30.3 205.3 float right clear both PortDouglas is a town in Far North Queensland Far North Queensland ... in honour of former Premier of Queensland, John DouglasQueensland politician John Douglas . Port ... from Cairns, Queensland Cairns to Kuranda was completed in 1891, the importance of PortDouglas dwindled ... being February. Weather box location PortDouglas, Queensland single line yes metric first yes Jan ... Douglas, Queensland date March 3, 2011 ref Recreation Image Kitesurfing Port Douglas.jpg thumb thumb ... queenslandplaces.com.au portdouglas University of QueenslandQueensland Places PortDouglas http ... Far North Queensland de PortDouglasQueensland fr PortDouglas ko nl PortDouglasQueensland ja pl PortDouglas fi PortDouglas Australia sv PortDouglas, Queensland ... town name PortDouglas state qld image portdouglas qld australia.jpg caption Four Mile Beach lga ... climate chart PortDouglas 23.7 30.3 394.4 23.5 30.1 424 22.8 29.5 425.2 21.5 28.3 204.5 19.5 26.7 ... population was 948 residents in 2006. ref name ABS Census 2006 AUS id UCL347200 name PortDouglas ... Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest . PortDouglas was No. 3 on Australian Traveller ... district of Cook Cook . At local level, it is part of the Cairns Region . History The PortDouglas ... rush Hodgkinson River by James Venture Mulligan . It grew quickly, and at its peak PortDouglas had ... Beach in PortDouglas 3.jpg thumb Beach in PortDouglas Significant events, visitors and residents ... landed on the beach near PortDouglas. In November 1996 United States President Bill Clinton and First ... Steve Irwin died at Batt Reef , off PortDouglas, after a stingray barb went through his chest into his ... of day , The Age , 7 September 2006 ref Every year PortDouglas attracts tourist and locals alike to two significant festival periods. The PortDouglas Carnivale is on around the end of May and runs ... ref name pdc cite web last Cotton first Martine title PortDouglas Carnivale url http www.carnivale.com.au ... more details
PortDouglas may mean PortDouglas, British Columbia , in Canada PortDouglas, Queensland , in Australia geodis de PortDouglas nl PortDouglas sv PortDouglas ... more details
Infobox Australian place type suburb name Douglas city Townsville state qld image Douglas flag 2.jpg caption Flag at roundabout on the Bruce Highway at the entrance to Douglas lga City of Townsville postcode 4814 est pop 5,993 ref Census 2006 AUS id 345057014 name Douglas Statistical Local Area quick on accessdate 2010 10 31 ref area stategov Electoral district of Mundingburra Mundingburra fedgov Division of Herbert Herbert near nw Thuringowa Central, Queensland Thuringowa Central near n Cranbrook, Queensland Cranbrook near ne Aitkenvale, Queensland Aitkenvale near w Condon, Queensland Condon near e Annandale, Queensland Annandale near sw Rasmussen, Queensland Rasmussen near s near se dist1 location1 Douglas is a suburb of Townsville , Queensland , Australia south of the Ross River and west of the city centre. Though mainly residential, it does contain James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital . The suburb is also known due to the Douglas Arterial Road which is a thoroughfare single carriageway motorway through the suburb, also the first stage of the Townsville Ring Road . The suburb is in the middle of a residential boom When date February 2011 , with student accommodation expansion projects at James Cook University and also the establishment of two Housing estates in close proximity. References Reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au douglas University of QueenslandQueensland Places Douglas coord 19 19 S 146 45 E region AU QLD type city display title Suburbs of Townsville Category Suburbs of Townsville NorthQueensland stub es DouglasQueensland ... more details
Infobox Politician name John Douglas image John Douglas.jpg caption office 7th Premiers of Queensland Premier of Queensland term start 8 March 1877 term end 21 January 1879 predecessor George Thorn successor ... Agent General for Queensland in London. In 1871 Douglas returned to Queensland and became insolvent on 23 February 1872. Douglas was returned for Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough at the election held ... court of Queensland in 1923 Edward Archibald Douglas , 1877 1947 , was appointed to a similar position in March 1929 Henry Alexander Cecil Douglas, 1879 1917 , member of Queensland State Parliament ... on 1 October 2008 External links Commons category John DouglasQueensland politician start ... Douglas, John Category 1828 births Category 1904 deaths Category Premiers of Queensland Category Companions ... Members of the Queensland Legislative Council Category Treasurers of Queensland fr John Douglas ... Island, Queensland Thursday Island , Queensland , Australia flagicon Australia spouse Mary