Texas (Queensland)
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Texas is a small town in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located just 2 km north of the New South Wales border on the Dumaresq River , 166 km southwest of Brisbane and 35 miles southwest of Warwick . Texas is part of the Goondiwindi Region Local Government Area and had a population of 733 at the 2016 census.
history
In the area of today's Texas lived Aboriginesstamm the Bigambul for thousands of years before European settlers arrived in the 1840s.
The name of the city is generally believed to go back to land disputes. The land was first settled by the McDougall brothers , who suddenly found their land occupied when they returned from the gold fields. When their claim to the land was finally recognized, they named their reason after the much better known dispute between the United States and Mexico over Texas territory .
In November 1930, the Texas Railroad connected Texas to Inglewood , 35 miles north on the Southwest Railroad . In 1994 this railway line was closed.
Tobacco growing was a major industry in the area until around 1980. Many families of Italian descent were involved in tobacco planting.
economy
Agriculture is the dominant industry in and around Texas today. But there is also a silver mine.
traffic
5 km southwest of Texas, in New South Wales, the Bruxner Highway (Australian Route 44) runs from Ballina to Boggabilla , south of Goondiwindi .
education
Texas has a widely recognized state school called Texas State School that teaches students from preschool through 10th grade.
media
In Texas, Warwick Daily News from Warwick and Border Post from Stanthorpe are available.
The public radio station Ten FM can be received on VHF 89.7 MHz.
Country music
After visiting small town Texas in 2002 and having a nearby car accident, American country and rockabilly singer Jason Lee Wilson mentioned TX, QLD, Australia in one of his songs . The song can be found on the 2004 debut album Music to Haul By by the Cumberland Runners .
Lee Keranghan also mentioned the city in his song Texas, Qld 4385 , which became a hit in 2005 and was released on the album Electric Rodeo that same year .
Known residents
- Travis Burns , rugby player
- Peter Hitchener , spokesman for Nine News in Melbourne
- Country singer James Blundell spent considerable time in the area and his first album features a song called Texas
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Texas ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ↑ Texas, Queensland . Travelmate.com.au
- ^ Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. June 1988 edition. Pp. 129-136
- ↑ Texas State School ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
