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Queensland
Questions about the Australian state of Queensland, on the east coast of the continent.
967 Questions
Do foxes live near the Macquarie River Queensland?
Yes - unfortunately, since their introduction in the 1860s, foxes have spread to live in most areas of Australia.
How far is it from Sydney to Brisbane via Armidale?
From Sydney to Brisbane via Armidale is a distance of 969 km. Travel time is around 14 hours, without breaks.
Who discovered the Brisbane River?
The Brisbane River was discovered by three ticket-of-leave convicts, Parsons, Pamphlett and Finnegan. John Oxley was later credited with the discovery. Richard Parsons, Thomas Pamphlett and John Finnegan were three ticket-of-leave convicts, and timber-getters. They were blown off course in a wild storm off the Illawarra coast of NSW, and, believing they were south of Port Jackson, headed north. They had a fourth companion, Thompson, who became delirious from lack of water and eventually died. His body was dropped overboard. The three remaining men became shipwrecked on the southern tip of Moreton Island (now southern Queensland). They made their way across the Moreton Bay islands to the mainland, then north where they came across the Brisbane River.
Aborigines helped the men with food and shelter. During the course of their ventures, on 14 June 1823, they came across a "large river": they were the first white men to sight this river. John Oxley, meanwhile, was surveying the area as the site for a possible penal settlement. He came across Pamphlett and Finnegan on Bribie Island, and Parsons later rejoined them, having travelled further north. The men showed Oxley the large river, which he later named the Brisbane River, after Governor Brisbane. Because of Oxley's position as surveyor-general, he became the one credited with the discovery.
How long does it take to drive from Toowoomba to Chinchilla?
The drive from Toowoomba to Chinchilla takes around two hours.
How did Ned Kelly end up in Australia?
Ned Kelly was born in Australia. He was born in December 1854 in Beveridge, Victoria.
It was Ned Kelly's father who came to Australia as a convict.
What is a large town 100km west of Brisbane?
Gatton is a large town 90 km west of Brisbane, whilst Toowoomba is a city 125 km west of Brisbane.
How long does it take to drive from Cairns to Ballarat?
This is an approximate travel time . The actual travel time may change depending on traffic,weather conditions and the route chosen.
The travel time between the above mentioned places is 1 day, 10 hours, 57 minutes
This depends on the direction in which one is travelling.
Nambour is north of Queensland, while the Gold Coast is South of Brisbane. Nambour is only encountered before the Gold Coast if one is travelling south.
Do you need a license to keep a rosella or corella in Queensland?
One does not need a licence to keep an Eastern Rosella, but other species do require a licence. A licence is not required for a corella.
What is the highest mountain in the Cairns area?
The highest mountain in the Cairns area and, indeed, in all of Queensland, is Mt Bartle Frere, with a height of 1622m.
How long to fall 1000 feet / 305 metres from a plane? The speed of the plane and of the wind are actually almost irrelevant, because they are (presumably) at right angles to the force of gravity. Hence gravity does its stuff in the vertical direction and the wind does its stuff, quite independently, in the horizontal direction; the time to reach the ground is unaffected. (It is true that your speed relative to the wind may affect the action of air resistance upon the falling body. But to factor in air resistance unfortunately requires complex mathematics and detailed information about the falling object; to answer the question at all requires the neglection of air resistance. The heavier the object is, the less this will matter.) Acceleration (a) under the influence of gravity is equal to gravitational field strength. On earth, this will approximate to 9.8ms-2 , or 32.2 feet/second/second, with slight variations according to latitude, altitude and topography. Ignoring air resistance means that this acceleration is linear. In other words, the speed after half the time has elapsed is the average speed. 1/2 x time x acceleration = average speed. By definition, average speed multiplied by total time (t) gives distance (s). s = average speed x time
= (1/2 x time x acceleration) x time
= 1/2at2 Therefore t = sqrt[s/(1/2a)] In metric: t = sqrt[305/4.9] = 7.9s In imperial: t = sqrt[1000/16.1] = 7.9s
So just under eight seconds is the shortest theoretical time that it might take.
