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Shire Of Warwick
The Shire of Warwick was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and major town of the shire was the town of Warwick. History On 19 March 1992, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its report ''External Boundaries of Local Authorities'', and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised into three new local government areas. That recommendation was not implemented, but the City of Warwick was merged with the Shires of Allora, Glengallan and Rosenthal to form the new Shire of Warwick. The ''Local Government (Allora, Glengallan, Rosenthal and Warwick) Regulation 1994'' was gazetted on 20 May 1994. On 25 June, an election was held for the new council, and on 1 July 1994, the Shire of Warwick was established. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick, Queensland
Warwick ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in southeast Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Region Local government in Australia, local government area. The surrounding Darling Downs have fostered a strong agricultural industry for which Warwick, together with the larger city of Toowoomba, serve as convenient service centres. In the , the locality of Warwick had a population of 12,294 people. Geography The Condamine River meanders from the east to the north-west of Warwick. One of its tributaries, Rosenthal Creek, enters Warwick from the south and enters the Condamine within Warwick. The Cunningham Highway and the New England Highway jointly enter Warwick from the north, cross the Condamine River, and then turn west within the town close to the Warwick central business district. The Cunningham Highway then continues west towards Goondiwindi, while the New England Highway he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Glengallan
The Shire of Glengallan was a local government area south and east of the regional centre of Warwick in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Warwick, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1994, when it was dissolved and amalgamated with City of Warwick, Shire of Rosenthal and Shire of Allora to form the Shire of Warwick. History On 11 November 1879, the Glengallan Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 2608. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', it became a Shire on 31 March 1903. Its offices were located at Yangan Road, Warwick. On 19 March 1992, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its report ''External Boundaries of Local Authorities'', and recommended that local government boundaries in the Warwick area be rationalised into 3 new local government ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killarney, Queensland
Killarney is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , the locality of Killarney had a population of 918 people. Geography Killarney is located south-east of Warwick on the Condamine River in the Darling Downs. Killarney is located about from the Queensland/New South Wales border. It is close to Queen Mary Falls in the Main Range National Park, where Spring Creek plunges into the valley. Mountain View is a neighbourhood within the locality of Killarney (). Melrose is a neighbourhood within the locality of Killarney (); it is associated with the Melrose pastoral station. History The Gidhabal (also known as Gidabal, Kitabal) language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Southern Downs Regional Council, particularly Warwick, Killarney and Woodenbong, extending into New South Wales. Killarney bordered on the northern boundaries of the Yetimarala people. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willowvale, Queensland
Willowvale is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Willowvale had a population of 108 people. Geography Willowvale is predominantly farm land with no urban development. The Cunningham Highway forms the eastern boundary of the locality. Glengallan Creek flows from west to east through the northern part of the locality. Mount Juliet is located in the southern part of the locality. History Grayson Provisional School opened in 1908. On 1 January 1909, it became Grayson State School. In 1912 it was renamed Willowvale State School. It closed in 1967. The school was at 361 Willowvale Road (on the south-west corner with Willowvale School Road, ). The Grayson / Glengallan Presbyterian Church was built on of land opposite the Grayson School at 350 Willowvale Road (). The land was donated by William Skerman and the church was erected using volunteer labour by local people. It officially opened on Sunday 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talgai, Queensland
Talgai is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Talgai had a population of 106 people. Geography The locality of Ellinthorp is entirely contained within the boundaries of Talgai. This is quite unusual in Queensland which does not normally permit such a containment, requiring all localities to have at least two neighbours. The South Western railway line enters the locality from the north ( Elphinstone/ Allora) and exits to the south-east (Hendon). The Ellinthorp railway station is an abandoned railway station on the line (), which, despite the name, is in Talgai but immediately east of the town of Ellinthorp. History The locality name derives from the pastoral run name established by G. Gammie who arrived on the Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Marshall, Queensland
Mount Marshall is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Marshall had a population of 229 people. Geography The New England Highway enters the locality from the south ( Glengallan) and exits to the north ( Allora/Berat). The land use is principally cropping with some grazing on native vegetation. There is an area of rural residential housing in the centre of the locality (approx ). History The locality presumably takes its name from the mountain Mount Marshall () rising to , which is to the south-east of the locality in neighbouring Glengallan. Glengallan Station School opened circa 1886 for the education for the children of staff of Glengallan Homestead. In 1891 it became Glengallan Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Glengallon State School. It closed in 1921. In late 1922 or early 1923 it was amalgamated with Wilsonville State School to become Mount Marshall State School. It closed in 1965. It was on the south-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendon, Queensland
