PortDouglas is a town in Far North Queensland Far North Queensland , Australia , approximately Convert ... of Queensland, John DouglasQueensland politician John Douglas . PortDouglas developed quickly based ... PortDouglas, Queensland single line yes metric first yes Jan high C 30.3 Feb high C 30.1 Mar high ... title Climate Statistics for PortDouglas, Queensland date 17 February 2012 ref Recreation Image ... of QueenslandQueensland Places PortDouglas http www.portdouglas australia.com PortDouglas Visitors ... Category Coastal towns in Queensland Category 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 ... in 2006. ref name ABS Census 2006 AUS id UCL347200 name PortDouglas Urban Centre Locality quick ... Rainforest . PortDouglas was No. 3 on Australian Traveller magazine s list of 100 Best Towns ... level, it is part of the Cairns Region . History The PortDouglas township was established in 1877 ... Mulligan . It grew quickly, and at its peak PortDouglas had a population of 12,000 and 27 hotels ... was completed in 1891, the importance of PortDouglas dwindled along with its population. A cyclone ... of the world class Sheraton Hotel Sheraton Mirage. File Beach in PortDouglas 3.jpg thumb Beach in PortDouglas Significant events, visitors and residents On 5 July 1943, a RAAF V 72 Vengeance ... PortDouglas, after a stingray barb went through his chest into his heart while Irwin and his crew ... ref Every year PortDouglas attracts tourist and locals alike to two significant festival periods. The PortDouglas Carnivale is held during the end of May and runs for 10 days over two weekends beginning ... Cotton first Martine title PortDouglas Carnivale url http www.carnivale.com.au publisher PortDouglas ... 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 fa ... 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
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 ... 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 .... Retrieved on 1 October 2008 External links Commons category John DouglasQueensland politician s 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 Legislative Assembly of Queensland , and on 1 March 1866 became postmaster general in the first Arthur Macalister Macalister ministry. He transferred to the Queensland ... more details
map caption Location of PortDouglas in British Columbia pushpin mapsize Location coordinates ... 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 the head of river navigation from the Strait of Georgia . PortDouglas was the second major settlement ... 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 .... 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 ... traffic to PortDouglas from Georgia Strait and New Westminster via the Fraser River ended ... of a few foundations. Both PortDouglas and the Douglas Road , as well as the Douglas Ranges to the west ... Lower Mainland Category Lillooet Country BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub de PortDouglas British ... City also known as Tipella, or Tipella Hot Springs . It was a port and land promotion scheme from 1898 that never went far, although a number of investors and buyers were taken in by it. The port ... , James Douglas governor Sir James Douglas . See also Vessels of the Lakes Route Category Unincorporated ... more details
of Queensland include, Brisbane, Cairns, PortDouglas, QueenslandPortDouglas and the Daintree Rainforest ... or territory Name Queensland Fullname State of Queensland Flag Flag of Queensland.svg CoatOfArms Coa ... Party of Queensland LNP Viceroy Penelope Wensley ViceroyType Governor Status State established ... Website www.qld.gov.au coord 23 0 S 143 0 E display title Queensland is Australia s Ranked ..., southwest and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean . Queensland has a population of 4,580,700, concentrated along the coast and particularly in the state s South East Queensland South East . The state is the world s List of the largest ... third largest city . Referred to as the Sunshine State , Queensland is home to 10 of Australia ... third largest economy . Queensland was first occupied by Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait ... Dreamtime.net.au accessdate 4 August 2010 ref The first European to land in Queensland was Netherlands ..., including Queensland, for Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain . Queensland was explored ... transportation ceased in 1839 and free settlement permitted in 1842, and Queensland was separated ... wide as Queensland Day . Queensland achieved statehood with the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901. Queensland s Governor of Queensland Governor is Penelope Wensley , and the Premier of Queensland Premier is Campbell Newman of the Liberal National Party of Queensland Liberal National Party ... web url http 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 spans thousands of years, encompassing both a lengthy Indigenous Australian indigenous ... in 1770. 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 ... more details
