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Shire Of Dalrymple
The Shire of Dalrymple was a Local government in Australia, local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, Queensland, Charters Towers, at which its council and administrative centre was based. It covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the separate City of Charters Towers to form the Charters Towers Region. History Dalrymple Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 4494. The name ''Dalrymple'' is believed to honour George Elphinstone Dalrymple, an early explorer of the region. On 2 July 1902, the No. 1 subdivision of Dalrymple Division was excised to create a separate Shire of Queenton. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Dalrymple Division became the Shire of Dalrymple on 31 March 1903. On 1 January 1930, ... [...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] |
Dalrymple Division
#REDIRECT Shire of Dalrymple The Shire of Dalrymple was a Local government in Australia, local government area located in North Queensland, Australia, and surrounded but did not include the town of Charters Towers, Queensland, Charters Towers, at which its council and admin ... Dalrymple Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenvale, Queensland
Greenvale is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Greenvale had a population of 192 people. Geography Greenvale is a nickel mining area, approximately northwest of Townsville. Other metal ores are also extracted there. Greenvale lies on the banks of the Burdekin River and on the Gregory Highway. A good sealed road crosses the hills over to Townsville. Greenvale railway line (an ore-carrying railway line) ran between Greenvale and Queensland Nickel Industries (QNI) processing plant at Yabulu, Queensland, Yabulu, approximately north of Townsville from 1974 to 1993. There are a number of abandoned railway stations on the line: * Greenvale railway station () * Miners Lake railway station () * Pilkara railway station () * Malan railway station () There are a number of airstrips, including (from north to south): * Craigs Pocket Airstrip () * Marionvale Airstrip () * Wyandot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotswood, 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 to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimea, 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaspe, Queensland
Campaspe is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Campaspe had a population of 123 people. There are two neighbourhoods in the north of the locality: Balfes Creek () and Powlathanga (). Geography The '' Cape River'' flows south-east through a portion of the west of the locality before exiting, then returning to form part of the southern boundary. The '' Campaspe River'' flows south-east through the locality before joining the ''Cape'' on the southern boundary. The Flinders Highway runs through the north of the locality, entering from the north-east (Basalt / Black Jack) and exiting to the north-west ( Homestead). The Gregory Highway enters the locality from the north-east ( Seventy Mile) and then heads south through the locality, briefly passing through Seventy Mile, and then exiting to south-east ( Llanarth). The two highways do not have a junction within Campaspe. The Great Northern railway line runs mostly immediately south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breddan, Queensland
Breddan is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Breddan had a population of 478 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the north-east by the Burdekin River, to the south-east by Flinders Highway, and in part to the west by the Lynd Highway. Sellheim is a town in the easternmost part of the locality (). It was named after pastoralist Philip Frederic Sellheim who was the gold warden in Charters Towers from 1880 to 1888. The southern part of the town extends into the neighbouring locality of Broughton. The Great Northern Railway enters the locality by crossing the Burdekin River with Sellheim served by the Sellheim railway station () within Broughton. Mount Boddington is in the centre of the locality and is part of the Pinnacles Range (). It rises to above sea level. The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some irrigated cropping in the north of the locality near the Burkedin River. History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Jack, Queensland
Black Jack is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly a mining town. In the , Black Jack had a population of 167 people. Geography Black Jack is a triangular-shaped locality. The Great Northern railway line forms the northern boundary of Black Jack. There are two railway stations within the locality, Wellington Yards railway station in the far north-east corner, on the outskirts of the suburbs of Charters Towers, and Southern Cross railway station on its north-west border. The Flinders Highway passes through the northern part of the locality, while the Diamantina Road forms its eastern boundary. Black Jack is approximately above sea level rising to peaks in its south-west of . History The Black Jack P. C. mine produced large quantities of gold in 1886 and 1887 (known as the Black Jack Boom) but then produced very little in subsequent years. Black Jack Provisional School opened on 21 March 1887. It became Black Jack State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basalt, Queensland
Basalt is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Basalt had a population of 215 people. Geography In the north and west lies the Clarke River. The Burdekin River drains the south where a confluence of waterways meet. Dalrymple National Park was established along the Burdekin in 1990. The Great Basalt Wall National Park is in the south-west of the locality in two sections. The area has road access via the Gregory Developmental Road. The Hervey Range Developmental Road enters from the east to intersect the Gregory Highway. The now-closed Greenvale railway line passed through the locality with Tulay railway station now abandoned (). Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation. Demographics In the , Basalt had a population of 229 people. In the , Basalt had a population of 190 people. In the , Basalt had a population of 215 people. Heritage listings There are a number of heritage sites in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Queensland
The Parliament of Queensland is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature, legislative body of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of Monarchy in Australia, the King, represented by the Governor of Queensland, and the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral state legislature in the country since the upper chamber, the Queensland Legislative Council, Legislative Council, was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House, Brisbane, Parliament House in the state capital, Brisbane. The Queensland Parliament retains Plenary power, plenary legislative power over Queensland, however Commonwealth laws apply to the extent of any inconsistency. Some laws from the colonial era passed by the Parliament of New South Wales, New South Wales parliament and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Imperial Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsville Daily Bulletin
The ''Townsville Bulletin'' is a daily newspaper published in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, formerly known as the ''Townsville Daily Bulletin''. It is the only daily paper that serves the northern Queensland region. The paper has a print edition, a subscription digital edition and a website. The newspaper is published by The North Queensland Newspaper Company Pty Ltd, which has been a subsidiary of News Limited since 1984.BHP Billiton Our World History Series: Townsville Bulletin 2013. News Limited is Australia's largest newspaper publisher and a subsidiary of associated with |
Shire Of Ravenswood
The Shire of Ravenswood was a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Its administrative centre was in Ravenswood. History Ravenswood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1412. On 18 January 1882, the subdivisions were abolished (meaning all of board members would be elected by all residents rather than having representatives from different parts of the division). With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Ravenswood Division became the Shire of Ravenswood on 31 March 1903. However, with the decline in Ravenwood's population after World War I, it became increasingly financially unviable to have a separate local government authority. On 1 January 1930, the Shire of Ravenswood was abolished and absorbed into the Shire of Dalrymple as its No. 3 division. On 15 March 2008, under the ''Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
