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Bogantungan
Bogantungan is a rural town in the locality of Willows in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The town is north west of the state capital Brisbane and west of the regional city of Rockhampton. The Central Western railway line passes through the town which was once served by the Bogantungan railway station. The small number of houses in the town are located around the railway station. The Capricorn Highway once passed through the town but now bypasses it to the north. History The name ''Bogantungan'' derives from Aboriginal words "''bogan''" meaning "''grass''" and "''tungan''" meaning "''tree''". The Central Western railway was built in sections, beginning at Rockhampton and then heading west. Each section involved establishing a temporary settlement to accommodate the workers while they were building the railway. After that section was complete, the workers moved further west were a new settlement was established. Although intended as temporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willows, Queensland
Willows is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Willows had a population of 139 people. Geography The town of Bogantungan is within the west of the locality (). The town of Willows Gemfields is the centre of the locality (). The town of Withersfield is within the east of locality (). The Central Western railway enters the locality from the east ( Anakie Siding/ Lochington), passes through the town of Bogantungan, and exits to the west (Alpha). The locality is served by the following stations (from west to east): * Bogantungan railway station, serving the town of Bogantungan () * Kanoloo railway station, now abandoned () * Willows railway station () * Withersfield railway station, serving the former town of Withersfield, now abandoned () History In October 1880, 105 town lots were offered for sale in the Town of Withersfield. Bogantungan State School opened on 19 March 1883. It closed on 11 August 1972. It was on Jackson Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Adelaide Donaldson
Agnes Adelaide Donaldson (; 1866–1948) was an Australian botanical collector, governess, and sheep station owner. Part of the expansive network of collectors established by Ferdinand von Mueller to botanically describe and categorise the flora of Australia, she was the earliest recorded woman, and one of the earliest recorded people, to collect plant material around Alpha. Life Donaldson was born to pastoralists Hastings Alfred Elms (1832–1910), and Janet Beveridge Elms (1838–1899) in Smeaton, Victoria. In the late 1880s, Agnes travelled to Lansdowne, Queensland to work as a governess at Lansdowne station. She met the station overseer Robert Donaldson, and they married in 1890 and they ultimately had three daughters and three sons. After the wedding in Victoria, the Donaldsons travelled to Alpha pastoral station in Alpha, Queensland where Robert was the manager. At this time it is claimed that he employed Breaker Morant. In 1898, leaseholders with large landholdings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midlander (Queensland Rail)
The Midlander was a passenger train that operated in Queensland, Australia between 1954 and 1993. It travelled on the Central west line between Rockhampton and Winton. History ''The Midlander'' was introduced in 1954, replacing a Mail train service with its wooden carriages, and providing a more comfortable and cleaner service. Completing its initial run from Brisbane to Rockhampton, ''The Midlander'' arrived in Rockhampton at 4pm on 4 May 1954. ''The Midlander'' then commenced its maiden journey, departing from the Rockhampton railway station for Winton at 5:25pm.Air-conditioned train starts on western run ''''. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medway Creek Rail Disaster
The Medway Creek rail disaster occurred on 26 February 1960 when the Midlander, a passenger train service that operated in Central Queensland, crashed while crossing over the bridge above Medway Creek, near Bogantungan, Queensland, Australia. Events Incident The disaster occurred at 2:30am when the train was passing over the bridge above the flooded Medway Creek. The pylons of the bridge had been severely damaged by the impact from a 12-tonne gum tree that had been swept downstream in the floodwaters.Siegmeier, MelindCrash survivor recalls disaster ''The Morning Bulletin'', 26 February 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2017. As the train crossed the creek, the bridge collapsed causing the two steam locomotives and three sleeping cars to fall 7.6 metres into the flooded creek. Seven people were killed including the driver, the fireman and a conductor as well as four passengers, including two children. Another 43 people were injured in the accident. A special train was organised to trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Highlands Region
Central Highlands Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. In the , the Central Highlands Region had a population of 27,836 people. History '' Wadja'' (also known as ''Wadjigu'', ''Wadya'', ''Wadjainngo'', ''Mandalgu'', and ''Wadjigun)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language in Central Queensland. The language region includes the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda and Central Highlands Region, including the Blackdown Tableland, the Comet River, and the Expedition Range, and the towns of Woorabinda, Springsure and Rolleston. '' Yambina'' (also known as ''Jambina'' and ''Jambeena'') is an Australian Aboriginal language of Central Queensland. Its traditional language region is the local government area of Central Highlands Region, including Peak Downs, Logan Creek, south to Avon Downs, east to Denham Range and Logan Downs, west to Elgin Downs and at Solferino. '' Yetimarala'' (also known as ''Jetimarala'', ''Yetimaralla'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anakie, Queensland