Ann Howe br Sarah Hickey religion Anglicanism Anglican John Douglas Order of St Michael and St George CMG 6 March 1828 23 July 1904 was an Anglo Australian politician and Premier of Queensland . Douglas was born in London , the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwarth . His father was the third son of Sir William Douglas c.1730 1783 , fourth Baronet Douglas of Kelhead, who was a brother of the sixth and seventh Marquess of Queensberry . Douglas parents died in 1837, he was educated at Harrow School Harrow Rugby School Rugby 1843 47 and Durham University where he graduated Bachelor of Arts B.A. in 1850. Douglas arrived in New South ... Wales Legislative Assembly until resigning on 17 July 1861. Going to Queensland in 1863 he was elected as member for Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly , and on 1 March 1866 became postmaster general in the first Arthur Macalister Macalister ministry. He transferred to the Queensland ... more details
The PortDouglas Crocs Australian Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club in the AFL Cairns League. Whilst the league is based in Cairns, Queensland , the Crocs is based to the north of that region in PortDouglas, Queensland and is the most far northern AFL club on the east coast of Australia . PortDouglas is a popular tourist destination and is close to both the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree National Park rainforest. Establishment The PortDouglas Football Club was established in 1989. Record Senior Premierships 1991, 2001, 2005 Reserve Premierships 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Home Ground PortDouglas Sporting Complex Wharf Street, PortDouglas External links http www.sportingpulse.com assoc page.cgi?client 1 3392 0 0 0&sID 54920&&news task DETAIL&articleID 4870203§ionID 54920 Sporting Pulse, PortDouglas AFC Category Australian rules football clubs in Queensland ... more details
Image douglasroadmap1 600.jpg thumb 300px Route of the Douglas Road water portions in blue, land portions in red and the Cariboo Road green , location of PortDouglas is near centre of map PortDouglas , sometimes referred to simply as Douglas , is a remote community in British Columbia , Canada at the head of Harrison Lake , which is the head of river navigation from the Strait of Georgia . PortDouglas was the second major settlement of any size on the British Columbia mainland after Yale, British Columbia Yale during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush . From PortDouglas to Lillooet, British Columbia Lillooet a mixed land and water route was built named the Douglas Road , aka the Lillooet Trail, Harrison Trail or Lakes Route. During its rowdy heyday PortDouglas had thousands of residents and many of the BC mainland s first companies had their start here, including the famous B.X. Express and other ... Wagon Road in the mid 1860s. Although PortDouglas dwindled in size rapidly with the abandonment of the Douglas Road and today there is nothing left other than the placename and the adopted name of the local First Nation, the Douglas Band of the In SHUCK ch Nation . A land alienation pattern on the lakeshore to the southwest of Douglas, across the mouth of the Lillooet River and down the lake a bit, remains on the map as Tipella City also known as Tipella, or Tipella Hot Springs . It was a port ... were taken in by it. The port was a wharf for the Moneyspinner silver mine at Fire Lake which operated for a few years. Regular steamboat traffic to PortDouglas from Georgia Strait and New Westminster ..., which were only vestiges of a few foundations. Both PortDouglas and the Douglas Road , as well as the Douglas Ranges to the west of Harrison Lake , were named in honour of the first governor of the Colony of British Columbia , James Douglas governor Sir James Douglas . See also Vessels ... Category Lower Mainland Category Lillooet Country BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub de PortDouglas ... more details
, Brisbane, Cairns, PortDouglas, QueenslandPortDouglas and the Daintree Rainforest , Gold Coast ... Name Queensland Fullname State of Queensland Flag Flag of Queensland.svg CoatOfArms Coa Queensland.gif ... title Queensland is a States and territories of Australia state of Australia , located in the north ... to the west, south west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea ... and largest city in the state is Brisbane . Queensland was first occupied by Indigenous Australians ... 