wiktionarypar DouglasDouglas may refer to TOC right 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 Lord Douglas disambiguation , for holders of various titles Places Australia Douglas, Queensland Canada Douglas, New Brunswick Douglas, Ontario , a community in Admaston Bromley township England River Douglas Lancashire Falkland Islands Douglas, Falkland Islands Ireland Douglas, Cork Isle of Man Douglas, Isle of Man , the capital of the dependency, and seat of the House of Keys New Zealand Douglas, Taranaki Douglas, Canterbury Northern Ireland Douglas, County Antrim , a List of townlands in County Antrim townland in County Antrim 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, Massachusetts Douglas, Michigan Douglas, Nebraska Douglas, North Dakota Douglas, Oklahoma Douglas, Wisconsin , a town Douglas Center, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community 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 ... more details
Century depiction by Claude Lorrain , 1638 File Dover Port.jpg 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 , one .... 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 PortOVan.jpg 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 on a coast or shore containing one or more harbor s where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. Port locations ... transportation, such as trains and trucks, are critical to a port, so that passengers and cargo can also move further inland beyond the port area. Ports with international traffic have customs ... near Dock maritime docks . Types Unreferenced section date 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 ..., or canal have access to a sea or ocean, and are sometimes called inland port s . A fishing port is a port ... 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 ... to a seaport by rail or road. A warm water port anchor warm water port is one where the water does not freeze ... more details
Football club infobox clubname AS Port image fullname Association Sportive du Port nickname founded ground Stade El Hadj Hassan Gouled br Djibouti city , Djibouti capacity 40,000 chairman manager league Djibouti Premier League season 2010 11 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 Football clubs in Djibouti es AS Port ... more details
Cleanup date October 2009 Infobox scientist name Alexander Sandy Shafto Douglas image image size caption ... Shafto Douglas CBE 21 May 1921 29 April 2010 was a Great Britain British professor of computer science ... url http books.google.com books?id E4 pXc IEtsC&pg PA538&dq Alexander Sandy Douglas Noughts and Crosses&ei ... and Crosses game , http www.pong story.com Pong Story . ref Douglas died in sleep on April 29, 2010, from pneumonia . ref name obituary cite journal title Obituary. Alexander Sandy Shafto Douglas ... bxq054 ref Biography Early life Douglas was born on May 21, 1921 in London . At age eight, his family ... 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 and his wife would go on to have two children and at least two grandsons. During the London Blitz Blitz , in 1940 41, Douglas s Home Guard United Kingdom Home .... Cambridge Douglas attended the University of Cambridge in 1950. In 1952, while working towards earning ..., 1948 . This gave Douglas the perfect opportunity to prove his findings by programming the code for a simple ... Elected as a Prize Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge , Douglas spends a year at the University ... Chapel on Woodhouse Lane. Douglas set up the Computer Laboratory of the University of Leeds , and it was there that he ... Party to explore the creation of a national system for handling university admissions. Douglas was appointed ... President 1971 1972 . A. S. Douglas CBE Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications ... Council for Computer Communication. London School of Economics A S Douglas, CBE MA PhD Cantab BSc EstMan ... Douglas covering topics in Atomic Physics, Crystallography, Solution of Differential Equations, Computer ... and Transportation Industries, and in the Printing Industry. Douglas, Alexander Shafto May 18 ... an Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 27 April 1972, by Alexander Shafto Douglas Publisher London ... Journal, October 1970 Computers in the Seventies , Alexander Sandy Douglas. Computer Networks, Volume ... 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
