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Heron Island, 72 km (45 mi) off the coast off Gladstone in Queensland, has two time zones: the island resort follows DST all year round, whereas the Marine Research Centre and the Parks and Wildlife office on the island remain on Eastern Standard Time. Resort manager Alistair Cooray says no-one is sure how the time zone came about.
Queensland had a particularly involved debate over daylight-saving time, with public opinion geographically divided. A referendum on daylight saving was held on 22 February 1992, following a three-year trial (1989/90 – 1991/92), and was defeated with a 54.5% 'no' vote.
Time zone: AEST : Location: 2.9 km (2 mi) SW of Brisbane CBD: LGA(s) ... West End is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3]
Time zone: AEST : Location: 15.4 km (10 mi) S of Brisbane CBD: ... Archerfield is a mixed-use southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3]
Brisbane Technology Park opened in 1986. [31] The park is located on a 33.5-hectare (83-acre) site that is only 12 minutes from the Brisbane CBD. [32] The Queensland Clunies Ross Centre for Science and Industry opened at the Technology Park in 1997. [citation needed]
Time zone: AEST ... Stretton is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3] ... Stretton was gazetted as a suburb of Brisbane in ...
Time zone: AEST : Location: 17.2 km (11 mi) SSE of Brisbane CBD: ... Runcorn is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3]
The suburb of Willawong was officially created and named by the Queensland Places Names Board in 1970. Willawong is an Aboriginal word meaning the junction of two creeks. [3] [5] During the 1974 Brisbane flood, most of the suburb was inundated. [5] In 1983, local residents in Willawong and nearby suburbs began a campaign to stop sand mining in ...