2010 ref Queensland was made a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales on 6 June 1859, a date now celebrated state wide as Queensland Day . Queensland is often referred to as Australia s Sunshine State . Queensland current Premier of Queensland Premier is Anna Bligh of the Australian ... www.q150.qld.gov.au AboutUs Birth.aspx title Queensland Government Q150 publisher Q150.qld.gov.au date 11 June 2010 accessdate 4 August 2010 ref History Main History of Queensland The history of Queensland .... The Australian Labor Party has its origin as a formal organisation in Queensland and the town of Barcaldine, Queensland Barcaldine is the symbolic birthplace of the party. ref name lh cite web url http ... colony from New South Wales. ref cite web url http www.qld.gov.au about queensland history section federation title Queensland s History publisher Qld.gov.au date 29 January 2009 accessdate 4 August 2010 ref A rare record of early settler life in north Queensland can be seen in a set of ten photographic ... Queenslandroads.png thumb 300px left upright Queensland cities, towns, settlements and List of highways in Queensland road network Main Geography of QueenslandQueensland is bordered to the north by the Torres Strait with Boigu Island Queensland Boigu Island off the coast of New Guinea representing ... Queensland is bordered by the Gulf of Carpentaria , while the Coral Sea an arm of the Pacific Ocean borders Queensland to the east. To the west, Queensland is bordered by the Northern Territory, at the 138th ... more details
wiktionarypar DouglasDouglas may refer to TOCright People Douglas given name Douglas surname Clan Douglas , a Scottish kindred Earl of Douglas , or any holder of the title Marquess of Douglas , or any holder of the title Duke of Douglas , or any holder of the title Places Australia Douglas, Queensland Canada Douglas, New Brunswick Admaston Bromley, Ontario Douglas, Ontario England River Douglas , Lancashire Falkland Islands Douglas, Falkland Islands Ireland Douglas, Cork Isle of Man Douglas, Isle of Man , the capital of the territory New Zealand Douglas, Taranaki Douglas, Canterbury Northern Ireland Douglas, County Antrim , a townland South Africa Douglas, Northern Cape Scotland Castle Douglas , Dumfries and Galloway Douglas, South Lanarkshire Douglas Castle , South Lanarkshire Douglas Water , Lanarkshire Glen Douglas , Argyll and Bute United States Douglas, Alabama Douglas, Alaska Douglas, Arizona Douglas, Georgia Douglas, Chicago , Illinois Douglas, Indiana Douglas County, Kansas Douglas, Massachusetts Douglas, Michigan Douglas, Nebraska Douglas, North Dakota Douglas, Oklahoma Douglas, Wisconsin Douglas, Wyoming Businesses Douglas Aircraft Company Various List of aircraft C D Douglas Aircraft Corporation Douglas built aircraft Douglas AG , European retail company Douglas motorcycles , British motorcycle manufacturer Hospitals Douglas Mental Health University Institute , a mental institution in Montreal, Quebec Fiction Donald and Douglas , engines from Thomas the Tank Engine ... s 1 Saturday Morning Douglas play Douglas play , an 18th century tragedy by John Home Douglas film Douglas film , a 1970 Norwegian film directed by P l Bang Hansen Plants The Douglas Iris , a wildflower The Douglas fir , the common name for a type of coniferous tree Sports The Douglas GAA , a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Douglas, Cork, Ireland Things Douglas locomotive , a preserved locomotive on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales See also Camp Douglas disambiguation Douglass disambiguation ... more details
Cleanup date October 2009 Infobox scientist name Alexander Sandy Shafto Douglas image image size caption ... filename only footnotes Professor Alexander Sandy Shafto Douglas CBE born 21 May 1921, died 29 April ... pXc IEtsC&pg PA538&dq Alexander Sandy Douglas Noughts and Crosses&ei wVB SrmYCZLykwS 3P20Cg&client ... Pong Story . ref Douglas died in sleep on April 29, 2010, from pneumonia . ref name obituary cite journal title Obituary. Alexander Sandy Shafto Douglas 1921 2010 year 2011 journal The Computer Journal volume 54 issue 2 pages 187 188 doi 10.1093 comjnl bxq054 ref Biography Early life Douglas ... north to the Science Museum a trip I took often. blockquote In the winter of 1938 39, Douglas and his future wife Andrey Parker made a snowman in the grounds of the Natural History Museum . Douglas ... , in 1940 41, Douglas s Home Guard United Kingdom Home Guard Unit, C Company of the Chelsea and Kensington ... , just the other side of Exhibition Road from the museums. Cambridge Douglas attended the University ..., nicknamed The Baby , which ran its first program June 21, 1948 . This gave Douglas the perfect opportunity ... College, Cambridge , Douglas spends a year at the University of Illinois Computation laboratory as assistant ... Pegasus computer was installed in autumn 1957 in the Eldon Chapel on Woodhouse Lane. Douglas set ... system for handling university admissions. Douglas was appointed a member of the Working Party ... has served on many of its Committees, and is a Fellow and past President 1971 1972 . A. S. Douglas ... School of Economics A S Douglas, CBE MA PhD Cantab BSc EstMan FBCS FIMA FRSA, Emeritus Professor of Computational ... Writings Over 60 papers have been published by Professor Douglas covering topics in Atomic Physics ... Industry. Douglas, Alexander Shafto May 18, 1954 http hooke.lib.cam.ac.uk cgi bin bib ... April 1972, by Alexander Shafto Douglas Publisher London School of Economics and P Date Published ... , Alexander Sandy Douglas. Computer Networks, Volume 5, 1981, pp. 9 14. http www.sciencedirect.com ... more details
