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Electoral District Of Mundingburra
Mundingburra is an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is currently held by Liberal National Party of Queensland, Liberal National MP Janelle Poole. Overview The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland. Significant utilities within the Mundingburra electorate are the Townsville Hospital, the Douglas, Queensland, Douglas Campus of James Cook University and Townsville Shopping Centre. Suburbs of the electorate include Heatley, Queensland, Heatley, Cranbrook, Queensland, Cranbrook, Aitkenvale, Mundingburra, Vincent, Queensland, Vincent, Douglas, Queensland, Douglas, Annandale, Queensland, Annandale, Gulliver, Queensland, Gulliver, Mysterton, Rosslea, Queensland, Rosslea, part of Kirwan, Queensland, Kirwan and Pimlico, Queensland, Pimlico north of the Ross River (Queensland), Ross River. Mundingburra is bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janelle Poole
Janelle Poole is an Australian politician. She was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Electoral district of Mundingburra, Mundingburra in the 2024 Queensland state election. Poole was born in Townsville, raised in the suburb of Cranbrook, Queensland, Cranbrook and was educated at Aitkenvale State School, Aitkenvale State Primary School and Heatley State High School. Poole joined the Queensland Police Service in 1996, and was awarded the Australian Police Medal by the Governor-General of Australia, governor general in 2015. References Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian police officers Politicians from Townsville Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-LiberalNational-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranbrook, Queensland
Cranbrook is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cranbrook had a population of 5,844 people. Geography Cranbrook is located south-west of the Townsville CBD. It is close to the Aitkenvale business district. Ross River Road runs through from east to west, and Douglas–Garbutt Road (Nathan Street) runs along the eastern boundary. History On 1 July 1968, Cranbrook was named by Queensland Place Names Board after Cranbrook, the Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ... home of Robert Towns. Holy Spirit School opened on 15 May 1969. Ignatius Park College opened on 25 August 1969. Cranbrook State School opened on 27 January 1981. Demographics In the , Cranbrook had a population of 5,908 people. In the , Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Bowen
Bowen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1950 and at various times until 1992. History The electoral district of Bowen was established by the 1872 Electoral Districts Act. During the First McIlwraith Ministry, the seat of Bowen was occupied by three Attorneys-General: Henry Beor, Pope Alexander Cooper and Charles E. Chubb. Upon Beor's death, Cooper, who was not at that time in Parliament, was appointed Attorney-General and contested and won the resulting by-election. When he resigned, Chubb entered parliament in the same manner. Bowen is the only state or federal electorate in Australia to elect a Communist member, Fred Paterson, who served as member for Bowen from the 1944 election until the 1950 election. In a 1949 redistribution, Bowen was abolished, being split between the new electoral districts of Burdekin and Whitsunday. It has been suggested that the redistribution was done deliberately to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Herbert
Herbert was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state (colony until 1901) of Queensland. History Herbert was created in 1888. It was located in north-east Queensland, initially from Cairns to Townsville. It was abolished in the 1949 redistribution (taking effect at the 1950 elections), being incorporated into the newly created Electoral district of Mourilyan. Members The following people were elected in the seat of Herbert: Election results See also * Electoral districts of Queensland * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year * :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name * Division of Herbert The Division of Herbert is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of Queensland. Eligible voters within the Division elect a single representative ... for the federal House of Representatives electorate of the same name References {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is a publicly-owned statutory organisation that is politically independent and accountable; for example, through its production of annual reports, and is bound by provisions contained within the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an Act of Federal Parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross River (Queensland)
The Ross River is a river in North Queensland, Australia. The long river flows through the city of Townsville and empties into the Coral Sea. It is the major waterway flowing through Townsville and the city's main source of drinking water. The river is named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (-1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a Mayors of Townsville, mayor of Townsville in 1868. Course and features The river rises in the Hervey Range below Pepper Pot Mountain and flows generally north through Ross River Dam, Lake Ross, across a flat coastal plain and east around into Townsville city. The Ross River flows across the Townsville suburbs of , , , , , and . The river is joined by three minor tributary, tributaries including Ross Creek (Queensland), Ross Creek, before reaching its mouth (river), mouth south east of Townsville. This area is currently being developed into a marina precinct. Flow rates in the river are controlled by the Ross River Dam, the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pimlico, Queensland
