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Lockyer may refer to: * Cape Lockyer * Electoral district of Lockyer, Queensland, Australia * Lockyer (lunar crater) * Lockyer (Martian crater) * Lockyer (surname) * Lockyer Creek * Lockyer Hotel * Lockyer Island * Lockyer National Park * Lockyer railway station, closed railway station on the Main Line railway in Queensland, Australia * '' Lockyer v. Andrade'', 2003 lawsuit * Lockyer Valley Region * Lockyer Valley, Queensland * Lockyer Waters, Queensland * Lockyer, Queensland * Lockyer, Western Australia * '' Silveira v. Lockyer'', 2002 lawsuit See also * Locker (other) Locker may refer to: * Locker (cabinet), various kinds of storage compartment or container * Locker (software) * Locker (surname), various people * The Lockers, a dance group * Lockers Bay, a bay of the island of Newfoundland, Canada * Locki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Lockyer
Cape Lockyer () is a steep rock headland northeast of Lambeth Bluff on the southeast side of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and named by them for Lieutenant H.C.J. Lockyer, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) was a reserve force of the Royal Australian Navy. Formation In late 1920, the Navy Board proposed the creation of an Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve scheme, with approaches made to yac ..., one of the officers on HMAS ''Labuan'', relief ship for the expedition. References Headlands of Heard Island and McDonald Islands {{Subantarctic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Railway Station
Lockyer railway station is a closed railway station on the Main Line railway in Queensland, Australia. It served the locality of Lockyer in the Lockyer Valley Region The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Gatton and the Shire of Lai .... Description The station building has been relocated to Murphy Creek Grounds in Murphys Creek. References Disused railway stations in Queensland Main Line railway, Queensland Lockyer Valley Region {{Queensland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer, Western Australia
Lockyer is a north-western suburb of Albany in southern Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Albany. The suburb has a median age of 33, and was officially named in 1954. Geography Lockyer is bounded to the North by the South Coast Highway, to the east by Hanrahan Road, to the south by Cuming Road and to the west by Cull Road. Facilities The suburb has a local primary school within its boundaries, Mount Lockyer Primary School. Local students would attend North Albany Senior High School North Albany Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Orana, a north-western suburb of Albany, Western Australia, a regional centre south-southeast of Perth. History The school was established in 1982 and by 2016 t ... in Milpara for secondary education. References {{Towns Great Southern WA Suburbs of Albany, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer, Queensland
Lockyer is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lockyer had a population of 95 people. Geography Lockyer railway station is an abandoned station on the Main Line railway (). History Jagara (also known as Jagera, Yagara, Yugarabul, Yuggera and Yuggerabul) is one of the Aboriginal languages of South-East Queensland. There is some uncertainty over the status of Jagara as a language, dialect or perhaps a group or clan within the local government boundaries of Ipswich City Council, Lockyer Regional Council and the Somerset Regional Council. The locality takes its name from Lockyer Creek, believed to have been named by explorer Allan Cunningham in July 1829. It was named after Major Edmund Lockyer Edmund Lockyer, (21 January 1784 – 10 June 1860) was a British soldier and explorer of Australia. Born in Plymouth, Devon, Lockyer was the son of Thomas Lockyer, a sailmaker, and his wife Ann. Lockyer began his army career as an ensig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Waters, Queensland
Lockyer Waters is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lockyer Waters had a population of 561 people. Geography Seven Mile Lagoon is a waterhole at . The land use is a mix of rural residential and agricultural use, predominantly grazing on native vegetation. History The name ''Lockyer Waters'' was approved by Governor in Council 22 May 1992. The name was derived from Lockyer Creek, which was probably named by Allan Cunningham in July 1829, after Major Edmund Lockyer. Amenities The Alex Geddes Memorial Hall on the corner of Markai Road and Topaz Crescent () is available for community events. A children's playground is located beside it. The Lockyer Waters Rural Fire Brigade is located at 17 Topaz Crescent (). Education There are no schools in Lockyer Waters. The nearest primary schools are Kentville State School in neighbouring Kentville to the south-east, Mount Tarampa State School in neighbouring Mount Tarampa to the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Valley
The Lockyer Valley is an area of rich farmlands that lies to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and east of Toowoomba. The Lockyer Valley is rated among the top ten most fertile farming areas in the world, and the intensively cultivated area grows the most diverse range of commercial fruit and vegetables of any area in Australia. The valley is referred to as "Australia's Salad Bowl" to describe the area as one of Australia's premium food bowls. The valley is experiencing increasing urbanisation at both its eastern and western extremities. With a combination of vibrant rural living and affordable land and house prices, the region is experiencing rapid growth and development between the Brisbane-Ipswich conurbation in the east and Toowoomba in the west. Urban planning measures have been implemented to preserve the good quality agricultural land and rural feel of the valley. Such measures largely confine future development to non-arable land on the slopes of the hills. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Valley Region