thumb right The Port of Dover , United Kingdom File Landungsbr cken, Hamburg.JPG thumb right Port of Hamburg , Germany File Port of Piraeus.jpg thumb The port of Piraeus in Greece File Vizag seaport.jpg thumb Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh, India File Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain Jan 2007.jpg thumb right Port of Barcelona , Catalonia s largest port File Cranes Limassol Harbour 20110703.jpg thumb Cranes in Limassol Harbour. File Port of Kobe02s4100.jpg thumb Port of Kobe , Japan File Montreal Panorama II.jpg thumb right Port of Montreal , Canada . The world s largest inland port. File Port Metro Vancouver.png thumb right Port Metro Vancouver , Canada s largest port File Port of Miami Florida.jpg thumb right Port of Miami , United States File Container port facilities in Newark Bay.JPG thumb Port Newark , seen across Newark Bay , United States. File Inverness harbour in 1999.JPG thumb Inverness , Scotland port in 1999 File Dockhawaii.jpg thumb Cargo port in Hilo , Hawaii A port is a location ... or cargo to or from land. Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and Navigability ... to a port, so that passengers and cargo can also move further inland beyond the port area. Ports with international ... August 2011 The terms port and seaport are used for different types of port facilities that handle ocean going vessels, and river port is used for river traffic, such as barges and other shallow draft ... inland port s . A fishing port is a port or harbour for landing and distributing fish. It may be a recreational facility, but it is usually commercial. A fishing port is the only port that depends on an ocean product, and depletion of fish may cause a fishing port to be uneconomical. In recent decades, regulations to save fishing stock may limit the use of a fishing port, perhaps effectively closing it. A dry port is a term sometimes used to describe a yard used to place containers or conventional bulk cargo, usually connected to a seaport by rail or road. A warm water port anchor warm water ... more details
Football club infobox clubname AS Port image fullname nickname founded ground capacity chairman manager league Djibouti Premier League season 2011 position 1st pattern la1 pattern b1 unknown pattern ra1 leftarm1 FFFFFF body1 FFFFFF rightarm1 FFFFFF shorts1 FFFFFF socks1 FFFFFF pattern la2 pattern b2 unknown pattern ra2 leftarm2 FFFFFF body2 FFFFFF rightarm2 FFFFFF shorts2 FFFFFF socks2 FFFFFF AS Port is an Djbouti Djiboutian football soccer football club located in Djibouti city , Djibouti . It currently plays in Djibouti Premier League . Titles Djibouti Premier League 2 2010, 2011 Djibouti Cup 4 1988, 1989, 2010, 2011 Category Djiboutian football clubs ... more details
museum is dedicated to local timber. References reflist External links http www.theage.com.au news Queensland ... 16 15 S 145 19 E region AU type city display title Category Far North Queensland Category Towns in Queensland ... more details
formed the nucleus of the town, which grew at the expense of PortDouglas. The district was served ... is rich in sporting clubs such as the Mossman Sharks rugby league club and the PortDouglas AFL club. References Reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au mossman University of QueenslandQueensland Places Mossman http www.smh.com.au news Queensland Mossman 2005 02 17 1108500203586.html Town information from the Sydney Morning Herald Portal Queensland coord 16 27 S 145 22 E type city 1800 region AU QLD display title Category Towns in Queensland Category Far North Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub fr Mossman nl Mossman simple Mossman, Queensland ... on the Captain Cook Highway 75 km north of the regional city of Cairns, Queensland Cairns , and 15 km east of the Mount Carbine Tableland . Mossman Gorge, Queensland Mossman Gorge , a popular ..., processing the cane before sending it to Cairns, Queensland Cairns for shipping domestically and internationally ... and only one high school. Mossman was once the seat of the former Shire of Douglas but now falls ... more details
