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Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mean time. Now, Western Australia uses Western Standard Time; South Australia and the Northern Territory use Central Standard Time; while New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory, and the Australian ...
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.
During the 1890s, the six Australian colonies, including Queensland, held a series of referendums which culminated in the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901. During this time, Queensland had a population of half a million people. Since then, Queensland has remained a federated state within Australia, and its population has significantly ...
South Australia Moomba: 12 January 2013 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) Queensland: Birdsville: 24 December 1972 South Australia Port Augusta: 24 January 2019 Western Australia Forrest 19 December 2019 Roebourne 31 December 2023 49.4 °C (120.9 °F) Queensland Birdsville 25 January 2024 Western Australia Emu Creek Station 16 February 1998 South Australia ...
Time zone: AEST : Location: 16.1 km (10 mi) N of Childers; ... Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Farnsfield had a population of 95 people. [1]
Brisbane (/ ˈ b r ɪ z b ən / ⓘ BRIZ-bən, [10] Turrbal/Yagara: Meanjin, Meaanjin, Maganjin or Magandjin) is the capital and largest city of the state of Queensland [11] and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population over 2.7 million. [1]
McGrath then asked the Queensland Government to take over and donated land for the construction of a new building, resulting in the opening of Warrill Creek State School opened on 22 May 1862 on what is now the south-western part of the RAAF Base Amberley. On 28 January 1888 the school relocated to a new site at Sandridge but it was flooded in ...
Queensland Labor: 24 April 1957 12 August 1957 110 days 12. 20th Ted Theodore (1884–1950) Labor: ... List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office;