The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Gatton and the Shire of Laidley. It has an estimated operating budget of A$35m. History Prior to European settlement, the Lockyer Valley area was home to the Kitabul Aboriginal people. Tarampa Division, as it was then known, was created on 15 January 1880 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'', with its first board meeting being held on 20 February 1880. On 25 April 1888, the Laidley district broke away and separately incorporated as the Laidley Division, and later on 25 January 1890, the Forest Hill area moved from Tarampa to Laidley. On 1 July 1902, the town of Laidley was created as a separate municipality with its own Borough Council. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the borough and divisions became a town and shires respecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer V
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Lockyer may refer to: * Cape Lockyer * Electoral district of Lockyer, Queensland, Australia * Lockyer (lunar crater) * Lockyer (Martian crater) * Lockyer (surname) * Lockyer Creek * Lockyer Hotel * Lockyer Island * Lockyer National Park * Lockyer railway station, closed railway station on the Main Line railway in Queensland, Australia * ''Lockyer v. Andrade'', 2003 lawsuit * Lockyer Valley Region * Lockyer Valley, Queensland * Lockyer Waters, Queensland * Lockyer, Queensland * Lockyer, Western Australia * '' Silveira v. Lockyer'', 2002 lawsuit See also * Locker (other) Locker may refer to: * Locker (cabinet), various kinds of storage compartment or container * Locker (software) * Locker (surname), various people * The Lockers, a dance group * Lockers Bay, a bay of the island of Newfoundland, Canada * Locki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer National Park
Lockyer National Park is a national park in north of the Lockyer Valley Region in South East Queensland, Australia. The landscape is dominated by the foothills of the Great Dividing Range and features sandstone gorges and eucalypt forest. There are four separate sections which form the Lockyer National Park. Alice Creek, Redbank Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek, all tributaries of Lockyer Creek, lie within the park. The park covers 11,079 ha with another 7,790 ha designated for recovery. The park is home to significant plant and animal species such as the Eucalyptus taurina, helidon ironbark, Hibbertia monticola, mountain guinea flower, brush-tailed rock-wallaby and black-breasted buttonquail. Access There are several unsealed roads which provided access to the various sections. The main road into the park heads north from Helidon, Queensland, Helidon. Recreation Lockyer National Park is popular with bushwalkers, mountain-bikers as well as motorbike and 4WD drivers. Authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Lockyer
Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and 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 ... in the area of Greenmount, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), Greenmount. The district is bounded on the west by Electoral district of Toowoomba North, Toowoomba North, and Electoral district of Toowoomba South, Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Electoral district of Condamine, Condamine, Electoral district of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Island
Lockyer Island is an island 2.5 mi long, lying off the south shore of James Ross Island in the SW entrance to Admiralty Sound in Antarctica. Named Cape Lockyer by Capt. James Clark Ross, Jan. 7, 1843, at the request of Capt. Francis R.M. Crozier in honor of the latter's friend, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer (1803–1843), Royal Navy. The insularity of the feature was determined by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. It was the first Swedish endeavour to Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Background Otto Nordensk ... under Otto Nordenskiöld in 1902. References * Islands of the James Ross Island group {{GrahamLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockyer Hotel
Lockyer Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Victoria Street, Forest Hill, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1906 to 1970s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This two-storeyed timber hotel appears to have been built in 1906, for local Forest Hill farmer Alexander McAllister, who acquired the site in 1897. It was the town's third hotel, erected during the early 20th century growth of Forest Hill as a railhead and service centre, following closer agricultural settlement of the immediate area in the late 1890s and early 1900s. From the 1840s to the 1880s, Forest Hill was part of the Rosewood run, first taken up by DC McConnel in 1840, and later occupied by Kent & Wienholt, who worked the station in conjunction with their Jondaryan run. The Forest Hill land was heavily timbered, with some large gum swamps. The Ipswich to Toowoomba railway was surveyed between Laidley and Gatton in 1865, but a siding was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
