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Kilkivan
Kilkivan is a town and locality in the Gympie Region of Queensland, Australia. At the , Kilkivan had a population of 713. Geography The town is situated on the Wide Bay Highway, north of the state capital, Brisbane and west of Gympie. One Mile Creek () meanders through the town, east of the Wide Bay Highway. The town lies in the Mary River drainage basin. Rossmore is a neighbourhood within the locality to the south-west of the town of Kilkivan (). History Kilkivan was first inhabited by the Wakka Wakka tribe of the Australian Aboriginal peoples. The town was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s. Queensland’s first gold discovery was at Kilkivan in 1852 and subsequent findings escalated into a gold rush in the 1860s. The town was named for a pastoral run owned by pastoralist John Daniel MacTaggart (1823–1871) after his father's farm name near Drumlemble, Kintyre, Scotland. The nearby Australian 'Glenbarr' property owned by MacTaggart was also named for a nearby S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinnabar, Queensland
Cinnabar is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cinnabar had a population of 72 people. Geography The Wide Bay Highway enters the location from the north-west (Kilkivan) and exits to the south-west (Kinbombi). The Breezer is a mountain in the south-west of the locality () which rises to above sea level. Cinnabar State Forest is a forest reserve in the north-west of the locality (). Apart from the state forest, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop-growing around the creeks. History In 1872, the mineral cinnabar (a sulphide of mercury) was found on the sheep station of J.D. Mactaggart west of Kilkivan. The heavy dark-red stones found contained 24% mercury in addition to copper selenide. Mercury was extensively used in gold production in Australia at that time, but no significant quantities of mercury had been found in Australia and mercury had to be imported. A number of mining companies were e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolooga, Queensland
Woolooga is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Woolooga had a population of 247 people. The town is located in the Gympie Region local government area, north of the state capital, Brisbane. Geography The town is located in the south of the locality. The Nanango railway line, railway line from Theebine to Nanango passes from the east to the south-west through the locality, but the line is no longer operating. The town was served by the Woolooga railway station () while the eastern part was served by the Boowoogum railway station (), both of which are now abandoned. The Wide Bay Creek meanders from the south-west of the locality to the east. History Around 1848, John Murray (native police officer), John Murray decided to become a pastoral squatter and chose to go to the frontier region of Wide Bay-Burnett in the north of the colony of New South Wales to obtain land. Murray occupied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanango Railway Line
The Nanango railway line was a narrow-gauge branch railway located in Queensland, Australia. On 31 October 1882, parliament approved the construction of a branch line from Theebine (then called Kilkivan Junction) west to Kilkivan after gold and copper were discovered in this region of Queensland, Australia. The section was opened in two stages – to Dickabram on 1 January 1886 after two crossings of the Mary River and to Kilkivan on 6 December 1886. Parliament approved an extension of the line south west to what became Kingaroy on 12 December 1900. The decision served to revitalise the previously unprofitable line, but such an indirect link with Brisbane faced stiff competition once roads were constructed direct from the area south east to the state's capital. Initially, as in many other places, railway construction forged the development of settlements along its path – in this instance Goomeri, Murgon, Wondai and Kingaroy townships were thus established. To Dickabram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Region
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History '' Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Regional Council
The Gympie Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Shire of Cooloola, Cooloola and Shire of Kilkivan, Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of Australian dollar, A$50 million. History ''Gabi-Gabi language, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tansey, Queensland
Tansey is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tansey had a population of 144 people. Geography The north and centre of the locality is within Grongah National Park, which extends into neighbouring localities Malarga, Gigoomgan, Calgoa, and Mudlo. Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is cattle grazing. The Burnett Highway passes through the south-west of the locality from Boonara in the south to Booubyjan in the west. The town is located on the highway at its intersection with the Kilkivan Tansey Road, which provides a connection to Kilkivan. History The town takes its name from selector Michael Tansey, a resident on "Lakeview" from 1877. On 26 September 1926, an Apostolic church was opened by Reverend W. Neimeyer. It was at 103 Wittenberg Road (). Circa 1997, the church was relocated to 19 Olive Street, Goomeri. Tansey State School opened on 6 June 1916. It closed on 13 December 1996. It was on Planted Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mudlo, Queensland
Mudlo is a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mudlo had a population of 7 people. Geography Mudlo is largely undeveloped land with a mountainous terrain being part of the Coast Range with Mount Mudlo at . Most of the northern part of the locality is within the Grongah National Park and some of the southern locality being in the Mudlo National Park and the Calgoa State Forest. The developed land is used for cattle raising. Mudlo Road passes through the locality from Kilkivan to the south and Tansey in the west. Education There are no schools in Mudlo. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Kilkivan. The nearest secondary schools are in Murgon and Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally. T .... References {{Gympie Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Snake, Queensland
Black Snake is a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Black Snake had a population of 75 people. Geography The eastern and western boundaries of the locality follow mountain ridges. Most of the developed land is in the valley between them where Coppermine Creek rises and flows north, eventually becoming a tributary of Wide Bay Creek and ultimately the Mary River. The predominant land use is cattle grazing. Some of the eastern parts of the locality are within the protected areas of Oakview National Park and Oakview Conservation Park. History To mark World Environment Day on 5 June 2009, Queensland Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Kate Jones, announced the establishment of the Oakview National Park, consisting of which was formerly part of Oakview State Forest. Education There are no schools in Black Snake. The nearest primary school is in Kilkivan and the nearest secondary school is in Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakview, Queensland
Oakview is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Oakview had a population of 29 people. It is an historic mining area and now grazing country. Geography The southern half and northern edge of Oakview are mountainous with lower flatter land in-between. The lower land has an elevation of 100–150 metres above sea level and is used for grazing. The northern edge contains Sugarloaf Mountain (340 metres above sea level) and is undeveloped land. The southern half rises to an unnamed peak at 630 metres above sea level and is part of the Oakview State Forest and the Oakview National Park. Wide Bay Creek meanders from west to east through the northern flatter part of the locality; it is a tributary of the Mary River. The railway line from Theebine to Nanango passes from east to west through the locality through the flatter land, but the line is no longer operating. Oakview was served by the Oakview railway station (). The Wide Bay Highway runs from e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Bay Highway
The Wide Bay Highway is a short state highway of Queensland, Australia running between Goomeri on the Burnett Highway and a junction on the Bruce Highway. From the junction it is 12 kilometres south to Gympie or 69 kilometres north to Maryborough. The length of the highway is 63 kilometres. At its western end the road continues from Goomeri as the Bunya Highway, connecting it to Dalby. List of towns along the Wide Bay Highway * Goomeri * Kilkivan * Woolooga Major intersections See also * Highways in Australia * List of highways in Queensland Queensland, being the second largest (by area) state in Australia, is also the most decentralised. Hence the highways and roads cover most parts of the state unlike the sparsely populated Western Australia. Even Queensland's outback is well ser ... References {{Road infrastructure in Queensland Highways in Queensland Wide Bay–Burnett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumlemble
Drumlemble (, ) is a small village on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village of Drumlemble is approximately 4 miles to the west of the nearest town, Campbeltown Campbeltown (; gd, Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing ..., on the B843. Drumlemble Halt was a small station on the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway, opening in 1906 and closing in 1932. The village consists of the main settlement of Drumlemble and the two outlying settlements of Easter and Wester Drumlemble. The local school, ''Drumlemble Primary School'', caters for the people of Drumlemble, Machrihanish and other settlements in the southern part of the Laggan plain. References Villages in Kintyre {{Argyll-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
