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Grand Secret, Queensland
Grand Secret is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Grand Secret had a population of 168 people. Geography Only the south-eastern strip of the suburb is used for residential purposes with the bulk of the suburb being used for Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. History The suburb is presumably named after the two Grand Secret gold mines which were worked from: * 1882 to 1884 () * 1895 to 1897 () These mines were located in the far south of the suburb. In 2010 the central suburb of Charters Towers City, Queensland, Charters Towers City was created by combining the former suburb of Lissner with land excised from Queenton, Queensland, Queenton and Grand Secret. In the census in Australia#2011, 2011 census, Grand Secret had a population of 145 people. In the Grand Secret had a population of 168 people. Education There are no schools in Grand Secret. The nearest primary school is Charters Towers Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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, Tasmania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
