Английская Википедия:Humboldt, Queensland
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:GeoGroup Шаблон:Infobox Australian place Humboldt is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the Шаблон:CensusAU, Humboldt had a population of 13 people.[2]
Geography
The Dawson Highway forms the southern boundary of the locality and the ridgeline of the Expedition Range (Шаблон:Coord) forms the eastern boundary.[3][4]
There are a number of protected areas:[3]
- Shotover State Forest in the north-east of the locality
- Expedition State Forect in the south-east
- Humboldt State Forest and the Humboldt National Park in the centre
The Shotover Range (Шаблон:Coord) runs north-south through the centre of the locality including the national park.[5]
Apart from these protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.[3]
Letter Camp (Шаблон:Coord). and Wilsons Camp (Шаблон:Coord) are two neighhourhoods in the north-west of the locality.[3][6][7]
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[8][9]
- Bundaburra (Шаблон:Coord)
- Bungawarra (Шаблон:Coord) with airstrip (Шаблон:Coord)
- Humboldt (Шаблон:Coord)
- Katrina (Шаблон:Coord)
- Kulandra (Шаблон:Coord)
- Old Redrock (Шаблон:Coord)
- Penrose (Шаблон:Coord)
- Planet Downs (Шаблон:Coord) with airstrip (Шаблон:Coord)
- Rockland Springs (Шаблон:Coord)
- Somerby (Шаблон:Coord) with airstrip (Шаблон:Coord)
- Sunlight (Шаблон:Coord)
- Washpool (Шаблон:Coord) with airstrip (Шаблон:Coord).
- Wybalena with airstrip (Шаблон:Coord)
History
Expedition Range was named on 27 November 1844 by explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who described it as "particularly striking and imposing".[4]
In the Шаблон:CensusAU, Humboldt had a population of 13 people.[2]
Education
There are no schools in the locality. The nearest primary schools are Rolleston State School in Rolleston to the south-west and Blackwater State School in Blackwater to the north. The nearest secondary school is Blackwater State High School in Blackwater; however, some parts of the locality are so distant that distance education and boarding schools would be other options.[3]
References
Шаблон:Central Highlands Region