Infobox Australian place type town name Daintree state qld image Daintree village far north queensland australia.jpg caption Daintree Village latd 16 latm 15 lats longd 145 longm 19 longs pushpin label position left lga Cairns Region postcode 4873 est pop 78 pop footnotes elevation maxtemp mintemp rainfall stategov Electoral district of Cook Cook fedgov Division of Leichhardt Leichhardt dist1 1792 dir1 NW location1 Brisbane dist2 112 dir2 N location2 Cairns, Queensland Cairns dist3 55 dir3 N location3 PortDouglas, QueenslandPortDouglas Daintree is a settlement in North Queensland located 111 kilometres north of Cairns, Queensland Cairns and 56 kilometres from PortDouglas, Queensland . The McDowell Ranges are near the town while the Daintree River flows nearby. It takes its name from Richard Daintree , a pioneering geologist of British origin in North Queensland in the 1860s. At the 2006 Census in Australia census , Daintree and the surrounding area had a population of 78. ref name ABS Census 2006 AUS id SSC35751 name Daintree Douglas Shire State Suburb accessdate 2008 01 27 quick on ref Overview Daintree was first settled in the late 1870s and early 1880s by timber workers seeking Toona Toona Australis commonly if incorrectly known as cedar in the nearby Daintree Rainforest . There were sizeable stocks of cedar near the Daintree River. Loggers moved stock down the coast for transport using lashed rafts. Dairy farms were later established allowing a butter factory to be opened in 1924. Beef farming later became a significant local employer. As elsewhere in Queensland, tourism has become a dominant employer. To that end the nearby rainforest which was nominated for the World Heritage List in 1986, but was rejected. Local tour operators offer trips through the rainforest .... References reflist External links http www.theage.com.au news Queensland Daintree 2005 02 17 1108500203273.html ... city display title Category Far North Queensland Category Towns in Queensland nl Daintree ... 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
Port Clinton is the name of several places in the United States Port Clinton, Ohio Port Clinton, Pennsylvania Outside the continental US Port Clinton, South Australia Port Clinton, Queensland , in Australia disambig ca Port Clinton fr Port Clinton it Port Clinton nl Port Clinton pl Port Clinton pt Port Clinton vo Port Clinton ... more details
Image Tpa logo new.png right 150px Townsville Port Authority logo. Port of Townsville is a seaport in Townsville, Queensland . It is the third largest seaport in Queensland after Port of Brisbane and the Port of Gladstone Central QueenslandPort in Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone . Port of Townsville handles numerous imports and exports mainly, ore Mineral Ores , Fertiliser , Concentrate s, Sugar and Motor vehicle Motor Vehicles . It also handles visiting US Navy and Royal Australian Navy RAN ships usually picking up soldiers or RnR in Townsville, Queensland Townsville . The port is also able to handle 4 Panamax vessels at any consecutive time. Image Port of Townsville.JPG thumb right 250px Port of Townsville, Townsville, Queensland External links http www.townsville port.com.au Official Webpage coord 19 14 56.75 S 146 50 11.81 E type landmark region AU display title Category North Queensland Townsville, Port of Category Townsville Category Buildings and structures in Townsville NorthQueensland stub ... more details
2008 Refimprove date April 2008 Infobox Australian Place type 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 ref cite web url http www.localgovernment.qld.gov.au ?id 2096 title Population Growth Highlights and Trends, Central Queensland 2005 accessdate ... Hervey Bay fedgov Division of Capricornia Capricornia Central Queensland is an ambiguous geography geographical division of Queensland a state in Australia that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn . Its major regional centre is Rockhampton, 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 ... unclear causing some dispute over Mackay Regional Council as part of Capricornia and Central Queensland , or part of the Tropical North of Queensland. Residents of Mackay Regional Council can sometimes ..., 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 ... detection of citrus canker in Central Queensland. A significant part of the citrus growing industry .... 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 was restricted to the areas encircled ... and Clermont, and the Peak Downs Highway between Clermont and enters 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 ... 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
