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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 ...
Daylight Saving for South East Queensland (DS4SEQ) was a political party in Queensland, Australia.It was a single-issue party, run by volunteers, that advocated the introduction of Daylight Saving into Queensland, or at the very least into South East Queensland under a dual-time zone arrangement - with the remainder of the state to maintain standard time. [1]
The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city. Ten of Australia's thirty largest cities are located in Queensland, the largest outside Brisbane being the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Cairns, Ipswich, and Toowoomba. 24.2% of the state's population were born overseas. The state has the ...
TI is located approximately 39 kilometres (24 miles) north of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. [ 4 ] Thursday Island is also the name of the town in the south and west of the island, formerly known as Port Kennedy , and also the name of the locality which contains the island within the Shire of Torres .
Quinalow State School, 2017. Quinalow State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at 7 Progress Street (15] [16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 78 students with 14 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).
Marlborough State School, circa 2021. Marlborough State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at Magog Road (15] [16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 34 students with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). [17]