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In 1839, Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler, second Governor of South Australia, suggested that camels should be imported to work in the semi-arid regions of Australia. The first camel arrived in Australia in 1840, ordered from the Canary Islands by the Phillips brothers of Adelaide (Henry Weston Phillips (1818–1898); George Phillips (1820 ...
The Boulia Camel Races is an Australian camel race held annually every third weekend of July in Boulia, Queensland since 1997. Sometimes called the Melbourne Cup of camel racing, [1] the event is home to the Boulia Camel Cup, the longest camel race in Australia run over 1500 metres. [2] [3] Races are overseen by the regulatory body Racing ...
The Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races is a cultural event held every two years during the first week of August in Tara, Queensland since 2001. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The weekend features live entertainment and multicultural performances, and is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland .
This is a list of historic houses or notable homesteads located in Australia. The list has been sourced from a variety of national, state and local historical sources including those listed on the Australian Heritage Database , on the various heritage registers of the States and territories of Australia , or by the National Trust of Australia .
Fassifern Homestead is a single-storeyed timber residence erected c. 1880 to replace an earlier homestead on the same site. The Fassifern run, first taken up by John Cameron in 1841-1842, was one of the earliest licensed runs in the Moreton pastoral district, which was proclaimed on 10 May 1842.
Sinnamon Farm is a heritage-listed farm at 645 & 693 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Sinnamon Park, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It was built from 1869 to 1890s. It is also known as Avondale & Macleod aviation site, Beechwood, Glen Ross, and Seventeen Mile Rocks School.
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a heritage-listed zoological garden at 28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin, Queensland, Australia.It was built in 1947 onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 September 2009. [1]
It is situated in Diamantina Lakes about 184 kilometres (114 mi) south east of Boulia and 262 kilometres (163 mi) north east of Birdsville in the channel country of Queensland. Davenport Downs is the largest cattle station in Queensland and the fourth largest station in Australia after Anna Creek station, Alexandria Station and Clifton Hills ...