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Memerambi
Memerambi is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Memerambi had a population of 272 people. Geography The town is on the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. History The name ''Memerambi'' is an Aboriginal word for the sugargum tree. Memerambi was once a bustling centre with a hotel, two general stores, saddlery, butcher, bank, mobile sawmill and cheese factory. Memerambi Post Office opened by September 1910 (a receiving office had been open from 1909) and closed in 1978. Memerambi Provisional School opened on 16 October 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Memerambi State School. The school celebrated its centenary on 15 October 2005. It was mothballed on 31 December 2006 and closed on 23 October 2007. The school was at 1-27 King Street (). The school's website was archived. All Saints' Anglican Church was dedicated on 9 April 1912. It closed circa 1966. At the , Memerambi and the surround ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corndale, Queensland
Corndale is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Childs Hill is in the centre of the locality (), rising above sea level. The land use is a mixture of crop-growing and grazing on native vegetation. History Corndale State School (sometimes written as Corn Dale State School) opened on 23 July 1912 and closed in 1959. It was on Corndale Road (formerly Barkers Creek Road) at . In 1956, the Methodist Church in Memerambi was relocated to Corndale where it opened in 1957. It was originally built in Memerambi in 1908 at a cost of £100. In 1977, it became Corndale Uniting Church. In the , Corndale had a population of 42 people. Education There are no schools in Corndale. The nearest government primary schools are Wooroolin State School in neighbouring Wooroolin to the north-west and Crawford State School in Crawford to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Wondai State School (to Year 10) in Wondai to the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford, Queensland
Crawford is a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. History The locality takes its name from the Crawford railway station named by Queensland Railways Department in 1904, named after engineer Hugh Ralston Crawford who supervised the construction of the Wondai-Kingaroy railway. Logboy Provisional School opened on 22 April 1902. On 1 January 1909, it became Logboy State School. In 1911, it was renamed Crawford State School. Crawford Methodist Church was built in 1915. It could seat 100 people and was built at a cost of £300. It is no longer extant. In the , Crawford had a population of 142 people. Education Crawford State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 215-227 Siefert Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 36 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Crawford. The nearest government secondary school is Kingaroy State High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingaroy
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As at June 2018, Kingaroy had a population of 10,398. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is known as the "Peanut Capital of Australia" because Australia's largest peanut processing plant is located in the town and it's peanut silo dominates the skyline. Kingaroy is also known as the hometown of former Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Geography Kingaroy is surrounded by extensive (and very picturesque) farmlands interspersed with low rolling hills. The Booie Range lies immediately north-east of the town and the Bunya Mountains about to the south-west. The Stuart River () flows northwards on the western outskirts of the town. The locality is part of the Burnett River catchment. The productive lands of the cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingaroy, Queensland
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As at June 2018, Kingaroy had a population of 10,398. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is known as the "Peanut Capital of Australia" because Australia's largest peanut processing plant is located in the town and it's peanut silo dominates the skyline. Kingaroy is also known as the hometown of former Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Geography Kingaroy is surrounded by extensive (and very picturesque) farmlands interspersed with low rolling hills. The Booie Range lies immediately north-east of the town and the Bunya Mountains about to the south-west. The Stuart River () flows northwards on the western outskirts of the town. The locality is part of the Burnett River catchment. The productive lands of the catchme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunya Highway
The Bunya Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. It is a relatively short road, running approximately 173 kilometres in a south-westerly direction from Goomeri to Dalby. The highway connects the Warrego and Burnett Highways. The Bunya Highway passes near the Bunya Mountains National Park, which is popular with tourists. The highway is named after the Bunya-bunya ''Araucaria bidwilli'', which grows in the area and the seeds of which were (and still are) a favourite food of the Aborigines. The road continues east of Goomeri as the Wide Bay Highway, connecting it to Gympie. In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic. List of towns along the Bunya Highway * Dalby * Bell * Kumbia * Kingaroy * Memerambi * Wooroolin * Tingoora * Wondai * Murgon * Goomeri Major intersections See also * Highways in Australia * List of highways in Queensland Queensland, being the second largest (by area) state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingaroy Peanut Silos
