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Springsure Branch Railway Line
The Central Western railway line is a railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1867 and 1928. It commences at Rockhampton railway station, Rockhampton and extends west to Winton, Queensland, Winton. History Following the separation of Queensland from the colony of New South Wales in 1859, Queensland consisted of a vast area with a population of approximately 30,000 people, most of who lived in the southeast corner of the colony. The new Queensland Government was keen to facilitate development and immigration, and had approved the construction of the Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line from Ipswich railway station, Queensland, Ipswich, about to the fertile Darling Downs region in 1864. This was the first narrow gauge () main line in the world. Following the establishment of the settlement of Rockhampton in 1858, and the discovery of gold at nearby Canoona in 1859, there were calls for improved land transportation in the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoona
Canoona is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. It was the site of the first North Australian gold rush. In the , Canoona had a population of 90 people. Geography The Fitzroy River forms the southern boundary of the locality, while Marlborough Creek and Mountain Hut Creek form most of its western boundary. The Bruce Highway forms most of the north-eastern boundary with North Coast railway line running closely beside it. A number of creeks flow through the locality, all are tributaries of the Fitzroy River. The Princhester Conservation Park lies in the west of the locality and the Lake Learmouth State Forest in the east. Apart from these protected areas, the land is predominantly used for grazing. Although a town centre was surveyed for Canoona at , no township remains and the township land is now a reserved area. There are a number of railway stations on the North Coast line within the locality; from north to south: * Kunwarara railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beta Railway Station
Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; or ) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive . In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced bilabial fricative while in borrowed words is instead commonly transcribed as μπ. Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter and the Cyrillic letters and . Name Like the names of most other Greek letters, the name of beta was adopted from the acrophonic name of the corresponding letter in Phoenician, which was the common Semitic word ('house', compare and ). In Greek, the name was , pronounced in Ancient Greek. It is spelled in modern monotonic orthography and pronounced . History The letter beta was derived from the Phoenician letter beth . The letter Β had the largest number of highly divergent local forms. Besides the standard form (either rounded or pointed, ), there were forms as varied as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha, Queensland
Alpha is a rural town and a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Alpha had a population of 559 people. Geography Alpha is in Central West Queensland. It lies on Alpha Creek. The Capricorn Highway runs through from east to west, and the Clermont-Alpha Road enters from the north-east. The Central Western railway line passes through the town, which is served by Alpha railway station. The town is a service centre for the surrounding pastoral properties and travellers on the highway. History The town of Alpha is situated approximately 400 kilometres to the west of Rockhampton, with the name being derived from Alpha Pastoral Station, established in 1863. This was a very large station, dominating the area and growing to more than 1,600 square kilometres by the 1890s. The area was originally visited and partly explored by the New South Wales Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell in 1846 and it was his reports that were to encourage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropic Of Capricorn
The Tropic of Capricorn (or the Southern Tropic) is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. It also reaches 90 degrees below the horizon at solar midnight on the June Solstice. Its northern equivalent is the Tropic of Cancer. The Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five major circles of latitude marked on maps of Earth. Its latitude is currently south of the Equator, but it is very gradually moving northward, currently at the rate of 0.47 arcseconds, or 15 metres, per year. Name When this line of latitude was named, the Sun was in the constellation Capricornus at the December solstice. This is the date each year when the Sun reaches zenith at this latitude, the southernmost declination it reaches for the year. (Due to the axial precession, precession of the equinoxes the Sun currently appears in Sagittarius (constellation), Sagittarius at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerald, Queensland
Emerald is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. Situated on the Nogoa River, Emerald lies approximately 270 kilometres west of Rockhampton and serves as major service centre for the region's extensive agricultural and mining industries. Emerald's climate is classified as subtropical, with hot summers and mild winters. The town is the headquarters for the Central Highlands Regional Council. In the , the locality of Emerald had a population of 14,904. Emerald was founded as the Rail terminus, terminus of the Central Western railway line in 1879, however this lasted only a year before subsequent lines were built to Springsure and Clermont, Queensland, Clermont leading to Emerald becoming a transport hub. The town's development accelerated in the 1980s onwards, primarily due to its proximity to the Bowen Basin coalfields, leading to rapid population growth and urban expansion. Emerald's economy is diverse, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nogoa River