Infobox Australian place type suburb name Cranbrook city Townsville state qld image caption lga City of Townsville pop 6,276 postcode 4814 est area stategov Electoral district of Mundingburra Mundingburra fedgov Division of Herbert Herbert near nw Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan near n Heatley, Queensland Heatley near ne Vincent, Queensland Vincent near w Kirwan, Queensland Kirwan near e Aitkenvale, Queensland Aitkenvale near sw Douglas, Queensland Douglas near s Douglas, Queensland Douglas near se Annandale, Queensland Annandale dist1 location1 Cranbrook is a suburb of Townsville , Queensland , Australia. It one of many suburbs located within the Geographical Centre of the Urban area of Townsville , though it is located 8 km South West of the Townsville CBD, Queensland Townsville CBD . It is close to the Aitkenvale, Queensland Aitkenvale Business District. References reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au cranbrook University of Queensland Queensland Places Cranbrook Suburbs of Townsville coord 19.309 146.751 format dms display title region AU QLD type city Category Townsville ... more details
continuing down to PortDouglas, QueenslandPortDouglas . This road was used by the coaches of Cobb and Co to access Western Queensland. At its apogee, Herberton was the richest tin mining field in Australia .... Industries Several crops are grown around Herberton, and it is the location of Queensland s only ... interested in Queensland s Heritage. ref http www.herbertonhistoricvillage.com.au ref The Tepon ... ref References reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au herberton University of QueenslandQueensland Places Herberton Atherton Tableland nav box Coord 17 22 55 S 145 23 03 E region AU type city display title Category Towns in Queensland Category Far North Queensland fr Herberton ... more details
region name Central Queensland state Queensland image Fitzroy River Rockhamp.jpg caption The Fitzroy River Queensland Fitzroy River as it passes through Rockhampton, Queensland Rockhampton . pop 190 000 ... and Trends, Central Queensland 2005 accessdate 2008 04 15 format work ref area est logo url stategov ... Queensland is an ambiguous geography geographical division of Queensland a state in Australia that centres ..., Queensland Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, Queensland Emerald , north to the Mackay Regional Council southern boundary, and south to Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone . The region is also known as Capricornia . As this is an unofficial ... of Capricornia and Central Queensland , or part of the Tropical North of Queensland. Residents of Mackay ... to this regional dispute. Economically, Central Queensland is an important centre of primary industry primary industries . Even so, Central Queensland includes the Bowen Basin which is rich in high quality coking coal, the Port of Gladstone produces 40 of the state s export earnings, the Fitzroy River Queensland Fitzroy River is the second largest river system in Australia and commands significant ... farm was the site of the first detection of citrus canker in Central Queensland. A significant ... despite a federal inquiry. ref name ll In 2009 authorities from the Government of Queensland declared the eradication program complete. Communities For this purpose the area of Central Queensland ... North Queensland via Mackay extended right to the eastern coastline. Major cities in the region are Emerald, Queensland Emerald , Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone and Rockhampton, Queensland Rockhampton . Some communities on the Capricorn Coast include Byfield, Queensland Byfield , Yeppoon, Queensland Yeppoon , Great Keppel Island , Emu Park, Queensland Emu Park and Cawarral, Queensland Cawarral . Bajool, Queensland Bajool Banana, Queensland Banana Baralaba, Queensland Baralaba Biloela, Queensland ... more details
sailed north from Sydney to inspect Port Curtis now Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone and Moreton Bay ... arrived at the colony of Moreton Bay in 1848. In 1847, the Port of Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough was opened as a wool port. ref http dkd.net pom history.html dead link date August 2010 ref The first immigrant ship to arrive in Moreton Bay was the Artemisia ship Artemisia in 1848. In 1857, Queensland ... date August 2011 The human history of Queensland encompasses both a long Indigenous Australian Aboriginal ... of Queensland by Raymond Evans, Cambridge University Press, 2007 ISBN 9780521876926 ref Before ... eastern Australian region was explored by Dutch, Portuguese and French navigators. Queensland has experienced ... 