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Conondale
Conondale is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Conondale had a population of 858 people. Geography The town is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland area. The town is located on the banks of the upper Mary River, north of the state capital, Brisbane. History The town takes its name from a pastoral run assigned by pastoralist Donald Tuach McKenzie when it took up the property on 6 October 1851. It is thought he named it after the Conon River in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. In November 1906, a sub-division of the former Conondale Station, the Conondale Estate, described as 14,000 acres in one of the best agricultural and dairying districts in the Commonwealth, was advertised for sale. The auctioneers offered to forward an illustrated lithograph to any address. As a new departure in the sub-division of estates, a butter factory was built by the vendors as part of the sale. However, the butter factory never operated and the building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conondale Timbers Sawmill
Conondale Timbers sawmill is a heritage-listed sawmill at Aherns Road, Conondale, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in the 1930s by M R Hornibrook Ltd. It is also known as Conondale Timbers mill workers cottages. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 November 2008. The Conondale Timbers Sawmill has been Shut Down Permanently and All Equipment Removed. It is Private Property and Trespassers will be Prosecuted. History The Conondale Timbers Sawmill near the town of Conondale in the Sunshine Coast Region is a large operating hardwood mill constructed in the early 1930s. It comprises the mill shed and equipment, plus ancillary structures including workers' housing. The mill was originally powered by steam, but has now been converted to electricity. Sawmilling was a major industry on the North Coast hinterland in the 1930s: the coastal area between Brisbane and Gympie contained the highest concentration of sawmills in Queenslnd. More ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary River (Queensland)
The Mary River (Kabi Kabi: ''Moocooboola'') is a major river system located in the South East and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia. Etymology The river was traditionally named ''Moocooboola'' by the indigenous Australian Kabi people. The river was named ''Wide Bay River'' on 10 May 1842 by early European explorers, Andrew Petrie and Henry Stuart Russell. The official name was changed on 8 September 1847 (prior to Queensland becoming a separate colony) by Charles Augustus FitzRoy, then Governor of New South Wales, to ''Mary River'' — after his wife Lady Mary Lennox (15 August 1790 to 7 December 1847). History The Mary River was used for rafting timber during the early years of European land settlement, and the discovery of gold at Gympie in 1867 brought an inflow of miners and pastoralists. Alluvial flats along the Mary River and some of its tributaries were used for cropping, and there was small-time dairying in the 1880s. Course and features T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booroobin, Queensland
Booroobin is a locality split between the Moreton Bay Region and the Sunshine Coast Region in Queensland, Australia.- In the , Booroobin had a population of 260. Geography Booroobin is the source of the Stanley River and the Mary River. A section of Bellthorpe National Park is in the south east of the locality. History The origin of the name Booroobin may be from the Kabi word ''booroothabbin'', meaning "forest oak tree", or another Indigenous word meaning "scrub possum". Booroobin State School opened on 8 October 1919 and closed in August 1953. The Booroobin Sudbury School opened on 1996 and closed on 4 December 2003. In the , Booroobin recorded a population of 292, 44.2% female and 55.8% male. The median age was 45 years, 8 years above the national median of 37. 73.9% of people living in Booroobin were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 3.7%, Finland 1.4%, Lebanon 1%, Hungary 1%. 90.8% of people spoke only En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaman Creek, Queensland
Elaman Creek is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Maroochy and Noosa. It cont ..., Queensland, Australia. In the Elaman Creek had a population of 68 people. History Elaman Creek State School opened about 1940 and closed about 1960. In the Elaman Creek had a population of 68 people. References Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenilworth, Queensland
Kenilworth is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kenilworth had a population of 558 people. Geography Kenilworth is in the heart of the Mary Valley area of the Sunshine Coast. It is a rural area, about from the coast, with dairy farming as the major industry. The western part of the locality is within the Conondale National Park, while the northern part of the locality is within Imbil State Forest #1. In the south-west is the Walli State Forest. Maleny–Kenilworth Road enters from the south-west, and Obi Obi Road enters from the south-east.. History Dalla (also known as Dalambara and Dallambara) is a language of the Upper Brisbane River catchment, notably the Conondale Range. Dalla is part of the Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Somerset Region and Moreton Bay Region, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambroon, Queensland
