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Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a section of the Cunningham Highway. It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood. The highway is a state-controlled strategic road, except for the section concurrent with the Gore Highway, which is a state-controlled part of the National Network. History It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th century that roughly parallels today's highway. Upgrade A project to replace the Banana Creek bridge, at a cost of $7.7 million, was completed in April 2022. List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway Travelling from south to north: * Goondiwindi * Moonie * Condamine * Miles * Guluguba * Wandoan * Taroom * Theodore * Banana * Dululu * Westwood Major intersections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capricorn Highway
The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland. The highway is long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine. Formerly National Route 66, Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system much of Australia had adopted in the early-2000s and is now designated as A4. The highway runs parallel with the Tropic of Capricorn, hence its name. Other towns situated along the highway include (from east to west): Gracemere, Kabra, Stanwell, Westwood, Gogango, Duaringa, Dingo, Bluff, Blackwater, Comet, Emerald, Bogantungan, Alpha and Jericho. Running virtually east/west, the highway traverses the area known as the Central Highlands, and crosses the Great Dividing Range between Alpha and Jericho. File:Capricorn Highway 1312.svg, Capricorn Highway (green on black) State-controlled road Capricorn Highway is a state-controlled state-strategic road. It is defined in four sections, as foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
St George, Queensland
St George is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Shire of Balonne. In the , the locality of St George had a population of 3,130 people. History Aboriginal people The present township of St George was founded on the boundaries of three Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal groups, the Mandandanji to the north, the Kooma to the south-west and the Bigambul to the south-east. These people of the Balonne River fished with hoop nets and hunted ducks and marsupials for meat. They supplemented their diet with the small native melons that grew in abundance in the area, and with yams dug out from the flats along the riverbanks. Their funeral rites consisted of constructing an elevated bark platform on which the deceased would be placed, with fires lit underneath to smoke and preserve the corpse. The mummified remains would then be wrapped in bark and possum cloaks and carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalby, Queensland
Dalby () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people. It is on the Darling Downs and is the administrative centre for the Western Downs Region. Geography Dalby is approximately west of Toowoomba, west northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, east southeast of Roma, Queensland, Roma and east southeast of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville at the junction of the Warrego Highway, Warrego, Moonie Highway, Moonie and Bunya Highways. State Route 82 also passes through Dalby. It enters from the north as Dalby–Jandowae Road and exits to the south as Dalby–Cecil Plains Road. Dalby–Cooyar Road exits to the east. Dalby is the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area. Mocattas Corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with Irvingdale, Queensland, Irvingdale (). It takes its name from the former ... [...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] |
Milmerran, Queensland
Millmerran , known as Domville between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894, is a town and a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millmerran had a population of 1,545 people. Geography The town is on the Darling Downs, west of the state capital, Brisbane. The Gore Highway passes through the locality from the north-east ( Yandilla) to the west ( Captains Mountain). The Millmerran–Inglewood Road (State Route 82) runs to the south. State Route 82 enters Millmerran from the north-east concurrent with the Gore Highway. The Millmerran–Cecil Plains Road exits to the north. History Bigambul (also known as Bigambal, Bigumbil, Pikambul, Pikumbul) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bigambul people. The Bigambul language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Goondiwindi Regional Council, including the towns of Goondiwindi, Yelarbon and Texas extending north towards Moonie and Millmerran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toobeah, Queensland
Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , the locality of Toobeah had a population of 149 people. Geography Toobeah is in the Darling Downs region. The town is on the Barwon Highway, south west of the state capital, Brisbane. History The town takes its name from the Toobeah railway station on the South Western railway line, which was established in 1910. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word indicating ''to point'', possibly because of the presence of a sign post at the road junction where the railway station was built. Toobeah Provisional School opened on 12 October 1914. On 1 December 1914 it became Toobeah State School. It closed on 30 April 1964. It was on the northern corner of the Barwon Highway and Minnel Road (approx ). Demographics In the , the locality of Toobeah and the surrounding rural area had a populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelarbon, Queensland
Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 313 people. Geography Yelarbon is in south-central Queensland on the Dumaresq River, near the New South Wales border. It sits on the Cunningham Highway midway between Goondiwindi and Inglewood. File:Lagoon, Yelarbon IMG 20190607 120614.jpg, Lagoon, Yelarbon, 2019 File:Bridge on Desert Creek48065987278 42f13a5340 o.jpg, Old bridge, Desert Creek Rd, 2019 Triodia scariosa48066042402 f7470a0153 o.jpg, Spinifex Country, Yelarbon, 2019 History Bigambul (also known as Bigambal, Bigumbil, Pikambul, Pikumbul) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bigambul people. The Bigambul language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Goondiwindi Regional Council, including the towns of Goondiwindi, Yelarbon and Texas extending north towards Moonie a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goondiwindi Region
The Goondiwindi Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia along the state's border with New South Wales. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which dated back to the 19th century. It has an estimated operating budget of A$26.1 million. In the , the Goondiwindi Region had a population of 10,310 people. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Goondiwindi Region existed as three distinct local government areas: * the Town of Goondiwindi; * the Shire of Waggamba; * and the Shire of Inglewood. Inglewood and Waggamba began as two of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' on 11 November 1879. The Municipality of Goondiwindi was proclaimed under the ''Local Government Act 1878'' on 20 October 1888. They became shires, and a town, respectively on 31 March 1903 under the ''Local Authorities Act 1902''. In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condamine, Queensland
Condamine is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Condamine had a population of 294 people. Condamine is claimed to be the location of the invention of the Condamine Bell, a small bell made from sheet metal used to locate herds of cattle. Geography The town is north west of the state capital Brisbane and south from the town of Miles, in the Western Downs Region local government area. It is located in the centre of the locality. The Leichhardt Highway traverses the locality from north to south passing through the town, and the Roma-Condamine Road enters from the west. The Condamine River passes to the west of the town. The Roma to Brisbane Pipeline passes to the south of Condamine. There are two gas compression facilities to the east of Condamine. This location is the intersection of the Roma to Brisbane pipeline, the Peat/Scotia Lateral and the Braemar Line Pack Pipeline. History Tieryboo Post Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Leichhardt
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (; 23 October 1813 – ), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.Ken Eastwood,'Cold case: Leichhardt's disappearance', Australian Geographic, AG Online, accessed online 7 August 2010 Early life Leichhardt was born on 23 October 1813 in the hamlet of Sabrodt near the village of Trebatsch, today part of Tauche, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (now within the Federal Republic of Germany). He was the fourth son and sixth of the eight children of Christian Hieronymus Matthias Leichhardt, farmer and royal inspector and his wife Charlotte Sophie, ''née'' Strählow. Between 1831 and 1836 Leichhardt studied philosophy, language, and natural sciences at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin but never received a university degree. He moved to England in 1837, continued his study of the natural sciences at various places, including the British Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussia
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, History of Berlin, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by 1932 Prussian coup d'état, an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and ''de jure'' by Abolition of Prussia, an Allied decree in 1947. The name ''Prussia'' derives from the Old Prussians who were conquered by the Teutonic Knightsan organized Catholic medieval Military order (religious society), military order of Pru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