200 of the 600 700 Australian Aboriginal nations lived in Queensland with at least 90 language groups ... droughts and floods made the dominant hunter gatherer lifestyle the most sensible. Queensland ... have been 200 500,000 Aboriginal people in Queensland prior to white settlement. ref name r evans hoq However, covering more than one third and in some estimates up to forty percent, Queensland was by all ..., Queensland Weipa on the western shore of Cape York. This was the first recorded encounter between ... explorer Luis V ez de Torres saw the Queensland coast at the tip of Cape York in 1614, when he sailed ... de Bougainville sailed west from the New Hebrides islands, getting to within a hundred miles of the Queensland ... articles australianhistory ref This included the present Queensland. Cook ... places named after the incident. On 22 August the Endeavour reached the northern tip of Queensland ... . In 1799, in the Norfolk , Matthew Flinders spent six weeks exploring the Queensland coast as far ... Porpoise and the accompanying Cato ran aground on a coral reef off the Queensland coast. Flinders ... and established a temporary settlement at Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe . On 2 December .... The settlement was initially called Edenglassie, Queensland Edenglassie , a portmanteau of the Scottish ... more details
, Port of Townsville , Office of Government Owned Corporations, Ports Corporation of Queensland and http ... Queensland Plan that would sell state owned railway, port and forestry assets to raise 15 billion, and avoid ...Image Queensland Government Logo.svg thumb Queensland Government Logo The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government . The form of the Government of Queensland is prescribed ... 1901 Queensland has been a state of the Australia Commonwealth of Australia , and the Australian Constitution regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Queensland is governed according to the principles ... Kingdom . Executive power is exercised by the Premier of Queensland and the Cabinet, who are appointed by the Governors of Queensland Governor , but who hold office by virtue of their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the Legislative Assembly. The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the Queensland Parliament until its abolition in 1922. Consequently, the Queensland Legislative Assembly is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia. ref ... title System of government accessdate 21 January 2010 date 4 August 2009 publisher Queensland Government ref Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Queensland , which consists of the Crown, represented by the Governor of Queensland , and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly generally sits at Parliament House, Brisbane and it currently consists of Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2009 2012 one member from each of the Electoral districts of Queensland 89 electorates . ref name sog In Queensland general elections must be held every three years. ref .... ref http www.cabinet.qld.gov.au ministers.html Directory of Queensland Ministers and Portfolios ... Development and Trade Andrew Fraser Queensland politician Andrew Fraser Attorney General, Minister ... Curtis Pitt Courts and Tribunals Judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of Queensland ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type suburb name Haigslea city Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich state qld image Haigslea1.JPG caption lga City of Ipswich postcode 4306 pop 422 2006 area dist1 53 location1 Brisbane dist2 17 location2 Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich fedgov Division of Blair Blair , Division of Dickson Dickson stategov Electoral district of Ipswich West Ipswich West near nw Glamorgan Vale, Queensland Glamorgan Vale near n Glamorgan Vale, Queensland Glamorgan Vale near ne Borallon, Queensland Borallon near w Marburg, Queensland Marburg near e Ironbark, Queensland Ironbark near sw Mount Marrow, Queensland Mount Marrow near s Thagoona, Queensland Thagoona near se Walloon, Queensland Walloon Haigslea is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich , Queensland , Australia . The origin of the suburb name is from Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig General Douglas Haig . Originally in service within India in 1887, he was appointed as the regiment s adjutant in 1888 later being appointed as Commander in chief of the British Army in France during 1915 1918. The area was previously named Kirchheim , but was renamed Haigslea due to anti German sentiment during the World War I First World War . ref http www.nrw.qld.gov.au property placenames detail.php?id 41886 Place name details Bot generated title ref Education Haigslea State School See also Australian place names changed from German names References Reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au marburg, haigslea, ironbark University of QueenslandQueensland Places Marburg, Haigslea, Ironbark Ipswich City IpswichAU geo stub Coord 27 34 S 152 38 E display title region AU QLD type city Category Ipswich, Queensland ... more details
