Australian Towns

Cooktown Queensland is the northernmost town on the east coast of Australia, located at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland. In Guugu Yimithirr the name for the region is, Gan.gaarr, which means “(place of the) rock crystals.” Quartz crystals were used in various Aboriginal ceremonies and are found in the vicinity, they were traded at least as far as Mossman, about 300 km south of Cooktown. Captain James Cook beached the Endeavour here in 1770 for repairs after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef. The district is good agriculturallly and the town is also supported by prawning and fishing. For your enjoyment there is Markets at Endeavour Lions Park, every 2nd Sat. June: Cooktown Endeavour Festival (long weekend). with re-enactment of Cook,’s landing. July: Laura-Cape York Aboriginal Dance Festival

Find more info here on Australian Towns Three Springs Is located 313 km north of Perth, Western Australia on the Midlands Road. Wheat farming is the main industry. The first Europeans to pass through the Three Springs area were Lieutenant George Grey and his party in 1839. The next exploration of the area in 1846 was undertaken by brothers Henry, Francis [...]

Find more info here on Buying Australian Real Estate Tammin Tammin is located in the central agricultural region, 184 kilometres (114 mi) east of Perth, Western Australia  and midway between the towns of Cunderdin and Kellerberrin on the Great Eastern Highway. History The first European to settle in the area was John Packham in 1893. The railway to Southern Cross was constructed through the area in 1894-95, and [...]

Find more info here on Australian Travel Tambellup Is located in Western Australia‘s Great Southern Agricultural region, 317 km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway where it crosses the Gordon River. It is 23 km south of Broomehill. The area around Tambellup was first settled by pastoralists in the late 1840s, and in 1849 the Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe, when passing through the [...]

Find more info here on Australian Holidays Subiaco Is an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated to the north of Kings Park. Its Local Government Area is the City of Subiaco. The City of Subiaco is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 7 km² in inner western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 3 km west of [...]

Find more info here on Australian Towns Stirling Is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located about 10 km north of Perth’s central business district (CBD) along theMitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling, whose council offices and administration centre are located in the southwest of the mostly residential suburb. History Stirling is named [...]

Find more info here on Australian Holidays Sandstone Is a small town located in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town is located 157 kilometres east of Mount Magnet and 661 kilometres north of the state capital, Perth. At the 2006 census, Sandstone and the surrounding area had a population of 119. All about Sandstone The town was first settled [...]

Find more info here on Best Australian Beaches South Perth Is a residential suburb 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River. The suburb adjoins two major arterial roads—Canning Highway and the Kwinana Freeway—and is within the City of South Perth local government area. History Pre-European History The [...]

Find more info here on Australian Travel Quairading Is a Western Australian town located in the Wheatbelt region. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Quairading Quairading offers a variety of cultural, sporting and social activities at minimal cost. Quairading was first recognised as an agricultural area in the early 1860′s and developed as a rural [...]

Find more info here on Australian Towns Perth Is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000. The metropolitan area is located in the South West Division of Western Australia, between the Indian Ocean and a low coastal escarpment [...]