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Coolbie
Coolbie is a coastal 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 , Coolbie had a population of 110 people. Demographics In the , Coolbie had a population of 104 people. In the , Coolbie had a population of 110 people. Education There are no schools in Coolbie. The nearest government primary school is Mutarnee State School in neighbouring Mutarnee to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School in Ingham to the north-west. References Shire of Hinchinbrook Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutarnee, Queensland
Mutarnee is a rural town and coastal locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mutarnee had a population of 120 people. Geography Mutarnee is approximately 67 kilometres north-west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia and 44 kilometres south-east of Ingham. It is situated on the banks of Crystal Creek and is near the rainforest village of Paluma. The town is in the north-west of the locality and consists of rural residential housing. The rest of the locality is used for a mix of agriculture, including growing sugarcane and grazing on native vegetation. The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-east (Rollingstone), passes through the town, and exits to the north-west ( Coolbie). The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-east (Rollingstone) and is immediately parallel and west of the highway. It passes through the town and exits to the north-west (Coolbie). There are two railway stations: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambaroo, Queensland
Bambaroo is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bambaroo had a population of 146 people. Geography Bambaroo has two distinct parts geographically. The centre and north-east is low-lying flat land (approx 20 metres above sea level), drained by numerous small creeks which flow into the Coral Sea in neighbouring Orient and Coolbie. This freehold land is predominantly used to grow sugarcane. A cane tramway delivers harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills at Victoria Plantation and Macknade. Abswold is a neighbourhood within the north-east of the locality (). The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line both enter the locality from the east (Coolbie) and exit to the north ( Yuruga) travelling through this flat part of the locality. Historically, three railway stations serviced the locality (from north to south): * Scrubview railway station, now abandoned () * Bambaroo railway station, servicing the town () * Abswold railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Creek, Queensland
Crystal Creek is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Crystal Creek had "no people or a very low population". Geography The Paluma Range National Park is in the north of the suburb and the Rollingstone State Forest is in the south of the suburb. Crystal Creek (the creek from which the suburb takes its name) is a major tourist attraction in the area. Demographics In the , Crystal Creek had a population of 10 people. In the , Crystal Creek had "no people or a very low population". Heritage listings Crystal Creek has a number of 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 ma ... sites, including: * Mount Spec Road: Little Crystal Creek Bridge References {{Suburbs of Townsville City of Townsville Localities in Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient, Queensland
Orient is a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Orient had "no people or a very low population". Geography The ''Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down t ...'' forms the eastern boundary. Demographics In the , Orient had a population of 3 people. In the , Orient had "no people or a very low population". References Shire of Hinchinbrook Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingham, Queensland
Ingham is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. It is named after William Bairstow Ingham and is the administrative centre for the Shire of Hinchinbrook. In the , the locality of Ingham had a population of 4,455 people. Geography Ingham is approximately north of Townsville and north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town is positioned about inland within the Herbert River floodplain where Palm Creek drains the low-lying lands. It is surrounded by sugar cane farms which are serviced by a number of private railways The North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast railway line passes through the town, which is served by the Ingham railway station, Queensland, Ingham railway station. The Bruce Highway also passes through the town. Tokalon is neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (). It takes its name from the Tokalon railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsville
The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast). It is unofficially considered the capital of North Queensland. Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state. Part of the larger Local government areas of Queensland, local government area of the City of Townsville, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. The city is adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef. The city is also a major industrial centre, home to one of the world's largest zinc refineries, a nickel refinery and many other similar activities. As of December 2020, $30M operations to expand the Port of Townsville are underway, which involve channel widening and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, an urban agglomeration with a population of over 4 million. The Brisbane central business district, central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Brisbane's metropolitan area sprawls over the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Moreton Bay penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, Queensland, Redcliff ... [...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] |
Coral Sea
The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the France, French Natural Park of the Coral Sea () and the Australian Coral Sea Marine Park. The sea was the location for the Battle of the Coral Sea, a major confrontation during World War II between the navies of the Empire of Japan, and the United States and Australia. The sea contains numerous islands and coral reef, reefs, as well as the world's largest reef system, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. All previous oil exploration projects were terminated at the GBR in 1975, and fishing is restricted in many areas. The reefs and islands of the Coral Sea are particularly rich in birds and aquatic life and are a popular touris ... [...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] |
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] |
