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The company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was renamed. [ 2 ] NQEA has built several ships for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Fremantle -class patrol boats and Leeuwin -class survey ships ). [ 3 ]
Metropolis – On 31 January, the wooden steamship sank off the North Carolina coast killing 85 people. [23] 85 1865 United Kingdom: Comet – On 13 April fire broke out aboard the clipper ship in the cargo of wool while heading from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, for London. The captain and all 80 passengers abandoned ship in three boats ...
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and identity.
Articles dealing with the North Queensland region of Australia (Townsville and region etc), excludes Far North Queensland (Cairns and region etc).. Queensland portal; The North Queensland region extends as far north (from Townsville) as Hinchinbrook Island, and as far south as the Whitsundays.
The Port of Abbot Point is of significant strategic value to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation, as there are very few locations along Queensland's eastern seaboard where deep water (>15m) is so close in-shore. [3] North Queensland Export Terminal has been operating for 35 years exporting coal. [4]
The North Queensland Register was a newspaper published in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia from 15 June 1892 to 30 March 1984. [1] The paper was formerly known as the North Queensland Herald and Northern Mining Register. It was also nicknamed the Bushman's Bible. [2]
The leases were situated between Ravenshoe and Mount Garnet, North Queensland, and comprised tin bearing deposits which followed the courses of Battle and Nettle Creeks with both areas crossing the Kennedy Highway between Ravenshoe and Mount Garnet. The Nettle Creek area was divided into two sections, the upper section was shallow and crossed ...
North Queensland Airways Pty. Ltd. (NQA) was an Australian company established on 7 May 1936 to operate air services in Queensland, Australia. History.