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Braemeadows
Braemeadows is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Braemeadows had a population of 269 people. History Braemeadows State School opened on 1928 and closed on 1969. It was on a site on the southern side of Four Mile Road commencing at the junction with Robinos and extending eastwards (). Demographics In the Braemeadows had a population of 290 people. In the , Braemeadows had a population of 269 people. Education There are no schools in Braemeadows. The nearest government primary schools are Victoria Plantation State School in neighbouring Victoria Plantation Victoria Plantation is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people. Geography Victoria Plantation is directly east of the town of Ingham. It is a sugarcane ... to the west, Halifax State School in neighbouring Halifax to the north-east, and Forrest Beach State School in neighbouring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Plantation, Queensland
Victoria Plantation is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people. Geography Victoria Plantation is directly east of the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham. It is a sugarcane growing area, with a network of cane tramways connecting the plantations to the Victoria Sugar Mill in the south of the locality beside Palm Creek. History Victoria Plantation Provisional School opened on 1 March 1894, becoming Victoria Plantation State School on 1 January 1909. Demographics In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 156 people. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people. Education Victoria Plantation State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 244 Forrest Beach Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 74 students with 8 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) with 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordelia, Queensland
Cordelia is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, 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. In the , Cordelia had a population of 176 people. Geography Cordelia has the following mountains: * Mount Catherina () * Mount Cordelia () History Cordelia Provisional School opened circa 1891. It closed circa 1893. Cordelia State School opened on 13 April 1918 and closed on 15 March 1993. The school was at 15 Cordelia School Road (). Demographics In the , Cordelia had a population of 210 people. In the , Cordelia had a population of 176 people. Education There are no schools in Cordelia. The nearest government primary schools are Victoria Plantation State School in neighbouring Victoria Plantation to the south-west and Halifax State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylors Beach, Queensland
Taylors Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. It takes its name from its beach. In the , the locality of Taylors Beach had a population of 297 people. Geography Taylors Beach is located east of Ingham. It is bounded by the Coral Sea on the east where there are long sandy beaches. It is divided into a northern and southern section by the estuary where Victoria Creek flows into the Coral Sea; the southern section having a long northern spit providing shelter to the beaches of the northern part. The residential development is adjacent to the beaches of the northern part. Apart from some farming in the northern part, most of the locality is undeveloped. History The town was formerly known as Cassady after Francis Andrew O'Connor Cassady who was mayor of the City of Townsville The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forrest Beach, Queensland
Forrest Beach is a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Forrest Beach had a population of 1,364 people. Allingham is the coastal town within the locality. Lady Elliot Reef lies close to the coast, about north of Forrest Beach. Geography Forrest Beach is bounded by the Coral Sea to the east with long sandy beaches; it is sheltered water due to the Orpheus and Palm island group. It is bounded along the south-west by Palm Creek and contains the Palm Creek Conservation Park. There is farming in the western part of the locality. The residential development is mostly beside the northern beaches. There is a small residential area beside the southern beaches known as Cassady Beach () which is named after Francis Andrew O'Connor Cassady who was chairman of the Shire of Hinchinbrook. Lady Elliot Reef Lady Elliot Reef is a coral reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef, named after the '' Lady Elliot'', said to be wrecked at this spot in 1816. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, Queensland
Halifax is a town and a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Halifax had a population of 477 people. Geography Halifax is on the Herbert River, northeast of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham. History August Anderssen, a blacksmith, purchased the land in 1880 after which time the land was turned into sugar plantations. Herbert River Provisional School opened on 24 September 1883. It was renamed Halifax Provisional School in 1885. It became Halifax State School in 1891. Halifax Post Office opened on 23 August 1886. St Peter's Catholic School opened in 1927. Halifax Methodist Church opened in 1964. When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Halifax Uniting Church. Many homes in Halifax were flooded following extremely heavy rain in March 2018. Demographics In the , the locality of Halifax had a population of 431 people. In the , th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackrock, Queensland
Blackrock is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blackrock had a population of 319 people. History The locality was officially named and bounded on 27 April 2001. Demographics In the Blackrock had a population of 320 people. In the , Blackrock had a population of 319 people. Education There are no schools in Blackrock. The nearest government primary schools are: * Ingham State School in neighbouring Ingham to the north-west * Victoria Plantation State School in neighbouring Victoria Plantation Victoria Plantation is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people. Geography Victoria Plantation is directly east of the town of Ingham. It is a sugarcane ... to the north * Forrest Beach State School in neighbouring Forrest Beach to the east * Toobanna State School in neighbouring Toobanna to the west The nearest government secondary school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Hinchinbrook
The Shire of Hinchinbrook is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, covers an area of , and has existed since its creation on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. The council consists of a mayor plus six councillors, each of whom represents the entire Shire. Prior to 2008, the council consisted of a mayor plus eight councillors. In the , the Shire of Hinchinbrook had a population of 10,920 people. History The Hinchinbrook Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 326. It originally covered a much larger area, extending well into the Tablelands Region. On 3 September 1881, the Tinaroo Division was created on 3 September 1881 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' out of parts of the C ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook is an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is currently represented by Nick Dametto, of Katter's Australian Party. Geography Originally primarily a rural electorate, the district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from south of Tully, Queensland, Tully to the northern fringes of Townsville, Queensland, Townsville. Prior to the 2017 redistribution Hinchinbrook had spanned just south of Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail and included the towns of Mission Beach, Queensland, Mission Beach and Tully, Queensland, Tully. Hinchinbrook now includes the towns of Cardwell, Queensland, Cardwell, Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, Lucinda, Queensland, Lucinda and includes the Northern Beaches suburbs of Townsville such as Bushland Beach, Queensland, Bushland Beach. Political history The electorate was first contested in 1950 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Kennedy
The Division of Kennedy is an Electorates of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland. It is the state's second-largest division after the neighbouring Division of Maranoa, stretching from the Northern Territory border and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Coral Sea, just southeast of Cairns and northwest of Townsville. Since 1993 its Australian House of Representatives, MP has been Bob Katter, who has been Father of the House since 2022. Katter founded Katter's Australian Party in 2011, after sitting 10 years as an Independent following him leaving the National Party of Australia, National Party. Geography The Division of Kennedy includes the regional city of Mount Isa in the west, as well as surrounding towns such as Cloncurry, Queensland, Cloncurry and Camooweal. In the Gulf of Carpentaria, it includes the Wellesley Islands. On the Pacific coast, it includes settlements such as Forrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Postcodes in Australia, Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage of suburb (municipality outside of a big city). The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "neighbourhood" or "district", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, sixth-largest subnational entity; it List of countries and dependencies by area, is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its Tropical climate, tropical and Humid subtropical climate, sub-tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