Kingaroy Peanut Silos are heritage-listed silos at 117-131 Haly Street, Kingaroy, South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. They were designed by Thomas Robinson & Son and Macdonald Wagner Consulting Engineers and built in 1938 by Kell & Rigby. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 8 October 2010. History The Kingaroy Peanut Silos located in Haly Street, Kingaroy are a group of three concrete silos (Nos 2, 3 and 4) that were constructed between 1938 and 1951 by the Queensland Peanut Marketing Board for storage of peanuts before their processing and marketing. These large structures dominate the skyline of Kingaroy and the surrounding landscape. They are widely recognised symbols of the peanut growing and processing industry in Queensland that developed as a commercial enterprise in the South Burnett centred upon Kingaroy and which has been managed from this town since the 1920s. Although initial pastoral settlement in the Kingaroy area commenced in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooroolin, Queensland
Wooroolin is a rural town and a locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Wooroolin is on the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane, and 17 km's North of the main town, Kingaroy. Immediately to the east of the town is the Wooroolin Wetland, which is classified as a palustrine wetland, a non-tidal, inland, seasonally flooded, vegetated swamp. History Wooroolin Provisional School (also known as Wooroolin Lagoon Provisional School) opened on 18 February 1901 and become Wooroolin State School on 1 January 1909. The section of the Nanango railway line from Wondai to Kingaroy opened on 19 December 1904, with Wooroolin served by the Wooroolin railway station (). That section of railway line was closed in 2009. Track removal occurred in 2014 making way for the new Kingaroy-Kilkivan Rail Trail. Wooroolin Presbyterian Church was opened in 1909 with the first wedding held in the church in December 1909. It subsequently closed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordonbrook, Queensland
Gordonbrook is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Gordonbrook had a population of 175 people. Geography Gordonbrook mainly consists of grazing land, with irrigated crops growing close to the banks of the Stuart River. The Stuart River dissects the locality, with the large artificial lake, the Lake Gordonbrook damming the river in the northern part of the district. Very little of the area is developed with most of the land covered by bush and grazing land. Reedy Creek, a tributary of Stuart River downstream of Gordonbrook Dam, is another major waterway in the locality. History Gordonbrook was one of the districst used for soldier settlements after World War I. In February 1920, an initial total of were divided in 25 land parcels offered up for selection by returned soldiers and the general public. Although it was recommended that the settlers grow cotton, most took up dairying. By June 1923 there were 29 settlers in the schem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Burnett Region
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia. Origins This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the South Burnett Region, located in the southern catchment of the Burnett River, existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Kingaroy; * the Shire of Nanango; * the Shire of Murgon; * and the Shire of Wondai. The report recommended the new local government area should not be divided into wards and should elect six councilors and a mayor however the Interim Steering Committee applied to the State Government for four wards based on the old shire boundaries. As the total population is just a few hundred short of the level set in the report for eight councilors and a mayor, application for this was also made. Area and size The South Burnett Region covers an area , contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Postle
Arthur Benjamin Postle (8 March 1881 – 21 April 1965) was an Australian professional athlete, one of the country's most renowned sprinters in the early twentieth century.Phillips (2000) pp. 5–6. Born in Queensland and becoming a professional runner in 1902, Postle rose to prominence for the defeat of Beauchamp Day – then an Irish world champion – at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia in December 1906. Known thereafter as 'The Crimson Flash' for his coloured running costume, Postle also acquired the moniker "The Mighty Postle" for his defeat of Bill Growcott two years later in England, Growcott being England's champion runner. Postle's career took him throughout the United Kingdom and to New Zealand as well as across Australia, where he had a rivalry with fellow Australian champion Jack Donaldson. Postle set world records for fifty, sixty, seventy-five, eighty and two-hundred yard sprints during his career, which ended in 1913 a year after his marriage to an Englishwoman. H ... [...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] |
Peanut
The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small and large commercial producers. It is classified as both a grain legume and, due to its high oil content, an oil crop. World annual production of shelled peanuts was 44 million tonnes in 2016, led by China with 38% of the world total. Atypically among legume crop plants, peanut pods develop underground (geocarpy) rather than above ground. With this characteristic in mind, the botanist Carl Linnaeus gave peanuts the specific epithet ''hypogaea'', which means "under the earth." The peanut belongs to the botanical Family (biology), family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), commonly known as the legume, bean, or pea family. Like most other legumes, peanuts harbor symbiotic Nitrogen fixation, nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules. The capacity to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
