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Boyne Island
Boyne Island is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Boyne Island is south of Gladstone. In the , the locality of Boyne Island had a population of 4,835 people. Geography It is located on the west bank of the Boyne River and, is a particular type of island called a holm, an island in a river or an estuary. It is bounded on the eastern side by the Boyne River, for about and the South Trees Inlet, on the southern, for , and western sides, for about Tannum Sands is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the Boyne River spreading southward and is often referred to as Boyne Island's twin town. History The town was named for the Boyne River, which was named by John Oxley in 1823. Originally the island was used for sheep grazing, this was followed by small crops, horticulture, fishing and timber. St Luke's Anglican Church was built in 1924 on Sayre Crescent. It was designed by Arthur Malpass. It was built from timber. Although t ... [...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] |
Holm (island)
There are numerous islands containing the word ''holm'', mainly in northern Europe. In many cases the name is derived from the Old Norse ''holmr'', meaning "a small and rounded islet". These include: Denmark * Bornholm * Hørsholm * Munkholm * Slotsholmen Germany * Dänholm * Holm (Flensburg), Holm in Flensburg * Holm (Schleswig), Holm in Schleswig Greenland * Holm Ø Ireland * Holmpatrick (the original name for the town of Skerries, County Dublin, and one of its islands Sweden *Stockholm (originally the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm) *Djursholm (suburb of Stockholm) *Tureholm (island), Tureholm *There are hundreds of islets in the Stockholm archipelago containing the word "holm" United Kingdom England *Holm Island in the River Thames *Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel *Portholme in the River Great Ouse *Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk Northern Ireland *Ballynahinch, County Down () Orkney, Scotland *Glimps Holm *Helliar Holm *Holm of Papa *Lamb Holm *Linga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone Regional Council
Gladstone Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , and has an estimated operating budget of Australian dollar, A$84 million. In the , the Gladstone Region had a population of 63,515 people. History Gladstone Region came into being on 15 March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local government in Queensland#Local Government Reform Commission, Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The legal standing of the council is sourced from the Local Government Reform Act 2007 (Qld). The Gladstone Region was named after William Ewart Gladstone, British Chancellor of the Exchequer and he later became prime minister. The new Council, located in Central Queensland, contains the entire area of three former local government areas: * the City of Gladstone; * the Shire of Calliope; * and the Shire of Miriam Vale. The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannum Sands State High School
Tannum Sands State High School (TSSHS or often Tannum High) is a public high school located in Tannum Sands, Gladstone Region, Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ..., Australia. Each grade has an average of about 213 students. It is the first and only secondary school established in the Tannum Sands area. The school receives approximately 95% of the students living in the Tannum Sands catchment area for Year 7 each year. History Tannum Sands State High School opened in 1998 with 287 Grade 8 and 9 students. Their first seniors graduated in 2001. Principals and deputy principals The following principals and deputy principals have led the school since it was opened: *Ray Johnston; 1998–2016 *Kevin Giles; unspecified–2009 *John Adie; unspecified–2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Education
Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, Disability, disabilities, and special needs. This involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, and accessible settings. These interventions are designed to help individuals with special needs achieve a higher level of personal Self-sustainability, self-sufficiency and success in school and in their community, which may not be available if the student were only given access to a Traditional education, typical classroom education. Special education aims to provide accommodated education for disabled students such as learning disability, learning disabilities, learning difficulties (such as dyslexia), communication disorders, emotional and behavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment And Reporting Authority
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) is the independent statutory authority responsible for the development of a national curriculum, a national assessment program, and a national data collection and reporting program that supports learning for Australian students. ACARA's work is carried out in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including teachers, principals, governments, State and Territory education authorities, professional education associations, community groups and the general public. It was established in 2008 by an Act of the Australian Federal Parliament. The authority is also responsible for the My School website and NAPLAN testing. References External links * My School website {{Authority control 2008 establishments in Australia Education in Australia Educational organisations based in Australia Organizations established in 2008 Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Moore Park State School Year 4 Students At The Boyne Island Environmental Education Centre
Moore may refer to: Language * Mooré language, spoken in West Africa People * Moore (surname) ** List of people with surname Moore * Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador * Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army * Moore Powell (died c. 1573), a Welsh politician Places Australia *Moore, Queensland, a town in the Somerset Region *Division of Moore, an electoral division in Western Australia Greenland *Moore Glacier United Kingdom *Moore, Cheshire, England United States * Moore, Idaho *Moore, Indiana *Moore, Montana * Moore, New Jersey *Moore, Oklahoma *Moore Township, Pennsylvania *Moore, South Carolina *Moore, Texas *Moore, Utah * Moore, Washington *Moore, West Virginia *Moore County, North Carolina *Moore County, Tennessee *Moore County, Texas *Moore Haven, Florida * Banning, California, formerly known as Moore City Schools Australia * Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia United States *Moore Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyne Island Aluminium Smelter
Boyne Smelters is located on Boyne Island, Queensland, Australia, approximately 12 km south of the port of Gladstone, Queensland, Gladstone. The smelter has a production capacity of 545,000 tonnes of aluminium per year. The operating company Boyne Smelters Ltd is majority owned by Rio Tinto (corporation), Rio Tinto (73.50%) with the balance held by a consortium of Japanese participants including YKK Group, YKK Aluminium (9.50%)UACJ Corporation(9.29%) and Southern Cross Aluminium (a joint venture between Sumitomo and Marubeni) (7.71%). History Construction of the smelter commenced in 1979 and the plant was officially opened in 1982. The concept of an aluminium industry in the state of Queensland, Australia began in 1957 when the Queensland Government and Comalco's predecessor signed an agreement giving the company the right to develop a large bauxite deposit discovered two years earlier at Weipa on the remote far North West coast of Cape York Peninsula by the company. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Luke's Anglican Church, Boyne Island
St Luke's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church (building), church at Sayre Crescent, Boyne Island, Queensland, Boyne Island, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Malpas and built in 1924. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History St Luke's Anglican Church on Boyne Island was erected in the early 1920s by the small farming community on the island. Boyne Island, on the Gladstone, Queensland, Gladstone coastline, was taken up illegally for pastoral purposes in the mid-1850s, the first official lease being granted in 1863. In 1870 much of Boyne Island was resumed by the Queensland Government, Queensland colonial government and opened to selection, and from the late 1870s agriculturalists cultivated fruit and small crops on the island. In 1884, half the remaining pastoral lease was resumed, and several farms were established on this land in the late 1880s and early 1890s. In the 1880s, a timber mill was erecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wyndham's Gravesite
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided. International *World Heritage Sites (see Lists of World Heritage Sites) – UNESCO, advised by the International Council on Monuments and Sites *Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) *Memory of the World Programme (UNESCO) * Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) – Food and Agriculture Organization * UNESCO Biosphere Reserve * European Heritage Label (EHL) are European sites which are considered milestones in the creation of Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
