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County Of Fortescue
The County of Fortescue is a county (a cadastral division) in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Much of its area is within the Barakula State Forest. It was named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the ''Land Act 1897''. at Queensland Archives. Parishes Fortescue is divided into parishes, as listed below:References External links * * {{cite web, url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-county-fortescue-1931.jpg, title=Map of the County of Fortescue, last=, first=, date=1931, website=, publisher= |
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] |
Barakula State Forest
''Barakula petersonorum'' is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the lar ..., the only species in the genus ''Barakula''. References Monotypic Buprestidae genera {{Buprestidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maranoa Region
Maranoa Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma, Queensland, Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. In the , the Maranoa Region had a population of 12,825 people. History The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Maranoa Region particularly the towns of Mitchell, Queensland, Mitchell, Amby, Queensland, Amby, Dunkeld, Queensland, Dunkeld and Mungallala and the properties of Forest Vale and North Yanco. ''Gungabula language, Gungabula'' (also known as ''Kongabula'' and ''Khungabula'') is an Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language of the headwaters of the Dawson River (Queensland), Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Maranoa Region, particularly the towns of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, Augathella and Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandoan, Queensland
Wandoan is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Juandah. It is on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles and is the centre for the local cattle industry. In the , the locality of Wandoan had a population of 666 people. History The beginnings of the Wandoan township can be traced back to 1849 when 'Juandah' Station was established at this location after Herbert Salway and Percival Sydney Francis Stephen first tendered for a huge area of land: ''Juandah'' of and two other runs ''Coringa'' of and ''Cherwondah'' of . This area, defined in accordance with the 1847 Orders-in-Council, falls far short of the actual size of the holding, which has been estimated at —five and a half times as much. The aggregation of these three runs became known as ''Juandah'' and records show Percival Stephen was living on ''Juandah'' before August 1849. After the Hornet Bank massacre in October 1857, one of the man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroom, Queensland
Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Taroom had a population of 885 people. Geography The town is located on the Dawson River and the Leichhardt Highway, north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, 300 kilometres (186 mi) west of Maryborough, South-west of Rockhampton and from Toowoomba. The Leichhardt Highway runs through from south to north, and the Roma-Taroom Road enters from the south-west. Climate History Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt passed through the district in 1844, carving his initials and date on a coolibah tree that now stands in the centre of town. The name Taroom is said to be an aboriginal Waka word ''tarum'' meaning ''wild lime''. The town was surveyed by Clarendon Stuart in 1860.Taroom State School opened on 11 April 1871 as a primary school. In 1964, the school had a secondary department added to provide secondary education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grosmont, Queensland
Grosmont is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Grosmont had a population of 135 people. Geography The Leichhardt Highway passes through the locality from south-east to north-east. History Grosmont State School opened on 4 February 1957. Demographics In the , Grosmont had a population of 141 people. In the , Grosmont had a population of 135 people. Education Grosmont State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys at 2524 Grosmont Road (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 2 students with 3 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 1 non-teaching staff. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 2 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 1 non-teaching staff. As at 2024, the school is open but not operational as it has no enrolments. There is no secondary school in Grosmont. The nearest government secondary schools are Wandoan State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Wandoan to the south-east and Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guluguba, Queensland
Guluguba is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Guluguba had a population of 86 people. Geography Guluguba is located on the Leichhardt Highway, north of Miles and south of Wandoan. The now-closed Wandoan railway line traversed the locality with the town being served by the Guluguba railway station () with the Giligulgul railway station () at the south of the locality. History The name ''Guluguba'' is thought to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''squatter pigeon''. Guluguba Post Office opened by 1916 (a receiving office had been open from 1915). Guluguba Provisional School opened on 1 February 1917 on a half-time basis (meaning shared a single teacher) with Downfall Creek Provisional School which opened in March 1917. When the Downfall Creek school closed in 1918, Guluguba became a full-time school. The first stage of the Wandoan railway line opened from Miles to Giligulgul railway station on 20 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Downs Region
Western Downs Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Queensland, Australia. The Western Downs Regional Council manages an area of , which is slightly smaller than Switzerland, although with a population of 34,467 in June 2018, it is over 228 times less densely populated. The area is home to prime farming land and thus agriculture is a major industry in the area. Dalby, the biggest town in the region is home to the second largest cattle saleyards in Australia. The Dalby Saleyards process over 200,000 cattle annually in its facility which is comparable to Rockhampton and Casino, New South Wales, Casino. The Western Downs Regional Council's Corporate Office is situated at 30 Marble Street, Dalby. In the , the Western Downs Region had a population of 33,843 people. History Baranggum (also known as Barrunggam, Barunggam Parrungoom, Murrumgama) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Baruŋgam, Baranggum people. The Baranggum language reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Banana
The Shire of Banana is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone, Queensland, Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named after the burial site of a huge dun coloured Ox, bullock named 'Banana'. The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is the largest town in the Shire. Major industries in the shire include coal mining, beef production, power generation, dryland cropping and irrigation cropping such as lucerne and cotton. In the , the Shire of Banana had a population of 14,513 people. History Banana Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of . The name ''Banana'' does not relate to the fruit, but rather the area was named after a Dun gene, dun-coloured bullock called ''Banana''. On 20 April 1881 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Queensland
The governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, governor-general at the national level, the governor Governors of the Australian states, performs constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level. In particular the governor has the power to appoint and dismiss the premier of Queensland and all other ministers in the Cabinet government, Cabinet, and issue writs for the election of the Parliament of Queensland, state parliament. The current governor of Queensland, former Chief Health Officer of Queensland Jeannette Young, was sworn in on 1 November 2021. The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, currently Helen Bowskill, acts in the position of governor in the governor's absence. In June 2014, Queen Elizabeth II, upon the recommendation of then-Premier Campbell Newman, accorded all current, future and living former governors the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Labouchere
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) ''Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or, in his stead, a viscount (''vicomte'').C. W. Onions (Ed.) ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology''. Oxford University Press, 1966. Literal equivalents in other languages, derived from the equivalent of "count", are now seldom used officially, including , , , , , , , and Slavic languages, Slavic ''Župa, zhupa''; terms equivalent to 'commune' or 'community' are now often instead used. When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them. Although there were at first no counts, ''vicomtes'' or counties in Anglo-Norman England, the earlier Anglo-Saxons did have earls, sheriffs and shires. The shires were the districts that became the historic counties of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
