Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Stanthorpe had a population of 5,406 people.
John Job Crew Bradfield was an Australian engineer best known as the chief proponent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, of which he oversaw both the design and construction. He worked for the New South Wales Department of Public Works from 1891 to 1933. He was the first recipient of an engineering doctorate from the University of Sydney, in 1924. Other notable projects with which he was associated include the Cataract Dam, the Burrinjuck Dam, and Brisbane's Story Bridge. The Harbour Bridge formed only one component of the City Circle, Bradfield's grand scheme for the railways of central Sydney, a modified version of which was completed after his death. He was also the designer of an unbuilt irrigation project known as the Bradfield Scheme, which proposed that remote areas of western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia could be made fertile by the diversion of rivers from North Queensland.
Wallangarra is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Wallangarra had a population of 468 people.
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally applied to an area approximating to that of the Condamine River catchment upstream of Condamine township but is now applied to a wider region comprising the Southern Downs, Western Downs, Toowoomba and Goondiwindi local authority areas. The name Darling Downs was given in 1827 by Allan Cunningham, the first European explorer to reach the area and recognises the then Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling.
The Granite Belt is an area of the Great Dividing Range in the Darling Downs region of Queensland and the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The Granite Belt is centred on the town of Stanthorpe. The cool, high country of the granite belt is located on Queensland's southern border. It is the northernmost part of the New England Tablelands.
Glenlyon Dam, also known as Pike Creek Reservoir, is an earth and rockfill dam in Queensland near the border with New South Wales, roughly between Stanthorpe and Texas to the west. In 1976, the dam wall was built on Pike Creek, a tributary of the Dumaresq River, 5 km (3.1 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Mole River and Severn River branching from the Dumaresq.
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe.
The Amiens railway line was a branch railway in the Granite Belt region of Queensland, Australia, branching from the Southern Line at Cottonvale between Warwick and Stanthorpe. The Amiens line was the highest in southern Queensland, with the railway reaching an elevation of 946 metres above sea level at Pozieres.
The Southern railway line serves the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The 197-kilometre (122 mi) long line branches from the Western line at Toowoomba, 161 kilometres (100 mi) west of Brisbane, and proceeds south through Warwick and Stanthorpe to the New South Wales/Queensland state border at Wallangarra.
Applethorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Applethorpe had a population of 511 people.
Amiens is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Amiens had a population of 293 people.
Ballandean is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Ballandean had a population of 338 people.
Dalveen is a town and a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the 2016 census, Dalveen had a population of 335 people.
The Summit is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of The Summit had a population of 409 people.
Eukey is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border with New South Wales. In the 2016 census Eukey had a population of 134 people.
Severnlea is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Severnlea had a population of 350 people.
Glen Aplin is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Glen Aplin had a population of 503 people.
Dalcouth is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border with New South Wales. In the 2016 census, Dalcouth had a population of 165 people.
Sugarloaf is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Sugarloaf had a population of 113 people.
Stanthorpe–Texas–Inglewood Road is a continuous 152.8 kilometres (94.9 mi) road route in the Southern Downs and Goondiwindi regions of Queensland, Australia. It has two official names, Stanthorpe–Texas Road and Inglewood–Texas Road. The entire route is signed as State Route 89. Tourist Drives 5 (Amiens) and 8 and the Shearer’s Way all start in Stanthorpe and run concurrent with this road for part of its length.
