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Yaraka
Yaraka is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Longreach Region of Queensland, Australia. Until 2021, the town of Yaraka was part of the locality of Isisford, Queensland, Isisford. Geography Yaraka is in Central West Queensland, Australia. It was the terminus of a Blackall and Yaraka Branch Railways, Yaraka branch railway line. It is located south of Longreach, Queensland, Longreach, west of Blackall, Queensland, Blackall and south of the town of Isisford, Queensland, Isisford. The landscape is an open Mitchell Grass Downs, Mitchell grass downs country, which provides good Pastoralism, grazing country. Grey Range is located near Yaraka and is characterised by rocky ridges, Triodia (plant), spinifex grass and mulga. The locality has the following mountains: * Boundary Point () * Merry Peaks () * Mount Brookes () * Mount Margaret () * Mount Remarkable ( * Mount Slowcombe () * Sun Down Hill () History The first European to pass throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isisford, Queensland
Isisford is a rural town and locality in the Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Isisford had a population of 218 people. Geography Isisford is situated in Central Western Queensland on the Barcoo River, and is approximately south east of the town of Longreach. The town of Emmet () is located south of Isisford, and Yaraka () is located to the south-west. Isisford–Blackall Road runs east from the town to the locality of Blackall. Idalia National Park and Welford National Park are accessible from the town. The following hills are near Isisford: * Double Top () * Mount Aaron () * Mount Ellen () * Mount Grey () * Mount Malcolm () * Mount Mingera () * Mount Misery () * Mount Moses () * Mount Perrier () * Mount Slowcan () * Mountain Black () * Observatory Hill () * Opal Hill () * Penny Knob () * The Sisters () * Yellow Mountain () Climate History The Indigenous people of the Isisford region are known as the Kuungkari people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaraka Branch Railway Line
The Blackall and Yaraka Branch Railways are railway lines in Central West Queensland, Australia. The former branch connected the small town of Jericho on the Central Western railway line with Blackall and the latter branch connected Blackall to the even smaller town of Yaraka. Blackall was named after Sir Samuel Wensley Blackall who from 1868 to 1871 was the second Governor of Queensland. History In the late 1890s it was government policy that Queensland's three major trunk lines should be extended to the south-west in order to link vast remote areas with the coast. Those trunk routes were the Western line which then ran from Brisbane to Charleville, the Central Western Line from Rockhampton to Longreach and the Great Northern line running from Townsville to Hughenden. The Western line was extended south-west to Cunnamulla and opened in 1898 whilst in 1917 the Quilpie Line was opened from Westgate (south of Charleville) due west to Quilpie. The Great Northern line was exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longreach Region
The Longreach Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it superseded three previous local government areas that had existed for more than a century. It has an estimated operating budget of A$22.3m. Traditionally, pastoral activities, tourism, and rural education have been the areas of focus within the region, with a major agricultural college and attractions such as the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and the Qantas Founders Outback Museum. In the , the Longreach Region had a population of 3,647 people. History Longreach Region lay on the traditional tribal lands of the Iningai. Iningai (also known as Yiningay, Muttaburra, Tateburra, Yinangay, Yinangi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Iningai people. The Iningai language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Longreach Region, particularly the towns of Longreach, Barcaldine, Muttaburra and Aramac as well as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackall, Queensland
Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry in the area is grazing with over 70 homesteads in the locality (as at 2020). In the , the locality of Blackall had a population of 1,365 people. Yalleroi is another town in the north of the locality (). Geography Blackall is in Central Western Queensland, approximately by road from the state capital, Brisbane, south of Barcaldine and north of Charleville. The town is situated on the Barcoo River and Landsborough Highway (Matilda Way). Blackall–Jericho Road runs north-east from the town to the locality of Jericho. Isisford–Blackall Road enters from the locality of Isisford to the west. The locality contains numerous mountains, including: * Battery Knob () * Carlton Hill () * Cory Peak () * Flat Top () * Joey Peak () * Lorne Mountain () * Mount Battery () * Mount Calder () * Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jundah, Queensland