Who explored Queensland and when?
There were numerous significant explorers of the Queensland region during Australia's colonial years.
Queensland was first explored when James Cook sailed up the eastern coast, charting it as he went. This was part of Cook's secret mission - to discover and chart Terra Australis Incognita.
Some time after the First Fleet arrived and established the colony in New South Wales, Matthew Flinders sailed up the coast, mapping more inlets and bays than Cook had time to chart in 1770.
The English sought to claim as much of the east coast as they could before French interests took hold of any part of the continent, so John Oxley was sent to explore north, in order to find a suitable site for another penal settlement. The colony of the Moreton Bay District was founded in 1824 when explorer John Oxley arrived at Redcliffe with a crew and 29 convicts.
The next significant exploration of Queensland was undertaken by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1844-45. Leichhardt departed from the Darling Downs and traced a route up to Port Essington, in the far north, near where Darwin now stands.
Sir Thomas Mitchell journeyed with Edmund Kennedy as his second in command, in search of a great river that he believed must flow from southern Queensland to the Gulf of Carpentaria. He left from Orange in central New South Wales, and headed into what is now western Queensland. Mitchell discovered and named the Balonne, Warrego, Culgoa, Barcoo and Belyando rivers, which mostly flowed south-west into the Darling.
In 1847, Edmund Kennedy led an expedition to follow the Barcoo River in south-western Queensland to see if it would lead to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Although Kennedy discovered this was not the case, he did continue southwest, discovering the Thomson River. Later, in 1848, Kennedy departed Rockingham Bay near Townsville, for the purpose of mapping the eastern coast of north Queensland, heading up to Cape York Peninsula. He was unfortunately speared to death by Aborigines.
The last explorers to make a significant exploration venture through Queensland were Burke and Wills, who departed from Mebourne in 1860, heading north to the gulf of Carpentaria. They died from malnutrition.
Why is the city of Brisbane where it is?
The Brisbane River, around which the settlement of Brisbane grew, was discovered in 1823. It was discovered by three ticket-of-leave convicts who were blown off course during a storm whilst timber-getting, and made their way to the mainland. Aborigines assisted the men with food and shelter. During the course of their ventures, the men came across a "large river": they were the first white men to sight this river. The men showed explorer John Oxley the large river, when he came across them quite by accident, and he later named it the Brisbane River, after Governor Brisbane.
The colony of the Moreton Bay District was founded in 1824 when explorer John Oxley arrived at Redcliffe with a crew and 29 convicts. The settlement was established at Humpybong, but abandoned less than a year later when the main settlement was moved 30km away, to the Brisbane River, in 1825. The new settlement took the name of Brisbane from the river along which it was established.
What part of Australia is the Gold Coast located on?
The Gold Coast of Australia is located on the Eastern ciast of Australia's mainland. It is found in southeast Queensland, just north of the border of New South Wales.
How long to drive from sunshine coast to yamba?
Give yourself 11 hours, in a good case scenario you can get there in about 9 or 8 if you speed. But DON'T speed. So many cops on the pacific highway.
How far is from cairns to Perth Australia?
About 6,000 kilometres to drive from Perth, Western Australia to Cairns, Queensland. In a straight line I would estimate it to be about 4,000 kilometres.
What is the difference between GMT and EST Australia?
Australian Eastern Standard Time is ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Australian Eastern Summer Time is eleven hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Where is Palm Island in Queensland?
Palm Island is about 65 kilometres north-west of Townsville, on the northeast Queensland coast. It was named by Captain James Cook in June 1770, after the many cabbage tree palms growing there.
What is the population of the Gold Coast Australia?
According to the website for the Gold Coast City Council, in 2010 the estimated population of the Gold Coast was an estimated 515,157.
It is expected that this figure will exceed 730,000 by the year 2026.
Who is the Drawer when depositing a check?
When it comes to depositin a check, the drawer is the one writing or issuing the check.
How far is Wetherill NSW to Brisbane?
From Wetherill Park, NSW to Brisbane, Qld is a distance of 934 km. It is about a twelve-hour journey, without breaks.
