Queensland

In Brisbane, Queensland, Australia it is 2:30 am the next day when it is 11:30 am in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. It is currently 15 hours ahead of Central US time. It is GMT+10. It has no daylight saving time in 2016, so that difference can change when other places use daylight saving time.

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There are a number of ways one can contact the Queensland Police. For emergencies one can call 000. Non-emergency crime reports can be made at 131 444. Fore more contact numbers one can check out the official website for the Queensland Police.

From Dysart to Mackay is a distance of about 250 km, and takes 3 hours to travel by road.

Depending upon one's point of departure (as Brisbane is a very widespread city), it takes between 1.5 hours and 2 hours to travel the approximately 120km between the two centres.

Queensland was settled as a new penal (convict) colony. It was established when explorer John Oxley and Settlement Commandant Lieutenant Miller, together with a crew and 29 convicts, arrived at Redcliffe on 13 September 1824 to start a new penal colony.

The settlement of Moreton Bay was separated from New South Wales and established as a new Colony named Queensland (for Queen Victoria) in 1859. On 10 September 1825, the settlement was given the name of Brisbane, and no longer called the Moreton Bay colony, but it was still part of the New South Wales territory.

This act was done in opposition to the wishes of the New South Wales Governor, but the British government decided in favour of a petition from the people of Brisbane and that it would be better done now, than later. In 1859, Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent, which declared that Queensland was now a separate colony from New South Wales. On 6 June 1859, the former Moreton Bay District was granted separation from New South Wales, and given the name of Queensland, with Brisbane as its capital city. The first Governor was Sir George Ferguson Bowen.

The coral which makes up the Great Barrier reef is believed to extend to a depth of around 500m in some places. However, the living polyps only go down as far as 30 metres.

The water in the channel between the shoreline and the reef reaches about 60 metres in depth.

The effects of any flood - including the Queensland flood - were devastating.

The first effect was the loss of life. As of January 2011, 22 people were known to have died in the Queensland floods, and some were still missing.

The second effect was the loss of property. Not only did people lose their pets, their possessions, their homes, but many of these things were just irreplaceable, and their loss caused immense grief. The sight of one's own possessions and, in some cases, loved ones, being swept away by the flood is the stuff that continued nightmares are made of.

People lost their entire livelihoods. In Queensland, with thousands of farms and properties were completely submerged. 75% of Queensland was affected by flooding, and this meant people had lost the very way they make a living - farms, businesses, offices - everything.

Water supplies were affected. Many towns had their drinking water supply contaminated by flood waters. There was the very real fear of disease as water sat around for weeks while people wait for the waters to subside. People in the clean-up were contracting diseases and infections.

Huge amounts of debris and rubbish were carried down the river, and there were enormous environmental impacts on Moreton Bay, into which the Brisbane River empties. Animals and plants were badly affected.

There was a massive flow-on effect in the economy. Prices had to rise, especially food prices. Trade was affected, especially given that much of Queensland's primary industry was wiped out. Then there were the insurance claims and the cost of cleaning up afterwards. It is anticipated that the cost of the floods in Queensland will be in the billions of dollars.

One very positive effect was the way people banded together to help with the cleanup. Thousands of volunteers arrived to help total strangers clean up the mud and debris, or to help in other ways through donations. The way people worked together really restored everyone's faith in human nature.

A major positive effect from the Queensland floods was the renewal of the environment. Queensland has 2 basic flow paths - rain on the east side of the Great Dividing Range flows to the sea, while rain on the west side is gathered in a series of basins which flow into other states.

Much of Australia's former rich farming land has been devastated in recent decades by over grazing and placing unsustainable demands on inland water supplies. The flood washes silt downstream which covers floodplains and enriches salt ravaged country, the Great Artesian Basin is replenished, and the inland river systems are flushed of poisonous bacteria.

The Murray-Darling river system will receive the second flush in as many years. The Cooper Basin will be flushed all the way to Lake Eyre.

On the east side, the fresh water called "sweet water" is necessary for the ecology in mangrove areas. It promotes flora growth, and allows sea creatures to breed and thrive. Unfortunately, a regular flood event in the Fitzroy River in Queensland can take 75 days for the Keppel Bay to clean; and this long lasting flood will take much longer. But the long term effect will mean a bumper catch of prawns and reef fish in 2012.

Yes it is. In Australia, land is broken up into eight separate areas and classified as either states or territories.

The states are Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland. Territories are; Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory.

It varies depending on where you are in Queensland.The Northern most part is warmer by a few degrees.For example on the Atherton tablelands it is generally milder and towards the coast more humid.So you will experience min temps from as low as 10deg to max of 26deg

The 2010-2011 floods in Queensland started in central Queensland around 10 December.

As of January 11, the floods had still not finished. Many towns such as St George remain under threat while Rockhampton, for example, was underwater until at least mid-January.

Meanwhile, capital city of Brisbane faced massive flooding for several weeks.

People who visit the Great Barrier Reef come from all over the world, as well as from Australia itself.

The Great Barrier Reef is specifically located in the Coral Sea, which is part of the southern Pacific Ocean.

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It is about 2300 kilometres in length, which is the equivalent of about 1,430 miles. Its northern end just south of Papua New Guinea, and its southern end near Lady Elliott Island, northeast of the city of Bundaberg.

The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, which comprises more than just the coral reefs, atolls and islands of the Great Barrier Reef, covers around 348,000 sq km (134,363 sq miles) while the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park itself covers around 344,400 sq km.

Brisbane is the capital of Queensland. It is located in the southeast of the state, where the Brisbane River meets Moreton Bay.

The colony of the Moreton Bay District was founded in 1824, but abandoned less than a year later when the main settlement was moved 30km away, to the Brisbane River. On 4 May 1842, Moreton Bay was declared a free settlement. On 6 June 1859, the former Moreton Bay District was granted separation from New South Wales, and given the name of Queensland, with Brisbane as its capital city. Brisbane is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825.

The Great Barrier Reef is located parallel to the coast of Queensland.

The Brisbane River runs through Brisbane. The river was actually named before the city which was, in turn, named after the river.

The Brisbane River was named after Governor Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Governor of the NSW colony at the time when John Oxley explored what is now southeast Queensland.