Pimlico is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pimlico had a population of 2,557 people. Geography The suburb is roughly rectangular and longer to the north-south than to the east-west. It is bounded to the north by North Townsville Road (Woolcock Street) and to the east by Kings Road. The land is flat and below 10 metres above sea level. The predominant land use is lowset low-density housing. History Pimlico is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. The suburb is believed to be named after either the London suburb of Pimlico or the London trotting track. Pimlico State High School opened on 27 January 1959. Demographics In the , Pimlico had a population of 2,460 people. In the , Pimlico had a population of 2,557 people. Education There are no schools in Pimlico. The nearest primary schools are Hermit Park State School in neighbouring Hyde Park to the east, Mundingburra State School in neighbourin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirwan, Queensland
Kirwan is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kirwan had a population of 20,780 people. Geography Kirwan is a primarily residential suburb but includes some commercial property, primarily concentrated along Thuringowa Drive. Garbutt–Upper Ross Road runs through from north to south, and Ross River Road runs along most of the southern boundary. History The suburb of Kirwan was established in 1968 as the northernmost of a series of new suburbs along the western side of the Upper Ross River. It was officially named on 1 March 1969 and took its name from an early farming family in the region. Prior to suburban development, Kirwan had been farmed and had also been the site of air force activity during World War II. Kirwan State School opened in 1977 and Kirwan State High School opened in 1979. Ryan Catholic College, which serves both primary and secondary students, was also founded in 1979. The Willows State School was established in the subu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosslea, Queensland
Rosslea is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rosslea had a population of 1,903 people. Geography Rosslea is bounded to the east and south by the Ross River. The suburb is very flat (approx 5m above sea level). The eastern half of the suburb is occupied by the Townsville Golf Club (). The rest of the suburb is residential. Townsville Connection Road runs through from south to north-west. Being low-lying on a river, Rosslea can be affected by flooding, mostly in the golf club area. History Rosslea is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. The name "Rosslea" is a combination of "Ross" (representing the Ross River) and "lea", the Old English word for a grassy meadow. The Townsville Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Queensland, having been established at Kissing Point in 1893. The club relocated to Aitkenvale in 1921, and then relocated to Rosslea on 18 April 1924. During 2019, parts of Rosslea suffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mysterton
Mysterton is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the smallest suburbs in Townsville. In the , Mysterton had a population of 793 people. Geography Mysterton is predominantly residential, and is situated between the suburbs of Hermit Park, Mundingburra, Pimlico and Hyde Park. Townsville Connection Road (Charters Towers Road) runs along most of the eastern boundary. History Mysterton was given its name in honor of Arminius Danner's house, which at the time of its naming in the 1880s was located in the St. Johns Wood Estate subdivision. During another subdivision in the 1920s, it was known as Mysterton Estate. Demographics In the , Mysterton had a population of 834 people. In the , Mysterton had a population of 809 people. In the , Mysterton had a population of 793 people. Heritage listings Mysterton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 21 Lawson Street: Rosebank, home of Townsville pioneer, Andrew Ball Educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulliver, Queensland
Gulliver is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gulliver had a population of 2,884 people. History Gulliver is situated in the traditional Manbarra, Wulgurukaba Indigenous Australian, Aboriginal country. The suburb is named after Thomas Allen Gulliver, the telegraph master of Townsville. It is unclear when the Holy Family Catholic Primary School opened in Gulliver, but it closed on 11 December 1987. It was then amalgamated with St John Fisher's Christian Brothers College (Currajong, Queensland, Currajong) and St Margaret Mary's Primary School (Hermit Park, Queensland, Hermit Park) to create The Marian School which opened on 21 January 1988 in Currajong. In 1995, St Mary's School (West End, Queensland (Townsville), West End) was amalgamated into The Marian School. Currajong State School opened on 28 June 1954. Pimlico State High School opened on 27 January 1959. Demographics In the , Gulliver had a populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annandale, Queensland
Annandale is a south-western suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Annandale had a population of 8,376 people. Geography Annandale is bounded to the north by the Ross River, to the east by Stuart Drive, and to the south and west by University Road. The Annandale Wetlands are in the north-east of the locality adjacent to the river (). The Bruce Highway runs along the southern boundary, Douglas–Garbutt Road (University Road) runs along the western, and Townsville Connection Road along the north-eastern. History Annandale was the largest planned housing development in Townsville. Construction started in the mid-1970s and was completed in early 2005. Annandale is one of Townsville's newest suburbs and is home to some of Townsville's wealthy, who live more toward the riverbank. Before the 2006 Queensland state election, Annandale was part of the Electoral district of Burdekin, but just prior to the 2006 state election, the subur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
