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Irvinebank
Irvinebank is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Irvinebank had a population of 113 people. Geography The Great Dividing Range forms the south-eastern and southern boundary of the locality. Irvinebank is in the western foothills of the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland, south-west of Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, State Route 25 (bypassing Atherton) and the Herberton Petford Road. From further west it can be accessed from the Burke Developmental Road at Petford. The terrain is generally mountainous with the following named peaks: * Billing Knob () * Boot Hill () * Elizabeth Bluffs () * Geebung Hill () * Giblets Peak () * Hermit Hill () * Iron Mountain () * Lead Hill () * Mount Babinda () * Mount Gossan () * Mount Luxton () * Mount Misery () History First known as Gibbs Camp, the town was founded in 1884 by John Moffat, who had purchased the mining leases from the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Valley, Queensland
Silver Valley is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is known for its mining in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the , Silver Valley had a population of 145 people. Geography The Wild River (Queensland), Wild River forms the western boundary of the locality. Although historically part of Silver Valley, the now-abandoned township of Coolgarra is just within the current boundaries of neighbouring Mount Garnet, Queensland, Mount Garnet (). The Kennedy Highway enters the locality at its south-eastern corner (Millstream, Queensland, Millstream) forming part of its southern boundary before passing through the south of the locality and then exiting to the south (Innot Hot Springs). The locality is mountainous, rising from an elevation of in Bulldog Gully in the south of the locality through to numerous peaks in the locality (from north to south): * Middle Ridge () * Mount Clotten () * Mount Nolan () * Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moffat (mining Pioneer)
John Moffat (26 May 1841 – 28 June 1918) was a Scottish-born entrepreneur who developed a mining and industrial empire around Loudoun Mill and Irvinebank in North Queensland which drove the development of north-eastern Australia. He was a devout Swedenborgian who was famous for both vision and enterprise. He was born in Newmilns (New Mills), Ayrshire and spent most of his youth immersed in books. Extremely shy in temperament, he was known to hide whenever visitors approached. It was a habit he was to retain throughout his life. Career Emigration to Australia After learning bookkeeping and working as a clerk in Newmilns and Glasgow, he emigrated to Australia, where he worked as a shepherd on a remote outback station west of Brisbane. He was known to carry a large swag of books and stuffed his saddle-bags with philosophy, theology, engineering and science books. He frugally saved his pennies and entered into business with Brisbane storekeeper, Robert Love. A lot of custom star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a Local government in Australia, local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, Queensland, Mareeba, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several councils in the Atherton Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region. On 20 March 2013, Mareeba residents voted in favour of a proposal to reverse the amalgamation and to re-establish Mareeba Shire. The new Mareeba Shire was re-established on 1 January 2014. In the , the Shire of Mareeba had a population of 22,858 people. History The Woothakata Division, based in the mining town of Thornborough, Queensland, Thornborough on the Hodgkinson Minerals Area, Hodgkinson goldfield, was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1836 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimbulah, Queensland
Dimbulah is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in Far North Queensland, Australia, from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns by road, on the Atherton Tableland. It is within the local government in Australia, local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). In the , the locality of Dimbulah had a population of 975 people, a decrease from the 1,050 people in the . The historic mining town of Wolfram, Queensland, Wolfram is within the locality. Geography Dimbulah is south-west of Cairns. The Tablelands railway line passes through the locality which is served by the following railway stations (from north to south): * Chircan railway station, now abandoned () * Dimbulah railway station () * Leafgold railway station, now abandoned () * Carbonate Creek railway station, now abandoned () * Solanum railway station, now abandoned () * Boonmoo railway station () * Verdure railway station, now abandoned () The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petford, Queensland