Infobox Australian place type suburb name Condon city Townsville state qld image caption lga postcode 4815 est pop 5,683 area stategov Electoral district of Thuringowa Thuringowa fedgov Division of Herbert Herbert near nw near n Thuringowa Central, Queensland Thuringowa Central near ne near w near e Douglas, Queensland Douglas near sw Gumlow, Queensland Gumlow near s Rasmussen, Queensland Rasmussen near se dist1 location1 Condon is a suburb in Townsville , Queensland , Australia. Condon is part of the Upper Ross District and is the first of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Condon s first residential development was in 1968 it was named after the Condon family William Condon who had settled on the Ross River, Queensland Ross River and had a dairy farm. Townsville s motor way runs through Condon. Thuringowa State High School is also in this suburb. References Reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au condon University of Queensland Queensland Places Condon Suburbs of Townsville coord 19 19 55 S 146 43 25 E region AU QLD type city display title Category Suburbs of Townsville NorthQueensland stub ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type lga name Shire of Douglas state qld image Douglas LGA Qld.png imagesize 180 caption Location within Queensland pop 14,024 pop footnotes 2006 census ref Census 2006 AUS id LGA32800 name Douglas S Local Government Area accessdate 2009 04 16 quick on ref area 2436.7 est 1880 seat Mossman, Queensland Mossman region Far North Queensland logo Shire of Douglas DSC Logo.jpg logosize ... Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Douglas merged with the City of Cairns to form the Cairns Region . Towns and localities Mossman, Queensland Mossman PortDouglas, QueenslandPortDouglas Bamboo, Queensland Bamboo Bloomfield, Queensland Bloomfield Cape Kimberley, Queensland Cape Kimberley Cape Tribulation, Queensland Cape Tribulation Cassowary, Queensland Cassowary Cooya Beach, Queensland Cooya Beach Cow Bay, Queensland Cow Bay Craiglie, Queensland Craiglie Daintree, Queensland Daintree Dayman Point, Queensland Dayman Point Diwan, Queensland Diwan Ellis Beach, Queensland Ellis Beach until 1995 Finlay Vale, Queensland Finlay Vale Four Mile ... shire University of QueenslandQueensland Places Douglas Shire http www.douglas shire historical society.org Douglas Shire Historical Society Queensland former LGAs Portal Queensland Category Former Local Government Areas of QueenslandDouglas Category Far North Queensland Category 1880 establishments ... of Cairns Cairns near se City of Cairns Cairns The Shire of Douglas was a Local Government Areas of Australia Local Government Area in Far North Queensland Far North Queensland . It was located on the coast north of the city of Cairns, Queensland Cairns . The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, Queensland Mossman , covered an area of convert 2436.7 km2 sqmi 1 , and existed as a local ... tropical fruit, cocoa, and beef. History Douglas Divisional Board was created on 3 June 1880 under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 . With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , Douglas ... more details
Refimprove date October 2008 Infobox Australian Place type region name North Queensland state Queensland image Qld region map 2.PNG caption Queensland s regions pop area est logo url stategov Electoral ... of Burdekin br Shire of Hinchinbrook North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia . Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the Tropical North Queensland tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped ... centre in North Queensland, leading it to be regarded as an unofficial capital. Geography There is no official boundary that separates North Queensland from the rest of the state. Unofficially it is usually ..., but historically it has been as far south as Rockhampton . To the north is the Far North Queensland ... is the city of Townsville which is often considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland ..., Queensland Lucinda in the region s north. Mackay, Queensland Mackay is Australia s sugar ... of Australia s biggest coal exporters as it is close to Queensland s major mines. Dalrymple Bay, south of Mackay is another port where coal and sugar is exported. It also contains the inland city of Charters Towers, Queensland Charters Towers and the coastal towns of Ayr, Queensland Ayr and Ingham, Queensland Ingham . Image Proserpine Sugar Mill 1196.jpg thumb right There a number of sugar mills in the region, like this one at Proserpine Other Communities in North Queensland include Home Hill, Queensland Home Hill , Sarina, Queensland Sarina , Bowen, Queensland Bowen , Airlie Beach, Queensland Airlie Beach and Proserpine, Queensland Proserpine . State of North Queensland See also State of North Queensland Throughout the years, there have been many calls for the formation of a new State. Many ... the Capital. ref cite web url http www.crwflags.com fotw flags au nqld.html title North Queensland State Flag proposals accessdate 2008 10 19 date work publisher ref The Queensland Parliament, however ... more details
