Miles (Queensland)

Miles
Main Street from Miles
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 26 ° 40 ′  S , 150 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 26 ° 40 ′  S , 150 ° 11 ′  E Height : 302  m Area : 5.0  km²
Residents : 1,133 (2016) Population density : 227 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 4415 LGA : Western Downs Region
Miles

Miles is a small town in southern Queensland , Australia . The city is located approximately 340 kilometers west of the capital Brisbane , 130 kilometers northwest of Dalby and 140 kilometers east of Roma in the Western Downs region of Queensland. Miles has about 1,100 residents.

Miles lies on a flat spot on Dogwood Creek , where the German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt crossed the river in 1844 on his first expedition to Australia . Leichhardt named the place Dogwood Crossing , which was also the official name of the first settlement that was built there. It was later renamed in honor of William Miles, a senior official in the Queensland colony.

Like most other cities in the region, Miles is economically shaped by agriculture. The cultivation of wheat, barley and cotton plays just as important a role as cattle and sheep breeding. Other important branches of industry are wood processing and the mining of bentonite deposits .

Miles is at the intersection of Warrego Highway and Leichhardt Highway . The first runs east-west and connects Miles with Dalby and Toowoomba in the east and Roma in the west. The Leichhardt Highway runs north-south through Miles and has connections to Goondiwindi in the south and Gladstone and Rockhampton in the north. Miles also has a train station on the Brisbane- Charleville rail link , which is served by QR .

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  Dogwood Crossing Cultural Center

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  Windsor Hotel in Miles

Web links

Commons : Miles, Queensland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Miles ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.