Petford is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Petford had a population of 22 people. Geography ''Emu Creek'' flows through from east to north, where it joins the ''Walsh River'' as it forms part of the northern boundary. ''California Creek'', a tributary of the ''Tate River'', forms much of the southern boundary. Two other tributaries of the ''Tate River'', ''Oaky Creek'' and ''Martin Creek'', rise in the locality. The former mining town of Lappa, Queensland, Lappa is within the locality. The Burke Developmental Road enters the locality from the north-east (Dimbulah, Queensland, Dimbulah) and exits to the west (Chillagoe, Queensland, Chillagoe). The Tablelands railway line, Queensland, Tablelands railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Dimbulah, Queensland, Dimbulah) and exits to the west (Chillagoe, Queensland, Chillagoe) loosely following the same route as the Burke Developmental Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Garnet, Queensland
Mount Garnet is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Garnet had a population of 532 people. Geography Various small communities populate the area around Mount Garnet. These include Tableland Tin, Innot Hot Springs, Silver Valley and Battle Creek. Mount Garnet is at the south-western edge of the Atherton Tableland and on the Kennedy Highway. Mount Garnet is about a three-hour drive from Cairns. Mount Garnet is south-west of Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, Lake Barrine Road, State Route 25, State Route 24 and the Kennedy Highway. From further west it can be accessed via the Kennedy Highway. The town of Mount Garnet is in the east of the locality. Nymbool is a neighbourhood within the west of locality (). Although historically part of neighbouring Silver Valley, the now-abandoned township of Coolgarra is just within the boundaries of Mount Garnet in the north-east of the locality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsonville, Queensland
Watsonville is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Watsonville had a population of 176 people. Geography Watsonville is south-west of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, List of road routes in Queensland#25r, State Route 25 (bypassing Atherton, Queensland, Atherton) and the Herberton Petford Road. From further west it can be accessed from the Burke Developmental Road at Petford, Queensland, Petford. The locality is bounded to the east and south by the Great Dividing Range with a number of named peaks within the locality: * Cave Hill () * Lion Mountain () * Mount Empress () * Rocky Bluff () * Specimen Hill () * Wallum () * Western Hill () History Watsonville is a former mining town. The town was named after Robert H. Watson, a tin prospector, who discovered a local deposit on 19 February 1881. The town was surveyed by William J. White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutchilba, Queensland
Mutchilba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is known for its production of mangoes. In the , the locality of Mutchilba had a population of 627 people. Geography Mutchilba is on the Atherton Tableland, south-west of Cairns via the Captain Cook Highway, Kennedy Highway and State Route 27. From further west it can be accessed via the Burke Developmental Road. The town is located in the north-west of the locality on the Mareeba- Dimbulah Road west of Mareeba. The Great Dividing Range forms part of the eastern boundary of the locality, and the locality has the following mountains (from west to east): * Mount Masterton () * Wog Hill () * Hoot Hill () * Mount Emerald () The Tablelands railway line enters the locality from the north-east ( Arriga), passes through the town, and exits to the west ( Dimbulah). Historically, the locality was served by many railway station, but all are now abandoned (from west to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munderra, Queensland
Munderra is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Munderra had "no people or a very low population". Geography The ''Tate River The Tate River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river rise under Three Mile Mountain in the Great Dividing Range. Formed by the confluence of the Packsaddle Creek and California Creek, the river flows east t ...'' rises in the locality and flows to the west. ''California Creek'', a tributary of the ''Tate'', forms part of the northern boundary. Mount Cardwell is in the locality. Demographics In the , Munderra had "no people or a very low population". In the , Munderra had "no people or a very low population". References {{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, state Legislative Assembly, with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the Constitution of Queensland, state constitution. Since Federation of Australia, federation in 1901, Queensland has been a States and territories of Australia, state of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the Australian Government, federal government. Queensland's system of government is influenced by the Westminster system and Federalism in Australia, Australia's federal system of government. Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The waters of Torres Strait include the only international border in the area contiguous with the Australian mainland, between Australia and Papua New Guinea. The region is home to three World Heritage Sites, the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh), Riversleigh, Australia's largest fossil mammal site. Far North Queensland lays claim to over 70 national parks, including Mount Bartle Frere; with a peak of it is the highest peak in both Northern Australia and Queensland. The Far North region is the only region of Australia that is the indigenous country of both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
