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Sundown, Queensland (Southern Downs Region)
Sundown is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South .... In the , Sundown had "no people or a very low population". Demographics In the , Sundown had "no people or a very low population". In the , Sundown had "no people or a very low population". References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland {{SouthernDowns-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00). Time is regulated by the individual states and territories of Australia, state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used between the first Sunday in October and the first Sunday in April in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: * New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Jervis Bay Territory and the Australian Capital Territory switches to the Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT; UTC+11:00), and * South Australia switches to the Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30). 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 mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Southern Downs
Southern Downs is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 2001 as a replacement for Warwick. The district takes in the southern parts of the Darling Downs region along the New South Wales border. It includes the towns of Warwick, Goondiwindi, Stanthorpe, Millmerran and Allora. It also consists of several smaller communities such as Inglewood, Texas, Killarney, Wallangarra and Cecil Plains. The Darling Downs has traditionally been a conservative area, and Southern Downs is no exception. It has been a safe seat for the Liberal National Party and its predecessor, the National Party for its entire existence. Warwick had been in the hands of a non-Labor party since 1947. The seat's first member, Lawrence Springborg, transferred from Warwick in 2001. He served as the last leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party from January until July 2008, having previously served in the post from 2003 to 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Maranoa
The Division of Maranoa is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in Queensland. Maranoa extends across the Outback, Southern Outback and is Social conservatism, socially conservative. It is the largest electorate in Queensland and the fifth largest federal electorate in Australia, being three times the size of Victoria (state), Victoria. In the 2016 Australian federal election, 2016 and 2019 Australian federal election, 2019 federal elections, Pauline Hanson's One Nation finished ahead of Australian Labor Party, Labor on preference count, reaching a peak in 2016 with 17.82% of the primary vote. Maranoa is a stronghold for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The current Parliament of Australia, MP is David Littleproud, former Ministry of Agriculture, Minister of Agriculture and 2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill, current leader of the National Party of Australia, National Party. Geography Since 1984, federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springdale, Queensland
Springdale is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Springdale had a population of 28 people. Geography The terrain varies from above sea level with the following named peaks (from north to south): * Mount Malakoff () * Mount Emily () * Black Jack Mountain () Apart from the area around the historic arsenic mines, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. History The Queensland Government operated the State Arsenic Mine (also called the Jibbinbar Mine) () from 1919 to 1924. The motivation for establishing the mine was to obtain arsenic was to poison prickly pear which was a highly invasive plant species in Queensland at that time. However, the prickly pear was eventually biologically controlled by the introduction of the Cactoblastis cactorum moth, removing the need for large supplies of arsenic, so the mine closed. Jibbenbah State School opened on 22 June 1922 for the use of mining families and local farming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nundubbermere, Queensland
Nundubbermere is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Nundubbermere had a population of 102 people. Geography The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing. History The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run in the Stanthorpe area. Land in Nundubbermere was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. On 15 June 1917, the Queensland Government approved the establishment of a state school at Nundubbermere. In October 1917 the government reserved of Crown land for the school. It is unclear if the school ever opened. Demographics In the , Nundubbermere had a population of 98 people. In the , Nundubbermere had a population of 102 people. Education There are no schools in Nudubbermere. The nearest government primary schools are: * Greenlands State School in neighbouring Greenlands to the north * Broadwater State School in Broadwater to the north-east * Glen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballandean, Queensland
Ballandean is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. The town has a number of nearby vineyards which attracted tourists to the area. In the , the locality of Ballandean had a population of 316 people. Geography The Severn River (Queensland), Severn River marks part of the northern boundary. Kelvin Grove Creek, Washpool Creek, Accommodation Creek and Smiths Creek all flow through Ballandean into the Severn River. The New England Highway passes through Ballandean from north to south in the north-east of Ballandean in close parallel to the Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern railway line. The Ballandean railway station is in this area and the urban development surrounds the railway station. The station is now closed as there are no passenger services on this line. The rest of the locality is predominantly farmland. Apple Vale is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality (). History The nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Creek, New South Wales (Tenterfield)
Back Creek is a small rural locality in the Tenterfield Shire, part of the New England region of New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... At the , the town recorded a population of 14. References {{authority control Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingoola, Queensland
Mingoola is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. In the , Mingoola had a population of 14 people. Geography Mingoola is located on the border of Queensland and New South Wales with the adjacent locality over the border also being called Mingoola. The Dumaresq River forms part of the border and forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality. The Severn River enters the locality from the north-east ( Sundown) and becomes a tributary of the Dumaresq River at the border. The elevation ranges from . The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation, except for the lower-lying land around the Severn and Dumaresq Rivers which is used for crop growing. History The locality probably takes its name from a pastoral run called Mangoola or Moongoola mentioned in the memoirs of Oscar De Satge. Land in Mingoola was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. Demographics I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Postcodes in Australia, Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage of suburb (municipality outside of a big city). The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "neighbourhood" or "district", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The region runs along the state's southern boundary with New South Wales and was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. As at 2024, it has an area of . In the , the Southern Downs Region had a population of 36,290 people. History The majority of the former Warwick Shire is home to the Githabul people who have lived around this area for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the early 1840s. The current area of the Southern Downs Region existed as two distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Warwick; which in turn consisted of four previous local government areas: ** the City of Warwick; ** the Shire of Allora; ** the Shire of Glengallan; ** the Shire of Rosenthal; * and the Shire of Stanthorpe. The City of Warwick came into being as the Warwick Municipality on 25 May 1861 under the ... [...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] |
Queensland Borders
Queensland is the north-eastern state of Australia and has land borders with three other Australian states and territories: New South Wales (to the south), South Australia (to the south-west) and Northern Territory (to the west). To the north of Queensland is the Torres Strait separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea. To the east of Queensland is the Coral Sea, part of the Pacific Ocean. There are many islands off the Queensland coast which form part of the state of Queensland. The far western boundary with the Northern Territory is aligned along the 138th meridian east until Poeppel Corner at the intersection of this meridian and the 26th parallel south. It is here that Queensland borders South Australia. The boundary follows this latitude until it reaches the 141st meridian east at Haddon Corner where the border turns south reaching Cameron Corner on the 29th parallel south, the most western part of the border with New South Wales. The border follows this lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
