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Nukku
Nukku is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Nukku had a population of 22 people. Geography The D'Aguilar Highway passes through the south of the locality from west ( Blackbutt) to east ( Gilla). The land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from the Nukku railway station name, assigned on 19 December 1912 by the Queensland Railways Department. It is an Aboriginal word ( Waka language, Dungibara dialect, Koolaburra clan), meaning ''watershed''. The Brisbane Valley railway line from Benarkin via Blackbutt and Nukku to Gilla opened on 19 December 1912. Nukku was served by the Nukku railway station (). The line closed in 1993. The station building was relocated to Millar Street in Yarraman to be used as a workshop for a saddlery business and, in 2015, relocated to Blackbutt as a museum exhibit. Nukku State School opened on 28 May 1928. It closed on 1967. The school was located to the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbutt, Queensland
Blackbutt is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blackbutt had a population of 836 people. Geography The town is located on the D'Aguilar Highway, in the South Burnett local government area, north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. Blackbutt lies within the Cooyar Creek catchment, tributary of the Brisbane River, which rises in the Bunya Mountains to the west. History European settlement in the Blackbutt area began in 1842, when the Scott family established Taromeo Station. In 1887, the Scott family ceded land to found both Blackbutt and its neighbouring town of Benarkin. Farms were established in the area and the discovery of gold in the area in the late 19th century led to population growth in the town. The timber industry played an important role in the development of the town. The town is named after ''Eucalyptus pilularis'', commonly known as blackbutt, a common tree of the family Myrtaceae native to sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbutt South, Queensland
Blackbutt South is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blackbutt South had a population of 169 people. History In the , Blackbutt South had a population of 169 people. On 1 February 2018, Blackbutt South's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilla, Queensland
Gilla is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Gilla had a population of 32 people. Geography Gilla is loosely bounded to the south-east by the Blackbutt Range (), exending into neighbouring localities of Blackbutt South, Googa Creek, Mount Binga and beyond. Pidna is a neighbourhood on the northern edge of the locality (). The Pockets is a neighbourhood near the south-eastern edge of the locality (). The north-west of the locality is a protected area within the Pidna National Park () and the Pidna State Forest (). The south-east of the locality is a protected area within the Googa State Forest () which extending into neighbouring Googa Creek. Apart from the protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. The D'Aigular Highway enters the locality from the north-east (Nukku) and exits to the north ( Yarraman). The former Brisbane Valley railway line entered the locality from the north-east (Nukka) just to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taromeo, Queensland
Taromeo is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Taromeo had a population of 335 people. History The locality presumably takes its name from the surrounding parish of Tarameo, which in turn takes its name from the Taromeo pastoral station which was named in 1842 by Simon Scott. It is probably a corruption of the Waka language Waka is an Adamawa language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated betwee ... word ''tarum'' meaning ''wild lime tree''. Taromeo was opened for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. Taromeo State School opened on 18 October 1909 and closed on 1 February 1942. Taromeo Soldiers' Settlement State School opened on 5 November 1934 and closed on 19 March 1944. In the Taromeo had a population of 335 people. On 1 February 2018, Taromeo's pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbutt North, Queensland
Blackbutt North is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Blackbutt North had a population of 438 people. Geography The land use is predominantly rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block in New Zealand, or acreage living or rural residential in Australia) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held merely to ..., extending from the town of Blackbutt to the south. History In the , Blackbutt North had a population of 438 people. On 1 February 2018, Blackbutt North's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314. References South Burnett Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthBurnett-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarraman, Queensland
Yarraman is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yarraman had a population of 1,064 people. Geography Yarraman is located northwest of the state capital, Brisbane on the junction of the New England and D'Aguilar highways. Yarraman is set in a fertile valley and produces timber, grain and beef and dairy goods, which it exports to larger cities. Yarraman is surrounded by the various components of the fragmentary Bunya Mountains and Yarraman Important Bird Area which contains the largest remaining population of the vulnerable black-breasted button-quail. In the far west the Meandu Mine extracts coal for the nearby power station. History The name ''Yarraman'' means ''horse'' in the Port Jackson Pidgin English spread by Aboriginal stockmen in eastern Australia. It might derive from word ''yira'' or ''yera'' meaning ''large teeth''. The creek at Yarraman was used in the 1870s as a place for local graziers and stockmen to meet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Valley Railway Line
The Brisbane Valley railway line was a railway connection in Queensland, Australia connecting Ipswich, west of Brisbane, to the upper Brisbane River valley. Progressively opened between 1884 and 1913, the railway provided a vital transport link between Ipswich and Yarraman and forged development and prosperity along its path. The line acquired its serpentine reputation because it did not take a straight course when faced with a hill or gully."Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways" by John Kerr 1990 Boolarong Press, Brisbane The line branched from the main western line to Toowoomba at Wulkuraka a short distance west of Ipswich and struck a north-westerly route towards Fernvale and Lowood before continuing on via Toogoolawah and Blackbutt to Yarraman. It became one of the few branch lines to accommodate passenger and mixed trains and the introduction in 1928 of rail motor services ensured that it retained an important passenger traffic role. Passenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones. Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mean time. Now, Western Australia uses Western Standard Time; South Australia and the Northern Territory use Central Standard Time; while New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory use Eastern Standard Time. Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam (winning titles at all four Grand Slam events) in both singles and doubles, and the first of four male players to complete a double career Grand Slam in singles (later followed by Rod Laver, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal). His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. He was ranked world No. 1 amateur in 1961 by Ned Potter, 1964 by Potter, Lance Tingay and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 14 experts and 1965 by Tingay, Joseph McCauley, Sport za Rubezhom and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 16 experts. Emerson was the first male player to win 12 singles majors. He held that record for 30 years until it was passed by Pete Sampras in 2000. He also held the record of six Australian Open men's singles titles until 2019 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanango
Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the D'Aguilar Highway with the Burnett Highway. Sandy Creek () meanders through the town. The locality is part of the Burnett River catchment. The productive lands of the catchment feature sedimentary floodplains. The rich fertile soils of the floodplains are the agricultural and resource backbone of the region. While there are benefits of the flooding there are also risks including the loss of vegetation in riparian zones, biosecurity issues and spread of weed species. History The original inhabitants of the area were the Aboriginal people belonging to the Wakka Wakka (or Waka Waka) people. The area was used as a gateway to the bunya nut festivals, where Aboriginal people would travel from as far away as the Clarenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ... families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Australia Libraries in Brisbane Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saddlery
Tack is equipment or accessories equipped on horses and other equines in the course of their use as domesticated animals. This equipment includes such items as saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, and harnesses. Equipping a horse is often referred to as tacking up, and involves putting the tack equipment on the horse. A room to store such equipment, usually near or in a stable, is a tack room. Saddles Saddles are seats for the rider, fastened to the horse's back by means of a ''girth'' (English-style riding), known as a ''cinch'' in the Western US, a wide strap that goes around the horse at a point about four inches behind the forelegs. Some western saddles will also have a second strap known as a ''flank'' or ''back cinch'' that fastens at the rear of the saddle and goes around the widest part of the horse's belly.Price, Steven D. (ed.) ''The Whole Horse Catalog: Revised and Updated'' New York:Fireside 1998 p. 167-178 It is important that the saddle be comfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