Jundah is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. Jundah is the administrative centre of the Shire of Barcoo, Barcoo Shire local government area. In the , the locality of Jundah had a population of 131 people. Geography The town is located on the Thomson River (Queensland), Thomson River in Central West Queensland, west of the state capital, Brisbane. History Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Region, Blackall-Tambo Shire Council. The outback town was established in 1883 and given a name meaning "woman" in a local Indigenous Australian languages, Aboriginal language. Jundah was first settled by pastoralists Patrick Durack (on Thylungra) and his brother-in-law John Costello (pastoralist), John Costello (on Kyabra). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmet, Queensland
Emmet is a ghost town in the rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality of Isisford, Queensland, Isisford in the Longreach Region of Queensland, Australia. In 2023, the town had a population of two people. History Emmet was once a prosperous town built around the Emmet railway station () on the Blackall and Yaraka Branch Railways, Blackall and Yaraka Branch railway. Attractions The site now contains a picnic shelter and a small museum that is housed in the former railway station building. Its relative proximity to the Idalia National Park makes it a popular stopping off point for tourists. References External links * {{authority control Longreach Region Isisford, Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central West Queensland
Central West Queensland (abbreviated CWQ) is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers 396,650.2 km2. The region lies to the north of South West Queensland and south of the Gulf Country. It has a population of approximately 12,387 people. As of 2018, it is one of 16 Aged Care Planning Regions (ACPR) in Queensland. History The first exploration by Europeans was by Major Thomas Mitchell who passed through the area in 1846. Mitchell was near Isisford on the Barcoo River when his party was lacking supplies and threatened by Aboriginals. He then decided to return to Sydney, completing a successful expedition which had explored a large area of unknown country. Geography The eastern extent of the Simpson Desert lies within the region. Haddon Corner and Poeppel Corner on the Queensland border are also located here. Bioregions in the area include the Channel Country. Part of the Cooper Basin is located in the region. The basin contains the most s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Range
The Grey Range is a low-lying range of hills located in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales. The range extends from the west of Blackall of Central West Queensland in the north to Tibooburra in the far west of New South Wales in the south. The range's highest point, Mount Arrowsmith, reaches above sea level. The Yapunyah waterhole is a notable feature of the range. Yaraka is located near the range. History Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Longreach Shire Council and Blackall-Tambo Shire Council. See also *List of mountains in Australia This is a list of mountains in Australia. Highest points by state and territory List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these ... References Grey R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queenslander
''The Queenslander'' was the weekly summary and literary edition of the ''Brisbane Courier'', the leading journal in the colony (later state) of Queensland since the 1850s. ''The Queenslander'' was launched by the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1866, and discontinued in 1939. History ''The Queenslander'' was first published on 3 February 1866 in Brisbane by Thomas Blacket Stephens. The last edition was printed on 22 February 1939. In a country the size of Australia, a daily newspaper of some prominence could only reach the bush and outlying districts if it also published a weekly edition. Yet ''The Queenslander'', under the managing editorship of Gresley Lukin—managing editor from November 1873 until December 1880—also came to find additional use as a literary magazine. Angus Mackay, later a politician, was its first editor. In September 1919, a series of aerial photographs of Brisbane and its surrounding suburbs were published under the title, ''Brisbane By Air''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Railway Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger train services connecting Brisbane to regional Queensland. Queensland Rail also owns and maintains rolling stock, in addition to approximately of track and related infrastructure. History Early history Queensland Railways was the first operator in the world to adopt a narrow gauge (in this case ) for a main line, and this remains the system-wide gauge in Queensland. The colony of Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859, and the new government was keen to facilitate development and immigration. Improved transport to the fertile Darling Downs region situated west of Toowoomba was seen as a priority. As adequate river transport was already established between the capital Brisbane and the then separate settlement of Ipswich, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