The Nogoa River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia. Course and features The river rises on the Carnarvon Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, in the Carnarvon National Park and flows in a generally north easterly direction towards . From source to mouth, the Nogoa River is joined by 29 minor tributaries. North of the river forms confluence with the Comet River to form the Mackenzie River. The Nogoa descends over its course. The river is crossed by the Gregory and Capricorn Highways at Emerald. The river has a catchment area of draining parts of the Minerva Hills, Peak Range, Snake Range national parks. Of this area, is riverine wetlands. The reservoir created by Queensland's second largest dam, Lake Maraboon was formed when the Fairbairn Dam was built on the river in 1972. The dam and a network of channels along the Nogoa River supplies water for the Emerald Irrigation Area. Sir Thomas Mitchell was the first European explorer to discover the river o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwater, Queensland
Blackwater is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Blackwater had a population of 4,702 people. It is a town in a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland. The name of the township was inspired by the dark colour of local waterholes. Geography Six major open cut coal mines and one underground dot the landscape surrounding the town and provide its main employment opportunities. The town is also situated close to the Blackdown Tableland National Park which lies to the southeast and Blackwater coal mine located south of the town. Emerald is to the west. Bonnie Doon is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality () and is associated with the Bonnie Doon pastoral station established in 1893. Rangal, a neighbourhood in the locality (), is associated with former Rangal railway station (originally called Frasers Siding), assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 7 June 1927. It is an Aborigina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullock Teams
A bullock cart or ox cart (sometimes called a bullock carriage when carrying people in particular) is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen. It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or less suitable for the local infrastructure. Used especially for carrying goods, the bullock cart is pulled by one or several oxen. The cart is attached to an ox team by a special chain attached to yokes, but a rope may also be used for one or two animals. The driver, and any other passengers, sit on the front of the cart, while load (if there is any) is placed in the back. Traditionally, the cargo has been agrarian goods and lumber. History The first indications of the use of a wagon (cart tracks, incisions, model wheels) are dated to around 4400 BC. The oldest wooden wheels usable for transport were found in southern Russia and dated to 3325 ± 125 BC. Evidence of wheeled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Peak Downs
The Shire of Peak Downs was a local government area in the Central Highlands of Queensland, Australia, 320 km west of both Rockhampton and Mackay. On 15 March 2008 the shires of Duaringa, Emerald, Bauhinia and Peak Downs were amalgamated to form the Central Highlands Region. History ''Yambina'' (also known as ''Jambina'' and ''Jambeena'') is an Australian Aboriginal language of Central Queensland. Its traditional language region is the local government area of Central Highlands Region, including Peak Downs, Logan Creek, south to Avon Downs, east to Denham Range and Logan Downs, west to Elgin Downs and at Solferino. On 11 November 1879, the Belyando Division was established as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 20 September 1884, Peak Downs Division was separated from the southern part of Belyando Division. On 31 March 1903, Peak Downs Division became the Shire of Peak Downs. In 1927, the shire's offices were located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springsure
Springsure is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Springsure had a population of 950 people. Geography Springsure is situated by road south of Emerald, Queensland, Emerald, at the southern end of the Gregory Highway, and at the northern end of the Dawson Highway. Springsure is northwest of Brisbane. The terrain varies from above sea level, with a number of named mountain features: * Mount Booramool () * Mount Zamia () * Eclipse Gap () The Minerva Hills National Park is in the north-west of the locality (). The town of Springsure serves the surrounding community of cattle farms, and sunflower, sorghum, wheat and chickpea plantations. Springsure is the hub for several coal mines such as the Minerva Mine and the Rolleston Mine. Significant exploration is ongoing in the district. Springsure was served by a branch railway from the Central Western railway line. The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroom
Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Taroom had a population of 885 people. Geography The town is located on the Dawson River (Queensland), Dawson River and the Leichhardt Highway, north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, 300 kilometres (186 mi) west of Maryborough, South-west of Rockhampton, Queensland, Rockhampton and from Toowoomba, Queensland, Toowoomba. The Leichhardt Highway runs through from south to north, and the Roma-Taroom Road enters from the south-west. Climate History Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt passed through the district in 1844, carving his initials and date on a Eucalyptus coolabah, coolibah tree that now stands in the centre of town. The name Taroom is said to be an Indigenous Australian, aboriginal Wakawaka language, Waka word ''tarum'' meaning ''wild lime''. The town was surveyed by Clare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
