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Great Northern Railway (Queensland)
The Great Northern Railway is a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, 1067 mm gauge Glossary of rail terminology#Railway line, railway line in Queensland, Australia. The line stretches nearly 1,000 kilometres linking the port city of Townsville, Australia to the mining town of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. Along with a passenger service called The Inlander (Queensland Rail), the Inlander, it is a major freight route connecting the Mount Isa Mines to the Port of Townsville. In 2010, the line moved 5.8 million tonnes of cargo, and this is expected to increase significantly in coming years. History Originally approved in 1877, its construction over nearly thirty years along with the building of other lines in Queensland was dictated by the pressing need to transport minerals and wool from isolated inland areas to the coast for shipment. To the goldfields In Townsville's case, it was given impetus by the discovery of gold at Ravenswood, Queensland and Charters Towers, Queensl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dia 0386
DIA or Dia may refer to: Government establishments * Defence Industry Agency, Turkey * Defense Intelligence Agency, United States foreign military intelligence agency * Defence Intelligence Agency (India) Indian foreign military intelligence agency * Defence Intelligence Agency (Nigeria) * Defense Intelligence Agency (South Korea) * Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand public service department * Department of Indian Affairs, Canadian federal department * ''Direzione Investigativa Antimafia'', an Italian law-enforcement agency Organizations and businesses Airports * Davao International Airport (DVO) * Denver International Airport (DEN) * Dubai International Airport (DXB) * Doha International Airport (DIA) * Durban International Airport (DUR) * Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Arts * Design Institute of Australia, Australian design organisation * Detroit Institute of Arts, American art museum * Dia Art Foundation, non-profit arts organization Charit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Isa Mines
Mount Isa Mines Limited ("MIM") operates the Mount Isa copper, lead, zinc and silver mines near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia as part of the Glencore group of companies. For a brief period in 1980, MIM was Australia's largest company. It has pioneered several significant mining industry innovations, including the IsaKidd refining technology, Isa Process copper refining technology, the ISASMELT, Isasmelt smelting technology, and the IsaMill fine grinding technology, and it also commercialized the Jameson Cell column Froth flotation, flotation technology. History In 1923 the orebody containing lead, zinc and silver was discovered by the miner John Campbell Miles.N Kirkman, ''Hilton Mine,'' (Mount Isa Mines Limited: Mount Isa, Queensland, 1990), 2–3. Prominent mining engineer William Henry Corbould was invited to the field by Douglas MacGilvray, who held options over several tenements, and immediately noted similarities between the Mount Isa orebodies and those of Broken Hill, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sellheim, Queensland
Sellheim is a town in the locality of Breddan in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography Sellheim is in the most easterly part of Breddan beside the Burdekin River where the Burdekin River Rail Bridge is located (). The Flinders Highway and Great Northern railway both pass through the town. Sellheim railway station serves the town (). History The town is named after Philip Frederic Sellheim, who was a gold warden in Charters Towers from 1880 to 1888. Sellheim State School opened circa 1889 and closed circa 1939. It was on the corner of School Street and the Flinders Highway (approx ). On Thursday 26 November 1902, St Mark's Anglican Church was dedicated by Archdeacon David Garland. The church was in Wyndham Street and was . The church cost about £200 and was opened free of debt. On Sunday 12 August 1906, St Mary's Catholic Church was officially opened by Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murtagh Macrossan
John Murtagh Macrossan (1832 – 30 March 1891) was an Australian politician of the late 19th century in the parliament of Queensland. Early and parliamentary life Macrossan was born in County Donegal, Ireland. He moved to the colony of Victoria at the age of 21 to work on the gold diggings. Twelve years later he moved to North Queensland where he became well known among the miners in 1873 was elected a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Kennedy electoral district. He championed the causes of regulation of the mining industry and Separatism of North Queensland as a separate colony. From January 1879 he was member for Townsville and secretary for public works and for mines in the first and second McIlwraith Ministries. In January 1890 Macrossan became the Colonial Secretary in the Morehead government. Mining In the first McIlwraith Ministry, Macrossan successfully introduced the first mining regulations in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrossan, Queensland
Dotswood is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dotswood had a population of 83 people. Geography The neighbourhood of Macrossan is located in the west of the locality beside the bridge over the Burdekin River. The Great Northern Railway passes through the locality. There are a number of abandoned railway stations on that line within the locality: * Macrossan railway station () *Exley railway station () * Eneby railway station () Another abandoned station is Keelbottom railway station () on the now-closed Greenvale railway line. The Hervey Range Developmental Road runs through from east to west. History In 1863 Phillip Somer and Matthew Hervey were granted the license to occupy the and of the Keelbottom and Watershed Pastoral Runs respectively, by the Crown Lands Office in Brisbane. By late 1865 these men had transferred their holdings of the Emysland, Dotswood, Nursiedob, Keelbottom, Watershed, and Tala (or Tula).runs t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burdekin River