Cambroon is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Cambroon had a population of 219 people. Geography Cambroon is located on the Mary River. It is on the Maleny-Kenilworth Road. It is situated about 98 km away from Brisbane. History Cambroon takes its name from the pastoral run of the same name, which was established in 1855 by J. D. MacTaggart. The name of the pastoral run is believed to be the name of an Aboriginal leader at the time of first contact. In 1887, of land were resumed from the Cambroon pastoral run for the establishment of small farms. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1887. Cambroon Provisional School opened on 5 February 1923 and became Cambroon State School on 1 December 1924. The school closed in May 1944. In the 2011 census, Cambroon had a population of 373 people. The locality had a population density of around five persons per square kilometre. Almost all the people living in Cambroon speak Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curramore, Queensland
Curramore is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the Curramore had a population of 190 people. History Curramore State School opened on 11 August 1913 and closed in 1939. In the Curramore had a population of 190 people. Attractions Obi Lookout is on Schultz Road (). References Further reading * — includes Curramore State School Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{SunshineCoastQLD-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reesville, Queensland
Reesville is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Reesville had a population of 567 people. History Reesville was named in 1922 by the Landsborough Shire Council The City of Caloundra was a Local government in Australia, local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an a ... after Henry Oliver Rees (1862-1923) who owned a plant nursery and mixed fruit orchard there. In the , Reesville had a population of 567 people. References Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthEastQueensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Creek, Queensland
Sandy Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people. Geography Sandy Creek is located northeast of Kilcoy in South East Queensland. Many parts of Sandy Creek are elevated along the southern Conondale Range and some of the range is protected within Bellthorpe National Park. The locality has the following mountains: * Mount Ann () in the south-west of the locality, rising to * Mount Marysmokes () in the east of the locality, rising to History Winya State School opened in 1918 and closed in 1960. The school was on a site on the north-east corner of the D'Aguilar Highway and Sandy Creek Road () now within the locality of Sandy Creek.Hubners Bridge, also known as Hubner Bridge, is a road bridge on the Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek (). The bridge was washed away on during the catastrophic 2010–2011 floods. A flying-fox was built across Sandy Creek to provide supplies to residents strande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimna, Queensland
Jimna is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jimna had a population of 91 people. Geography Jimna is situated on the Jimna Range approximately 1690 feet (515.11 metres) above sea level. Jimna Diggings is a neighbourhood in the east of the locality, an area historically used for gold mining (). History '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and Moreton Bay Region, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore''.'' The name ''Jimna'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word ''djimna'' meaning ''place of leeches''. The first Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1868 and closed in 1879. A receiving office was open from 1891 to 1909, and from 1925 until the second Jimna Post Office opened on 1 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellthorpe, Queensland
Bellthorpe is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bellthorpe had a population of 124 people. Much of the area is protected within the Bellthorpe National Park. Geography The south of Bellthorpe lies within the Stanley River catchment. In the north Kilcoy Creek flows into the Mary River. Bellthorpe West is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality (). History The locality was possibly named after politician Joshua Thomas Bell who was the Secretary for Public Lands in the Queensland Government at the time the district became available for selection Selection may refer to: Science * Selection (biology), also called natural selection, selection in evolution ** Sex selection, in genetics ** Mate selection, in mating ** Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality ** Human mating strat .... Bellthorpe Provisional School opened on 22 April 1919, closing in 1922 due to low student numbers. However, it re-opened in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wootha, Queensland
Wootha is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wootha had a population of 201 people. History The name Wootha comes from the Kabi language Kabi Kabi, also spelt Gabi-Gabi/Gubbi Gubbi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Kabi Kabi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of ... (Dallambara dialect) meaning red cedar tree. Blackall Range Provisional School opened about 1886, becoming Blackall Range State School on 1 October 1909. It was renamed Wootha State School in 1937. It closed in 1949. In the Wootha had a population of 201 people. Attractions Despite its name, Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird World is at 233 Maleny Stanley River Road in Wootha (). See also Blackall Range road network References Further reading * — includes Blackall Range State School {{Sunshine Coast Region Suburbs of the Sunshine C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