Anakie Siding is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It contains the town of Anakie. It is a sapphire mining area. In , the locality of Anakie Siding had a population of 155 people. Geography The town is located just to the south of the Capricorn Highway, west of Emerald. The town of Anakie is on the Central Western railway line running from Rockhampton west to Longreach. The town is served by the Anakie railway station (). There is a railway siding at Taroborah (). There is a billabong to the south-east of the town (). In the north-west of the locality is The Three Sisters Range which extends north into Sapphire Central (midpoint ). It contains a number of unnamed peaks rising to above sea level. History The pastoral runs in the Leichhardt District were surveyed by August 1866, including Anakie Downs, Saint Helens, Emerald Downs, and Glendarriwill. At this time, the estimated Anakie Downs property was owned by R. Treffitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Western Railway Line, Queensland
The Central Western railway line is a railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It commences at Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton and extends west to Winton, Queensland, Winton. History Following the separation of Queensland from the colony of New South Wales in 1859, Queensland consisted of a vast area with a population of approximately 30,000 people, most of who lived in the southeast corner of the colony. The new Queensland Government was keen to facilitate development and immigration, and had approved the construction of the Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line from Ipswich railway station, Queensland, Ipswich, about to the fertile Darling Downs region in 1864. This was the first narrow gauge () main line in the world. Following the establishment of the settlement of Rockhampton in 1858, and the discovery of gold at nearby Canoona in 1859, there were calls for improved land transportation in the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn Highway
The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland. The highway is long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine. Formerly National Route 66, Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system much of Australia had adopted in the early-2000s and is now designated as A4. The highway runs parallel with the Tropic of Capricorn, hence its name. Other towns situated along the highway include (from east to west): Gracemere, Kabra, Stanwell, Westwood, Gogango, Duaringa, Dingo, Bluff, Blackwater, Comet, Emerald, Bogantungan, Alpha and Jericho. Running virtually east/west, the highway traverses the area known as the Central Highlands, and crosses the Great Dividing Range between Alpha and Jericho. File:Capricorn Highway 1312.svg, Capricorn Highway (green on black) State-controlled road Capricorn Highway is a state-controlled state-strategic road. It is defined in four sections, as foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochington, Queensland
Lochington is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lochington had a population of 128 people. Geography Lochington is bounded to the east and south-east by the Nogoa River. The locality is within the Fitzroy River drainage basin. The Capricorn Highway passes through the northernmost part of the locality from Anakie Siding, Queensland, Anakie Siding to Willows, Queensland, Willows. The Snake Range National Park () lies within the locality to the east. It is . The predominant land use is Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. History Lochington pastoral station obtained a mail service on 1 January 1937. Lockington Provisional School opened 23 January 1961 on land that was once part of Lockington pastoral station, and became Lockington State School at a new site in January 1965. The school closed 14 December 1979 due to low student numbers, but reopened in January 1991, as Lochington State S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). 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 mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Library Of Queensland
State Library of Queensland (State Library) is the state public reference and research library of Queensland, Australia, operated by the Government of Queensland, state government. The Library is governed by the Library Board of Queensland, which draws its powers from the ''Libraries Act 1988.'' State Library is responsible for collecting and preserving a comprehensive collection of Queensland's cultural and documentary heritage, providing free access to information for all Queenslanders and for the advancement of public libraries across the state. The Library is at Kurilpa Point, within the Queensland Cultural Centre on the Brisbane River at South Bank, Queensland, South Bank. History The Brisbane Public Library was established by the government of the Colony of Queensland in 1896, and was renamed the Public Library of Queensland in 1898. The library was opened to the public in 1902. In 1934, the Oxley Memorial Library (now the John Oxley Library), named for the explorer Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