Murarrie , Lytton, Queensland Lytton , Port of Brisbane br Port of Brisbane Motorway AUSR 42 102 Murarrie, Queensland Murarrie , Lytton, Queensland Lytton , Port of Brisbane br Lytton Road AUSR 24 ... Highway br Gateway Motorway br Pacific Motorway maint Queensland Motorways map map alt map notes map ... terminus a Image Australian Alphanumeric State Route A1.png 25px in Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy beltway city junction Image AUSR70.png 20px in Tanawha, Queensland Tanawha br Image QLD M3.png 25px in Bald Hills, Queensland Bald Hills br Image AUSR42.png 20px in Murarrie, Queensland Murarrie br Image QLD M3.png 25px in Eight Mile Plains, Queensland Eight Mile Plains br Image NSW M6.png 20px in Loganholme, Queensland Loganholme direction b South terminus b Image NSW M1mwy.png 25px at Queensland New South Wales border counties rural municipalities cities Nambour, Queensland Nambour , Caboolture , Eagle Farm, Queensland Eagle Farm , Springwood, Queensland Springwood , Nerang, Queensland Nerang ... , Queensland , Australia , is a major urban road corridor. It connects Tugun, Queensland Tugun near the New South Wales Queensland border to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Sunshine Coast hinterland via the following corridors Pacific Motorway between Tugun and Eight Mile Plains, Queensland Eight Mile Plains Gateway Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Bald Hills, Queensland Bald Hills Bruce Highway between Bald Hills and Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy The Pacific Highway Australia Pacific Highway ... from the M1 up the Queensland coast. Both of these roads and the M1 itself are part of the line of route ... Australian Alphanumeric State Route A1.png 30px Bruce Highway align center Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy , Noosa br AUSR 6 Myall Street Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy , Noosa br AUSR 6 Myall Street align center style background ececec color grey class table na no exit 226 Eumundi, Queensland Eumundi , Noosa , Kelnilworth, Queensland Kenilworth br Memorial Drive, Kenilworth Road AUSR 12 align center Eumundi ... more details
title Organisational Structure publisher Queensland Motorways accessdate 2 November 2011 ref Queensland Motorways owns two subsidiaries called Port Motorway Company and Logan Motorway ...Use dmy dates date June 2011 Use Australian English date June 2011 Infobox Company name Queensland Motorways ... country Australia location locations of locations key people area served Queensland industry Transport ... br Corporate br Finance br Technology and Development br Gateway Upgrade Project br subsid Port Motorway ... dissolved footnotes intl yes Queensland Motorways is company wholly owned by the Government of Queensland , Australia which operates and owns the Gateway Bridge, Brisbane Gateway Bridge and 20 ... also been introduced. Queensland Motorways is delivering the Gateway Upgrade Project , which when completed will be the largest road and bridge infrastructure project in Queensland s history. On 2 June 2009, the government announced the Renewing Queensland Plan that would sell assets to raise 15 ... www.brisbanetimes.com.au queenslandqueensland asset sales to reap 15 billion 20090602 bthd.html title Queensland asset sales to reap 15 billion publisher www.brisbanetimes.com.au author Marissa Calligeros ... title Queensland assets sale publisher www.qld.gov.au accessdate 20 June 2010 ref Queensland Motorways ... businesses queensland motorways index.shtml title Lease of Queensland Motorways work Queensland ... web url http www.qld.gov.au assetssale businesses queensland motorways why lease.shtml title Why lease Queensland Motorways Limited? work Queensland assets sale publisher www.qld.gov.au accessdate 20 ... title History publisher Queensland Motorways accessdate 2 November 2011 ref References reflist External links http www.qldmotorways.com.au Queensland Motorways Queensland Motorways Official website. http govia.com.au GoVia GoVia website. Category Transport in Queensland Category Construction and civil engineering companies of Australia Category Companies of Queensland Category Companies established ... more details
date 2006 08 04 accessdate 2010 08 11 work State of QueenslandQueensland Police Service ref ... rasmussen University of QueenslandQueensland Places Rasmussen Suburbs of Townsville coord 19 20 59 S 146 42 59 E region AU QLD type city display title Category Suburbs of Townsville Queensland ... more details
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