Neville Thomas Bonner AO was an Australian politician,and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy in the representation of Queensland in the Senate,and later became the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the parliament by popular vote. Neville Bonner was an elder of the Jagera people.
Mount Lindesay Highway is an Australian national highway located in Queensland. The highway runs southwest from Brisbane,where it leaves Ipswich Road in the suburb of Moorooka,to the Queensland –New South Wales border and is 116 kilometres (72 mi) in length. For most of its length it is roughly aligned with the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. At its southern end these transport routes take different passes over the Scenic Rim into the Northern Rivers region. It is designated National Route 13.
Beaudesert is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Beaudesert had a population of 6,395 people.
Moorooka is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Moorooka had a population of 10,368 people.
Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
Marburg is a rural town in the City of Ipswich and a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region,both in Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Marburg had a population of 873 people.
The Shire of Boonah was a local government area in South East Queensland,Australia,about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Brisbane. The shire covered an area of 1,921.6 square kilometres (741.9 sq mi),and existed from 1880 until its merger with parts of the Shire of Beaudesert and City of Ipswich to form the Scenic Rim Region on 15 March 2008.
The Shire of Beaudesert was a local government area located in South East Queensland,Australia,stretching from the New South Wales border,along the Gold Coast hinterland to the urban fringes of the cities of Brisbane and Ipswich. The Shire covered an area of 2,854.3 square kilometres (1,102.1 sq mi),and existed from 1879 until its abolition on 15 March 2008,following which it was split between Logan City and the new Scenic Rim Region.
Ipswich Road is major road in the City of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia. The road has been an important transport route since the 19th century when it connected the towns of Brisbane and Ipswich. In the 1990s,the section from Moorooka in Brisbane to Riverview in Ipswich was replaced by the Ipswich Motorway.
The Scenic Rim Region is a local government area in West Moreton region of South East Queensland,Australia. Established in 2008,it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. The main town of the region is Beaudesert.
Augustine Heights is a suburb in the City of Ipswich,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Augustine Heights had a population of 4,880 people.
Haigslea is a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region in South East Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Haigslea had a population of 468 people.
Aidan Patrick McLindon is an Australian politician. He was first elected for the seat of Beaudesert to the Queensland State Parliament for the Liberal National Party at the 2009 state election. He resigned from that party to become an independent in May 2010,and in June 2010 he established The Queensland Party,which he merged with Katter's Australian Party in August 2011. He lost his seat to the LNP at the 2012 election. Bob Katter appointed McLindon as National Director for the newly created Katter's Australian Party. 18 months later McLindon resigned to spend more time with his family. McLindon established an independent political consultancy,AMac Consultants Pty Ltd,following the 2013 federal election.
West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland,consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Downs. Much of the region lies in the Great Dividing Range. The name appears in the names of many community organisations and is used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics,although is not widely used otherwise due to the prevalence of South East Queensland in planning and other documents.
Fassifern was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1992.
James Edward Madden is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Ipswich West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Thomas Flood Plunkett CBE was a dairy farmer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Scenic Rim is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution,and was won at the 2017 election by Jon Krause.
Ipswich–Boonah–Rathdowney Road is a continuous 87.8 kilometres (54.6 mi) road route in the Ipswich and Scenic Rim regions of Queensland,Australia. It has two official names,Ipswich–Boonah Road and Boonah–Rathdowney Road. The entire route is signed as State Route 93,and much of it is also part of Tourist Drive 16.
Beaudesert–Boonah–Fassifern Road is a non-continuous 49.9 kilometres (31.0 mi) road route in the Scenic Rim region of Queensland,Australia. It has two official names,Beaudesert–Boonah Road and Boonah–Fassifern Road. The route is signed as State Route 90. These roads are joined by a 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) section of Ipswich-Boonah Road. Beaudesert–Boonah Road is a state-controlled regional road,and Boonah–Fassifern Road is also a state-controlled regional road. As part of State Route 90 it provides an alternate route between the Cunningham Highway and the Gold Coast.
