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Widgee
Widgee is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Widgee had a population of 794 people. History The name is believed to have originated from the Aboriginal words ''Witchee Witchee'' meaning ''listen'' or ''hark''. In 1887, of land were resumed from the Widgee Widgee pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887. Widgee Provisional School opened on 11 July 1892. It became Widgee State School on 1 January 1909. On 10 August 1912 at the Lands Office at Gympie, the Queensland Government offered for selection 48 agricultural lots in the Widgee Repurchased Estate. The lots ranged in size from , in total . 17 blocks were situated around Waroonga Creek to the north-west of Widgee Mountain () while 31 blocks were situated to south around Widgee Creek and Little Widgee Creek. The blocks were described as suitable for dairying and general farming with an average annual rainfall of . At the , W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Region
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History '' Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wodonga House
Wodonga House is a heritage-listed farmhouse at Woolooga Road, Widgee, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1902. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The former Wodonga house was constructed on its original site in 1902. The land on which it was located was first settled in 1849 when a number of runs were taken up by W B Tooth and Company. These holdings eventually developed into a cattle property known as Widgee Station. Government resumptions of Widgee Station began in 1869, and in 1877 James Meakin junior successfully applied for a 640-acre portion, which was to become Wodonga Station. In 1878 an adjoining portion was selected and further land was acquired until 1912 when Wodonga covered 1194 acres, making it one of the largest properties in the district. By January 1882, part of the holding had been transferred to James Meakin senior. The Meakins were cheese makers and also supplied produce to the residents of Gymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Wonga, Queensland
Lower Wonga is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Lower Wonga had a population of 344 people. Geography The locality is predominantly flat cleared freehold land (80–100 metres above sea level) used for grazing, apart from an unnamed peak of 450 metres in the far south-west of the locality. Widgee Creek (a tributary of the Mary River) meanders from south to north through the east part of the locality. The Wide Bay Highway passes from east to west through the northern part of the locality. History Wonga State School opened on 27 January 1914 and was renamed Wonga Lower State School in 1918. The school closed in 1968. The school building was relocated to Queen's Park in Gympie where it was used for Scout Cubs. In the 2011 census, Lower Wonga had a population of 498 people. In the Lower Wonga had a population of 344 people. In April 2017, a company SolarQ announced plans to build the Lower Wonga Solar Farm, a photovoltaic power station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glastonbury, Queensland
Glastonbury is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, 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_ ..., Australia. In the , the locality of Glastonbury had a population of 351 people. Geography Greendale is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality (). History Glastonbury Provisional School opened on 16 August 1879. On 1 January 1909, it became Glastonbury State School. It closed on 6 June 1960. It was also known as Glastonbury Creek State School. Greendale Provisional School opened on 21 October 1930 and closed in 1941. It reopened in 1947 and in 1948 became Greendale State School. It closed on 5 June 1960. In the , the locality of Glastonbury had a population of 351 people. Heritage listings Glastonbury has the following heritage sites: * 1329 Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Glastonbury, Queensland
Upper Glastonbury is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Upper Glastonbury had a population of 49 people. Geography The Glastonbury National Park is in two sections, one in the north-east of the locality and the other just east of centre. Connecting the two sections is the Marys Creek State Forest which occupies the east and south-east of the locality. The Glastonbury State Forest is in the north of the locality. Apart from the above protected areas, the land use is grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ... on native vegetation. History In the Upper Glastonbury had a population of 49 people. References Gympie Region Localities in Queensland {{GympieRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bells Bridge, Queensland
Bells Bridge is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Bells Bridge had a population of 197 people. Geography The Bruce Highway passes through the locality from the east to the north-east, where it has a junction with the Wide Bay Highway which passes through the location to the north-west. The Mary River flows through the locality from south-east to north-east, eventually flowing into the Great Sandy Strait. Most of the locality is the Brooyar State Forest, except for the eastern and north-eastern parts which are farmland supporting cropping and grazing. History The locality presumably takes its name from the Bell's Bridge built at O'Leary's Crossing over the Mary River, which was opened by the Minister for Lands, Joshua Thomas Bell, on Thursday 28 May 1908. The bridge was funded by the Widgee and Kilkivan Kilkivan is a town and locality in the Gympie Region of Queensland, Australia. At the , Kilkivan had a population of 713. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrattens Forest, Queensland
Wrattens Forest is a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wrattens Forest had a population of 3 people. Geography The terrain is mountainous and is part of the Coastal Range with Mount Mia at at a height of . The entire locality is a protected area. Most of it is within the Wrattens National Park, but some areas are in within the Wrattens Conservation Park, the Wrattens State Forest and the Wrattens Resources Reserve. History The locality was named after forest overseer Bill Wratten, who worked at state forests at Cherbourg and Wondai. To mark World Environment Day on 5 June 2009, Queensland Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Kate Jones, announced the establishment of the Wrattens National Park, consisting of which was formerly part of Wrattens State Forest. A new Wrattens Conservation Park was also established surrounding the Barambah Environmental Education Centre. Education Barambah Environmental Education Centre is an Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Snake, Queensland
Black Snake is a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Black Snake had a population of 75 people. Geography The eastern and western boundaries of the locality follow mountain ridges. Most of the developed land is in the valley between them where Coppermine Creek rises and flows north, eventually becoming a tributary of Wide Bay Creek and ultimately the Mary River. The predominant land use is cattle grazing. Some of the eastern parts of the locality are within the protected areas of Oakview National Park and Oakview Conservation Park. History To mark World Environment Day on 5 June 2009, Queensland Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Kate Jones, announced the establishment of the Oakview National Park, consisting of which was formerly part of Oakview State Forest. Education There are no schools in Black Snake. The nearest primary school is in Kilkivan and the nearest secondary school is in Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakview, Queensland
Oakview is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Oakview had a population of 29 people. It is an historic mining area and now grazing country. Geography The southern half and northern edge of Oakview are mountainous with lower flatter land in-between. The lower land has an elevation of 100–150 metres above sea level and is used for grazing. The northern edge contains Sugarloaf Mountain (340 metres above sea level) and is undeveloped land. The southern half rises to an unnamed peak at 630 metres above sea level and is part of the Oakview State Forest and the Oakview National Park. Wide Bay Creek meanders from west to east through the northern flatter part of the locality; it is a tributary of the Mary River. The railway line from Theebine to Nanango passes from east to west through the locality through the flatter land, but the line is no longer operating. Oakview was served by the Oakview railway station (). The Wide Bay Highway runs from e ... [...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] |
Heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided. International *World Heritage Sites (see Lists of World Heritage Sites) – UNESCO, advised by the International Council on Monuments and Sites * Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) * Memory of the World Programme (UNESCO) * Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) – Food and Agriculture Organization * UNESCO Biosphere Reserve * European Heritage Label (EHL) are European sites which are considered milestones in the creation of Europe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telegraph (Brisbane)
The ''Telegraph'' was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988 Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day. History In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the ''Brisbane Courier'' and founder of ''Pugh's Almanac''.Queensland Press Limited history report 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