Hendon is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Hendon had a population of 227 people. Geography Hendon is situated north of Warwick and about southwest of Brisbane. History The town of Hendon developed after the opening of the Southern railway line from Gowrie Junction (near Toowoomba) to Hendon railway station on 11 March 1869. The Southern line was extended to Millhill on 9 January 1871, and across the Condamine River to Cherry Gully on 8 December 1880, to Stanthorpe by 3 May 1881, reaching New South Wales border at Wallangarra on 14 February 1887. The town takes its name from the Hendon railway station, which in turn was originally named ''Allora'' in 1869, but was changed to ''Hendon'' in mid-1870s as the station was . from the town of Allora. ''Hendon'' was the name of a settler in the district. Hendon Post Office opened on 1 April 1877 and closed in 1968. Hendon Provisional School opened on 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goomburra, Queensland
Goomburra is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Goomburra had a population of 256 people. Inverramsay is a neighbourhood in Goomburra (). Geography Goomburra is on the Darling Downs. It is the valley of Dalrymple Creek which flows from east to west away from the Great Dividing Range towards Allora, Queensland, Allora. The creek eventually becomes a tributary of the Condamine River, part of the Murray-Darling river system. Although there is mountainous terrain within the locality with elevations ranging from above sea level, there is only one named peak, Masters Knob () which rises to above sea level. The town is located in the south-west of the locality, while Inverramsay is a neighbourhood near the south-eastern boundary of the locality around the Inverramsay Homestead. The main route through the locality from south-west (Berat, Queensland, Berat) to north-east (East Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellinthorp, Queensland
Ellinthorp is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, 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 Austr ..., Australia. In the , the locality of Ellinthorp had a population of 30 people. Geography Dalrymple Creek forms the southern boundary of the locality and the South Western railway line forms the eastern boundary with the now-abandoned Ellinthorp railway station () once serving the town, which is immediately west of the station. Contrary to the Queensland Government's normal rules that no locality should be an "island" within another locality, Ellinthorp is completely surrounded by the locality of Talgai. History The township was known as Talgai before it was renamed Ellinthorp on 19 March 1931. The name Ellinthorp presumably comes from the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deuchar, Queensland
Deuchar is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Deuchar had a population of 327 people. Geography The Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern railway line enters the suburb from the north (Hendon, Queensland, Hendon) and exits to the south (Massie, Queensland, Massie). The Warwick Allora Road also enters the locality from the north (Hendon, but to the east of the railway) and exits to the south (Massie, adjacent to the railway). The land use is a mix of Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation and crop growing. The crops are mostly grown in the east of the locality. History The locality is named after pioneer stock breeder John Deuchar who leased the Canal Creek pastoral run, managed the Rosenthal run, and was co-owner of Glengallan Homestead, Glengallan run from 1855 to 1870. Deuchar Provisional School opened on 14 March 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Deuchar State School. It was closed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clintonvale, Queensland
Clintonvale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clintonvale had a population of 72 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from north-east ( Gladfield) to south-west ( Glengallan). Mount Stewart rises to in the north of the locality (). History The locality was named after Henry E. Clinton, the roads superintendent who oversaw the building of the Warwick-Spicers Gap road in the 1860s. Ross's Corner Provisional School opened at Cunningham Junction on 22 July 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Ross's Corner State School. In 1915, it was renamed Clinton Vale State School, eventually Clintonvale State School. It closed in 2001. It was at 22 Clintonvale School Road (). As at April 2021, the school building is still extant. The school's website was archived. The Maryvale railway line opened from the Southern railway line to Maryvale on 30 September 1911, with Clintonvale being served by the Clintonva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berat, Queensland
Berat is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Berat had a population of 129 people. History Dalrymple Creek Provisional School opened on 15 June 1887. In 1890, it became Dalrymple Creek State School. In 1907, the name was changed to Forest Plains State School. In 1914, it was renamed Berat State School. It closed on 9 October 1944. It was at 405 Goomburra Road (). Demographics In the , Berat had a population of 123 people. In the , Berat had a population of 129 people. Education There are no schools in Berat. The nearest government primary schools are Allora P-10 State School in neighbouring Allora to the west and Freestone State School in Freestone to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Allora P-10 State School (to Year 10) in Allora, Clifton State High School in Clifton to the north-west, and Warwick State High School in Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
