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Adavale Division
The Shire of Adavale is a former Local government in Australia, local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Adavale. It existed from 1879 to 1930. History On 11 November 1879, the Murweh Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 5 February 1889, the western part of Murweh Division was separated to create the new Adavale Division. The Adavale Divisional Board met for the first time on 26 May 1889 and Mr E. B. Learmouth was appointed chairman. The divisional board hall and offices were constructed in Adavale in 1889. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Adavale Division became the Shire of Adavale on 31 March 1903. On 17 July 1930, the shire was abolished, and its region split between the new Shire of Quilpie, the Shire of Murweh, the Shire of Isisford and the Shire of Barcoo. Chairmen * 1888 A. B. Learmouth * 1899 Augustus Henry Pegler * 1927: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adavale Division, March 1902
Adavale is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Adavale had a population of 72 people. Geography Adavale is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital, Brisbane. It is roughly in the centre of the locality. Between Adavale and Yaraka, Queensland, Yaraka is Yapunyah waterhole. The town is only accessible along a gravel road from Charleville, Queensland, Charleville in the east, Quilpie, Queensland, Quilpie in the south and Blackall, Queensland, Blackall in the north. Adavale has the following mountains: * Cave Hill () * Mount Bullock () * Mount Prara () * Winbin Hill () There are a number of protected areas within the locality: * part of Idalia National Park in the north of the locality * Hell Hole Gorge National Park in the west of the locality * Mariala National Park in the east of the locality History The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Murweh
The Shire of Murweh is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Maranoa, Queensland, Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville, Queensland, Charleville. In the , the Shire of Murweh had a population of 3,971 people. History Bidjara language, Bidjara (Bidyara, Pitjara, Peechara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bidjara people. The Bidjara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Murweh Shire Council, particularly the towns of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, Augathella and Blackall, Queensland, Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mount Tabor, Queensland, Mount Tabor. Murweh Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions of Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1286. On 11 October 1883, there was an adjustment of boundaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Local Government Areas Of Queensland
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Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, state Legislative Assembly, with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the Constitution of Queensland, state constitution. Since Federation of Australia, federation in 1901, Queensland has been a States and territories of Australia, state of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the Australian Government, federal government. Queensland's system of government is influenced by the Westminster system and Federalism in Australia, Australia's federal system of government. Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Adavale Shire Council, 1909
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The Western Champion
''The Western Champion'' was a newspaper published initially in Blackall and later in nearby Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia. History The newspaper was initially published under the name ''The Western Champion'' from 1879 to 1891 by J. Monahan and William Henry Campbell. The newspaper was published under the name ''The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts'' from 1892 to 1922 by William Henry Campbell, Charles John James and Frederic Robert James. The newspaper was published under the name ''The Western Champion'' from 1922 to 1937 by William Henry Campbell, Charles John James and Frederic Robert James. Digitisation The papers have 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Barcoo
The Shire of Barcoo is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1887. It is named for the Barcoo River which reaches a confluence with the Thomson River (Queensland), Thomson River in the shire to form Cooper Creek. The major industry in the shire is beef production and some opal mining. There has been some development of the known oil and gas reserves in the region. In the , the Shire of Barcoo had a population of 308 people. History Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Region, Blackall-Tambo Shire Council. The Barcoo Division was created on 24 December 1887 out of the eastern part of the Shire of Diamantina, Diamantina Division, and was subject to the ''Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Isisford
The Shire of Isisford was a local government area located in central western Queensland, between the towns of Longreach and Blackall. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1908 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shires of Ilfracombe and Longreach to form the Longreach Region. The region formerly located within the shire contains many large cattle and sheep stations. History The Shire of Isisford was created on 1 January 1908 under the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', having been separated from the Shire of Barcoo. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007'' passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Isisford merged with the Shires of Ilfracombe Ilfracombe ( ) is a seaside resort and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs. The parish stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Quilpie
The Shire of Quilpie is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie. The dominant industry is grazing. Opal Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silicon dioxide, silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% and 10%. Due to the amorphous (chemical) physical structure, it is classified as a ... fields are also worked within the shire. In the , the Shire of Quilpie had a population of 698 people. History Margany (also known as Marganj, Mardigan, Marukanji, Maranganji) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Margany people. The Margany language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Quilpie Shire, taking in Quilpie, Cheepie and Beechal extending towards Eulo and Thargomindah, as well as the properties of Dynevor Downs and Ardoch. The Shire was created on 17 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government In Australia
Local government is the third level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories of Australia, states and territories, and in turn beneath the Australian Government, federal government. Local government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia, and two referendums in 1974 Australian referendum (Local Government Bodies), 1974 and 1988 Australian referendum#Local Government, 1988 to alter the Constitution relating to local government were unsuccessful. Every state/territory government recognises local government in its state constitutions in Australia, own respective constitution. Unlike the two-tier local government system in local government in Canada, Canada or the local government in the United States, United States, there is (largely) only one tier of local government in each Australian state/territory, with no distinction between county, counties and city, cities. The Australian local government is generally run by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast. It is available for purchase both online and in paper form throughout Queensland and most regions of Northern New South Wales. History 19th century origins The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four mastheads. The '' Moreton Bay Courier'' later became '' The Courier'', then the '' Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the ''Daily Mail'' in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Its first editorial promised to "make known the wants of the community ... to rouse the apathetic, to inform the ignorant ... to transmit truthful representations of the state of this unrivalled portion of the colony to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queenslander
''The Queenslander'' was the weekly summary and literary edition of the ''Brisbane Courier'', the leading journal in the colony (later state) of Queensland since the 1850s. ''The Queenslander'' was launched by the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1866, and discontinued in 1939. History ''The Queenslander'' was first published on 3 February 1866 in Brisbane by Thomas Blacket Stephens. The last edition was printed on 22 February 1939. In a country the size of Australia, a daily newspaper of some prominence could only reach the bush and outlying districts if it also published a weekly edition. Yet ''The Queenslander'', under the managing editorship of Gresley Lukin—managing editor from November 1873 until December 1880—also came to find additional use as a literary magazine. Angus Mackay, later a politician, was its first editor. In September 1919, a series of aerial photographs of Brisbane and its surrounding suburbs were published under the title, ''Brisbane By Air''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