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
Alexander Douglas may refer to Alexander Douglas cleric fl. 1528 , Scottish noble and cleric, Bishop elect of Moray Alexander Douglas bishop died 1623 , Roman Catholic Bishop of Moray, Scotland Sir Alexander Douglas Orkney and Shetland died 1718 , Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland, 1708 1713 Alexander Douglas Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale born 1978 , Scottish aristocrat Alex Douglas politician born 1958 , Queensland Member of Parliament for Gaven A.S. Douglas Alexander Shafto Douglas, born 1921 , British professor of computer science See also Sandy Douglass 1904 1992 , racer, designer, and builder of sailing dinghies Alec Douglas Home 1903 1995 , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom intitle Alexander Douglas Hamilton disambiguation hndis Douglas, Alexander DEFAULTSORT Douglas, Alexander ... more details
noref date May 2010 Infobox Australian Place type suburb name Lytton city Brisbane City Council state qld image caption fedgov Division of Bonner stategov Electoral district of Lytton lga Brisbane City Council postcode 4178 pop 17 2006 census dist1 15 location1 Brisbane GPO near nw Pinkenba, Queensland Pinkenba near n Pinkenba, Queensland Pinkenba near ne Port of Brisbane near w Pinkenba, Queensland Pinkenba near e Wynnum West, Queensland Wynnum West near sw Hemmant, Queensland Hemmant near s Wynnum, Queensland Wynnum near se Wynnum, Queensland Wynnum Lytton is an outer suburb of Brisbane , Australia . It is 15 km north east of the CBD. Although Lytton was once a town, it is now primarily commercial and industrial. It shares the same postcode as the Port of Brisbane . Fort Lytton was built in the 1870s to guard the mouth of the Brisbane River and protect Brisbane from feared invasion via the river. External links Commons category Lytton, Queensland http www.ourbrisbane.com living suburbs lytton home ourbrisbane.com website, Lytton section http queenslandplaces.com.au lytton University of Queensland Queensland Places Lytton coord 27 25 S 153 10 E region AU type city source GNS enwiki display title Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Category Suburbs of Brisbane Brisbane geo stub hi ... 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 de Haigslea ... 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
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Use Australian English date April 2012 Infobox Airline airline Air Queensland logo AirQueensland.jpg logo size 200 IATA QN ICAO AQN callsign BUSHAIR founded 1951 ceased 30 April 1988 frequent flyer fleet size destinations hubs Cairns International Airport secondary hubs headquarters Cairns, Australia Air Queensland , formerly Bush Pilots Airways , was an Australian airline ... in Queensland , Australia until 1988. One of its first aircraft was a De Havilland Dragonfly De Haviland ... and flown to Cairns , Queensland by Bush Pilots founder Bob Norman . ref name BobNorman Bush Pilot , Bob Norman, 1976 ref In May 1972 Bush Pilots absorbed Queensland Pacific Airways Ltd, taking over its Douglas DC 3 aircraft. In 1978 Bush Pilots Airways changed their name to BPA. BPA operated Douglas DC 3 aircraft, Britten Norman Trislander s and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner Swearingen Metroliners . Operations were largely in Queensland, Australia. The services north from Brisbane and return ... cities between Brisbane and Townsville , such as Maroochydore , Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough , Bundaberg , Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone , Rockhampton , and Mackay, Queensland Mackay . Short distance services operated from Cairns to inland and coastal locations such as Cooktown, Queensland Cooktown , Karumba, Queensland Karumba and Normanton, Queensland Normanton . With such frequent .... On 1 December 1981 BPA became Air Queensland. Air Queensland was the last airline in Australia to use Douglas DC 3s on regular scheduled services, the last being withdrawn on 7 April 1988. ref http www.ruudleeuw.com dc3 zkams history.htm History of DC 3 c n 9286 ref The Air Queensland name ceased ... Entsch. ref Bushies , Ron Entsch, 2001 ISBN 0 646 41241 8 ref A Douglas DC 3 formerly operated ... 2008 ref Aircraft Used Douglas DC 3 Britten Norman Trislander de Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter ... links http rzjets.net operators operator.php?opid 3430 Air Queensland data Category Defunct airlines ... more details
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