the Bruce Highway at Foreshores. History The town was gazetted on 1 November 1968. The name Turkey relates directly back to the bustard or bush turkey shot by Captain Cook's crew back in 1770 when they discovered the area aboard . Nearby Turkey Station existed since at latest 1875. Turkey Beach was within the Shire of Miriam Vale until the shire was amalgamated into the Gladstone Region in 2008. Turkey Beach Cenotaph was officially unveiled in April 2012 and used later that month for its first Anzac Day memorial services. Vietnam War veteran Ron Jenson worked toward establishing the cenotaph for 12 years. Demographics At the , Turkey Beach had a population of 133. In the , th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones. 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 mean time. Now, Western Australia uses Western Standard Time; South Australia and the Northern Territory use Central Standard Time; while New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory use Eastern Standard Time. Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreshores, Queensland
Foreshores is a coastal rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. The area is used for farming with some rural residential development. Geography The locality is bounded to the north by the Coral Sea. It includes both a mainland component to the south and Hummock Hill Island to the north (), which are separated by the Colosseum Inlet (). There are wetlands on both sides of the inlet. The crossing between the mainland and the island is sufficiently shallow that sheep can cross at low tide. Hummock Hill Island is . As the name suggests, the island's main feature is Hummock Hill (), rising above sea level. The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line pass through the south-western part of the locality from Bororen to Iveragh. All parts of the sea within the locality are within the Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park. The south-western corner of the locality is within the Castle Tower National Park. The land along Intrepid Drive is used rural re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone Regional Council
Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , had an estimated resident population at 30 June 2018 of 62,979, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million. History Gladstone Region came into being on 15 March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The legal standing of the council is sourced from the Local Government Reform Act 2007 (Qld). The Gladstone Region was named after William Ewart Gladstone, British Chancellor of the Exchequer and he later became Prime Minister. The new Council, located in Central Queensland, contains the entire area of three former local government areas: * the City of Gladstone; * the Shire of Calliope; * and the Shire of Miriam Vale. The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a mayor. Mayors The first mayor of the Gladstone Regional Council w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Water
Agnes Water is a coastal town and a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Agnes Water had a population of 2,729 people. Geography Agnes Water is in Central Queensland approximately south-east of the Bruce Highway, Queensland's major coastal route. It is accessed via the main road called Round Hill Road. It is 90 minutes south of Gladstone, and 90 minutes north of Bundaberg on the Discovery Coast. Agnes Water is the closest access point to the southern Great Barrier Reef. It is a neighbouring town of the Town of 1770. Much of the area's natural beauty has been preserved through the establishment of Eurimbula National Park, covering more than 23,000 hectares and the nearby Joseph Banks Environmental Park, located on the headland originally known as Round Head. History Prior to European settlement Agnes Water was home to the Meerooni tribe who form the southern part of the Gurang nation. The town of Agnes Water takes its name from pastoral holding fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770, Queensland
Seventeen Seventy, sometimes inaccurately written as 1770 or Town of 1770, is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Seventeen Seventy had a population of 69 people. The town is built on the site of the second landing in Australia by James Cook and the crew of the bark in May 1770 (and their first landing in what is now the state of Queensland). Official name Although the town is referred to locally as ''1770'' using numerals, the official name of the town is in words ''Seventeen Seventy'', as it is a principle of Queensland's place naming that numbers are spelled out. Geography The town is situated on a peninsula, with the Coral Sea and Bustard Bay on three sides. Seventeen Seventy can be reached by a sealed road from Bundaberg, to the south, going through Agnes Water (immediately to the south). The town sustains a small permanent population; a significant holiday population makes it to the area to take advan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannum Sands, Queensland
Tannum Sands is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The locality is bounded to north-east by the Coral Sea, to the north-west and west by the Boyne River, and to the south-west by Station Creek. The town of Tannum Sands is located in the northern part of the locality. Canoe Point is at the northern tip of the locality (). The locality includes Wild Cattle Island () which is separated from the mainland east coast by a narrow channel known as Wild Cattle Creek. The island's east coast facing the Coral Sea is a long sandy strip called Wild Cattle Beach (). Most of the island is within the Wild Cattle Island National Park with the small town of Bangalee at its southern tip (). Tannum Sands has a neighbouring twin town called Boyne Island. The two localities are separated only by the Boyne River and joined by a bridge. Tannum Sands is primarily a tourist and residential town. It is a major residential area for the nearby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannum Sands State High School
Tannum Sands State High School (TSSHS or often Tannum High) is a public high school located in Tannum Sands, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Each grade has an average of about 213 students. It is the first and only secondary school established in the Tannum Sands area. The school receives approximately 95% of the students living in the Tannum Sands catchment area for Year 7 each year. History Tannum Sands State High School opened in 1998 with 287 Grade 8 and 9 students. Their first seniors graduated in 2001. Principals and deputy principals The following principals and deputy principals have led the school since it was opened: *Ray Johnston; 1998–2016 *Kevin Giles; unspecified–2009 *John Adie; unspecified–2011 *Rohan Brooks; unspecified–2013 *Heather Moller; 2009–current *Katrina Baylden; 2011–unspecified *Tarah Vardy; unspecified–current *Patrica Vicary; 2017–current Academics Curriculum Five mandatory subjects (English, Mathematics, Studies of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone Observer
''The Observer'' is an online newspaper serving Gladstone, Queensland in Australia. The newspaper is owned by News Corp Australia and is published from Monday to Saturday. The circulation of ''The Observer'' is 7,171 Monday to Friday and 9,701 on Saturday. ''The Observer'' website is part of News Corp Australia's News Regional Media network. History Prior to June 2020, ''The Observer'' was circulated to Gladstone and the area from the west to Biloela and south to Agnes Water and The Town Of 1770. Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned by NewsCorp, The Observer ceased print editions in June 2020 and became an online-only publication. See also * List of newspapers in Australia This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia. National In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. Daily newspap ... References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was United States in the Vietnam War, supported by the United States and other anti-communism, anti-communist Free World Military Forces, allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. After the French 1954 Geneva Conference, military withdrawal from Indochina in 1954 – following their defeat in the First Indochina War – the Viet Minh to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anzac Day
Anzac Day () is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli Campaign, their first engagement in the First World War (1914–1918). History Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions of both Australia and New Zealand; however, the ceremonies and their meanings have changed significantly since 1915. According to Dr Martin Crotty, a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Miriam Vale
The Shire of Miriam Vale was a local government area near Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre was the town of Miriam Vale. History Calliope Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 7 January 1902, the Miriam Vale Division was separated from Calliope Division. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Miriam Vale Division became the Shire of Miriam Vale on 31 March 1903. Following the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007, three former local government areas: * City of Gladstone * Shire of Calliope * Shire of Miriam Vale were amalgamated to form Gladstone Region on 15 March 2008. ''Centre for the Government of Queensland'', Retrieved Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Capricornian
''The Capricornian'' was a newspaper published in Rockhampton, Queensland from 1875 to 1929. History ''The Capricornian'' was published from 2 January 1875 to 26 December 1929 in Rockhampton, Queensland. It merged with the ''Artesian'' to form the ''Central Queensland Herald''. It was published by Charles Hardie Buzacott. Digitisation The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta .... See also * List of newspapers in Australia References External links * {{trove newspaper, 186, The Capricornian, Rockhampton, Qld. : 1875 - 1929 Capricornian Rockhampton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
