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Wights Mountain, Queensland
Wights Mountain is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wights Mountain had a population of 793 people. Geography Wights Mountains is by road from the Brisbane CBD Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD" or "the city". It is located on a point on the northern bank of the .... History The locality was named after selector George Wight who settled in the area in the late 1860s. Samford Valley Steiner School opened on 18 February 1987. In the , Wights Mountain had a population of 725 people, 50.3% female and 49.7% male. The median age of the Wights Mountain population was 41 years, 4 years above the national median of 37. 75.2% of people living in Wights Mountain were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 8.6%, New Zealand 2.5%, Canada 1.2%, United States of ... [...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 (Australia), 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, Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathpine
Strathpine is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Strathpine had a population of 9,503 people. It is home to the Pine Rivers District offices of the Moreton Bay Region, as well as many businesses. The area is home to Strathpine Centre, a medium-sized urban shopping centre. Geography Gympie Road, Brisbane, Gympie Road enters the suburb from the south-east (Bald Hills, Queensland, Bald Hills) and exits to the north (Lawnton, Queensland, Lawnton). The North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast railway line runs parallel to and west of Gympie Road. The suburb is served by two railway stations: * Bray Park railway station () * Strathpine railway station () History Strathpine is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian country. The area now known as Strathpine was originally developed in the 1860s as an addition to the North Pine settlement (now known as Petrie, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane CBD
Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD" or "the city". It is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River, historically known as ''Meanjin'', ''Mianjin'' or ''Meeanjin'' in the local Aboriginal Australian dialect. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as Gardens Point, slopes upward to the north-west where the city is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill to the north. The CBD is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley. To the west the CBD is bounded by Petrie Terrace, which in 2010 was reinstated as a suburb (after being made a locality of Brisbane City in the 1970s). In the the suburb of Brisbane City had a population of 9,460 people. Geography The Brisbane central business district is ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of Pine Rivers
Pine Rivers is an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was first created for the 1972 Queensland state election, 1972 state election, based in the Shire of Pine Rivers in the northern outskirts of Brisbane. It was abolished in 1992 and replaced by Electoral district of Kurwongbah, Kurwongbah for the 1992 Queensland state election, 1992 state election. The final member for Pine Rivers, Margaret Woodgate, transferred to Kurwongbah. Pine Rivers was reintroduced for the 2009 Queensland state election, 2009 state election, essentially as Kurwongbah renamed. The name change from Kurwongbah was made necessary due to the redistribution excising the Kurwongbah, Queensland, eponymous suburb from the district. Originally proposed to be called ''Samsonvale'' by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the name Pine Rivers was adopted after further revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Dickson
The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. Dickson includes the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Petrie, Strathpine, Albany Creek, Ferny Hills, Everton Hills, Murrumba Downs and parts of Kallangur. The electorate also includes Lake Samsonvale and Lake Kurwongbah and covers 724 square kilometres. History The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian ministry. 1993 election There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. The seat had been carved out of most of the Brisbane portion of the Sunshine Coast-based seat of Fisher, making it a natural choice for that seat's Labor MP, Michael Lavarch, to transfer ahead of the 1993 election. However, one of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on 17 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samford Valley, Queensland
Samford Valley is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of two localities in the town of Samford, the other being Samford Village. In the , Samford Valley had a population of 3,068 people. Geography The terrain in the north of the locality is mountainous, rising to unnamed peaks and ridges at above sea level as part of House Mountain Range. The mountainous terrain is mostly undeveloped. The South Pine River rises in Mount Nebo to the west and flows east through neighbouring Highvale into Samford Valley, exiting to Draper in the north-east. Most of the locality is on the lower flatter valley of the river, falling to above sea level. The land use on the valley floor is predominantly rural residential (housing on large land parcels). History In 1981, the locality of Samford was split into two localities: Samford Village around the town and Samford Valley wrapping around the village to the west, north, and east. In the , Samford Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Mountain, Queensland
Camp Mountain is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Camp Mountain had a population of 1,416 people. Geography Camp Mountain is near Samford, north-west of the Brisbane central business district. The south-east of the locality is within D'Aguilar National Park and a lookout and recreation area are accessible off Mount Nebo Road. The locality takes its name from the mountain Camp Mountain () which rises above sea level. History There was gold mining in the area in the 1860s. The miners referred to the area as their "mountain camp" and that is the origin of the name of the mountain and the locality. In the late 1800s the mountain was known as Mount Daniel. Camp Mountain railway station () opened in 1918, and until 1955 the train line to Dayboro traversed the area. In 1947 Camp Mountain was the location of Queensland's worst railway accident (). Camp Mountain State School opened on circa 1929 and closed circa 1955. It was on Uppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jollys Lookout, Queensland
Jollys Lookout is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Jollys Lookout had a population of 76 people. Geography The locality is located along Mount Nebo Road between The Gap in Brisbane and Mount Nebo. The north-western corner of the locality is within the D'Aguilar National Park, which extends into neighbouring Enoggera Reservoir and beyond. Apart from the protected area, the rest of the locality is located on the slopes of the Annand Range and has a mix of rural residential properties and undeveloped land. There is a small area of grazing on native vegetation. History It is named after the popular lookout of the same name, which was named after Brisbane mayor, William Jolly William Alfred Jolly CMG (11 September 1881, Spring Hill, Brisbane – 30 May 1955, Windsor, Brisbane) was an Australian politician who was the Mayor of the Town of Windsor from 1918 to 1923, the first Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1925 to 193 ..., who visited t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highvale, Queensland
Highvale is a rural residential locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Highvale had a population of 1,766 people. Geography The area is the headwaters of the South Pine River. In the north and west of the locality the elevation rises to heights greater than 500 m above sea level along the D'Aguilar Range. Highvale is positioned at the base of Mount Nebo and Mount Glorious. The land use is a mix of rural residential living and grazing on native vegetation. Most of the land on the steep slopes of the D'Aguilar Range is not used. History The locality was originally called ''Highlands'' after a property called "The Highlands", developed as a model dairy farm. It was bought in 1919 by Queensland Government to develop as banana farms for a soldier settlement. In 1924 the Postmaster-General's Department wanted to erect a telephone line to the area but objected to the name ''Highlands'' as there was already another place with that name and ''Highval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundarie ... [...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_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
