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Hume and Hovell memorial at the bottom of Mount Fraser. Mount Fraser is a volcanic cone near Beveridge, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest scoria cone near Melbourne. [1] The extinct volcano last erupted about one million years ago. It is about 120 metres in height above the surrounding land. The distance around the base of the volcano is ...
Fraser's Hill is a hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Ridge in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia.It is about 100 km (62 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur. [6] In 1890, Louis James Fraser established the area as a tin mining community known as Pamah Lebar when he discovered rich tin deposits and opened a tin mining facility.
The Fraser River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river rises northwest of Mount Jowlaenger and flows east passing through some permanent pools such as Ungalete Pool and Lowangun Pool before discharging into King Sound. The only tributary of the Fraser is Bungarragut Creek.
' Paradise '), [3] also known by its former name Fraser Island, [4] is a World Heritage-listed sand island along the south-eastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The island lies approximately 250 km (160 mi) north of the state capital , Brisbane , and is within the Fraser Coast Region local council area.
Fraser lies at the north west end of Belconnen. The suburb is named after James Reay Fraser , who was Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970 and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Australian Capital Territory from 1959 to 1970.
Jalan Bukit Fraser 1 or Jalan Gap-Bukit Fraser, Federal Route 56, is a federal road in Fraser's Hill, both in Selangor and Pahang state, Malaysia.Unlike most federal roads in Malaysia, Jalan Bukit Fraser is a single-lane federal road, which direction was used to be reversed hourly before the newer Jalan Bukit Fraser 2 route 148 was completed in 2001 for downhill traffic.
Fraser Range Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Norseman on the Eyre Highway in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The area was visited in 1870 by John and Alexander Forrest on their expedition to Adelaide .
It was established to showcase the flora of Western Australia to those visiting Perth for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, although the official opening did not take place until 4 October 1965. [25] WA Botanic Garden is today home to over half of Australia's 25,000 plant species and the following popular landmarks: [6]