The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay over to the southeast of the source, with a catchment area of approximately . The Burdekin River is Australia's largest river by (peak) discharge volume. The river was first encountered by Europeans during the expedition led by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 and named in honour of Thomas Burdekin, one of the sponsors of the expedition. Course and features The Burdekin River rises on the western slopes of the Seaview Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, west of . In the river's upper catchment, from its source the river generally flows west and then south out of the Girringun National Park, part of the UNESCO Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. This area, now part of Basalt was the location of one of the earliest inland settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingela, Queensland
Mingela is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mingela had a population of 14 people. Geography Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Mount Isa (). Prior to 16 March 1931, it was known as Ravenswood Junction railway station. Haughton Valley railway station is an abandoned railway station on the same line (). Mingela has the following mountains (from north to south): * Mount Prince Charlie () * Mount Square Post () * The Bluff () * Sulphide Mountain () * Cowhead Mountain () History The area was originally called ''Cunningham'' and then ''Ravenswood Junction''. However, when the Ravenswood branch railway closed on 16 March 1931, the railway station was then renamed ''Mingela'' (an Aboriginal word meaning a ''string of waterholes''). Ravenswood Junction Provisional School opened on 3 January 1882. Circa 1910 it became Ravenswood Junction State School. In 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcium, Queensland
Calcium is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Calcium had a population of 12 people. Geography The Great Northern railway line runs immediately parallel and west of the eastern boundary of the locality, while the Flinders Highway runs immediately parallel and east of the eastern boundary of the localilty. Both the railway and the highway enter from the north-east (Woodstock) and exit to the south-west ( Reid River). No railway stations serve the locality today. Manton is a neighbourhood within the east of the locality (). There are a number of mountains in the locality (from north to south): * Flagstone at above sea level () * Black Mountain at above sea level () * Brown Mountain at above sea level () * Mount Ellenvale at above sea level () The Mingela State Forest occupies the south and west of the locality. Apart from this protected area, the land use is mostly grazing on native vegetation with crop growing in the north-west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock, Queensland
Woodstock is a rural town and locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Woodstock had a population of 270 people. Geography Woodstock is south of Townsville. The area in the head of the catchments for the Ross River. The Ross River Dam is a major source of water for Townsville and the Majors Creek/ Upper Haughton area. There is a substation at Woodstock to boost power to the area and it feeds into the Kelso substation in the Upper Ross area of Townsville. History The town takes its name from the Woodstock pastoral run, which was named in 1863, by Mark Watt Reid, station manager for pastoralist John Melton Black. Woodstock Provisional School opened in September 1890. On 1 January 1909, it became Woodstock State School. The preschool burnt down around Christmas 2004. In 2015, Woodstock State School celebrated its 125th anniversary. Manton Provisional School opened on 1 October 1903. In 1908, it reported an average daily atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toonpan, Queensland
Toonpan is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toonpan had a population of 62 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the west by the Mount Isa railway line and the Flinders Highway. The terrain varies from above sea level with the higher elevations in the east of the locality, the foothills of Mount Elliot. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing. History The first section of the Great Northern railway line opened on 20 December 1880 and followed a southerly path from Townsville to Reid River via Stuart, Antill Plains, Toonpan, Woodstock and Calcium. Toonpan railway station was at (now within the present-day boundaries of the suburb of Ross River). Toonpan Provisional School opened circa 1895, becoming Toonpan State School on 1 January 1909. Between 1920 and 1923, it operated as a half-time school with Manton Provisional School (meaning the two schools shared a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart, Queensland
Stuart is a rural coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stuart had a population of 1,576 people. Geography Stuart is bounded to the north-east by the Coral Sea. The North Coast railway line forms the western boundary, with the Stuart railway station serving the suburb. The Bruce Highway passes from the south-east to the north-west through the suburb. The Flinders Highway passes from the south-west to its junction with the Bruce Highway. Townsville Connection Road exits to the west, and Townsville Port Road exits to the north-west. Most of this large suburb is undeveloped land with the developed land mostly used for infrastructure and industrial purposes. There is a small amount of residential development. The neighbourhood of Partington is within Stuart at . It takes its name from a former railway siding on the North Coast railway line, which in turn was named after Joseph Partington, a local brickmaker. History The suburb takes its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reid River, Queensland
Reid River is a locality split between the Charters Towers Region and the City of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. In the , Reid River had a population of 143 people. Geography The '' Haughton River'' forms the south-eastern boundary. The ''Reid River'' flows through from west to south-east where it joins the ''Haughton''. The Flinders Highway runs through from north to south. The Great Northern Railway enters the locality from the north (Calcium/Woodstock) and exits to the south ( Mingela/ Ravenswood). Reid River has the following mountains (from west to east): * Plant Hill () * Cameron Hill () * Footes Hill () * Boundary Hill () History The locality takes its name from the river which was named about 1864 after explorer Mark Watt Reid. The Reid River Airfield was established for use in World War II at . Haughton Valley Provisional School opened circa 1885 and closed in 1891. Reid River Provisional School opened in 1892; it is unclear if this is a diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
