| 词条 | Isisford, Queensland |
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| type = town | name = Isisford | state = qld | image = Isisford.jpg | caption = Main street of Isisford | coordinates = {{coord|-24.2597|144.4386|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | pop = 262 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | est = 1878 | postcode = 4731 | elevation = 202 | elevation_footnotes = [2] | area = 11605.1 | dist1 = 1089 | dir1 = NW | location1 = Brisbane | dist2 = 727 | dir2 = W | location2 = Rockhampton | dist3 = 117 | dir3 = S | location3 = Longreach | lga = Longreach Region | stategov = Gregory | fedgov = Maranoa | maxtemp = 30.8 | mintemp = 15.5 | rainfall = 449.8 | near-n = Ilfracombe | near-ne = Ilfracombe | near-e = Blackall | near-se = Adavale | near-s = Adavale | near-sw = Jundah | near-w = Stonehenge | near-nw = Tocal }}Isisford is a small town and locality in the Longreach Region in Central West Queensland, Australia.[3][4] At the 2011 census, Isisford and the surrounding area had a population of 262.[1] This figure has never surpassed 300.[5] GeographyIsiford is located on the Barcoo River, and is approximately {{convert|120|km|mi}} south east of the town of Longreach. Small sections of both Idalia National Park and Welford National Park are located within the boundary of the town. HistoryThe first European in the area was the explorer Thomas Mitchell, who travelled through the area in 1846. Settlers followed with James Whitman opening a hotel, store and blacksmith by May 1875.[6] The town was surveyed as the Town of Wittown in April 1878; it is said that Whitman named it after himself.[7] However, in May 1878, the name Isisford was proposed and by August 1878 it had been renamed Isisford, because it was near the Isis Downs pastoral run and a ford on the Barcoo River.[3][5][8][9] A post office and telegraph line were operating by 1881.[5] Isis Downs Post Office opened on 1 June 1868, was replaced by the Wittown office in 1876 which was renamed Isisford in 1878.[10] In the following years the town progressed with the growth of the pastoral industry.[5] Isisford State School opened on 19 October 1881.[11] The Queensland Government called for tenders to build a court house in Isisford in August 1883 with the contract awarded to William McLaughlin in November 1883.[12][13] The court house was completed in November 1885.[14] In September 1956, a deliberately lit fire at the Isisford Hotel resulted in the deaths of a mother and her child.[15] In the mid-1990s, the first fossils of Isisfordia, an extinct genus of crocodile-like animals, was discovered in a dry creek close to the town.[16] The discovery was made by the town's former Deputy Mayor, Ian Duncan, after which the new species was named.[17] Heritage listingsIsisford has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
FacilitiesIsisford has a public library at 20 St Mary Street operated by the Longreach Regional Council.[20] It also has a swimming pool and visitor information centre. References1. ^1 {{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30814 |name=Isisford (State Suburb) |accessdate=11 July 2013 |quick=on}} 2. ^Bureau of Meteorology Retrieved on 2008-05-04 3. ^1 {{cite QPN|44229|Isisford|town|accessdate=31 August 2015}} 4. ^{{cite QPN|47051|Isisford|locality|accessdate=31 August 2015}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title=Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback|last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland)|publisher=State of Queensland|year=2002|isbn=0-7345-1040-3|pages=159–160}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97419672|title=TAMBO.|date=22 May 1875|newspaper=Western Star And Roma Advertiser|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=9|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=I,|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19763325|title=The Sketcher.|date=8 December 1877|newspaper=The Queenslander|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=121|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XII,|page=14|via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19766112|title=Country News.|date=4 May 1878|newspaper=The Queenslander|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=142|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XIV,|page=134|via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213779760|title=COLONIAL.|date=22 August 1878|newspaper=The Daily Northern Argus|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=2869|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 10 May 2014}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/celebrations/dates/h.html|title=Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools|last=|first=|date=|website=Education Queensland|publisher=|access-date=}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19792789|title=PUBLIC WORKS.|date=11 August 1883|newspaper=The Queenslander|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=411|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXIV,|page=19|via=National Library of Australia}} 13. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19794379|title=Official Notifications.|date=3 November 1883|newspaper=The Queenslander|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=423|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXIV,|page=734|via=National Library of Australia}} 14. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79728364|title=COUNTRY NEWS.|date=19 November 1885|newspaper=The Western Champion|accessdate=22 October 2017|issue=336|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=VII,|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}} 15. ^{{cite book |title=On Tap: A Cavalcade of Trivia and Tall Stories Celebrating 200 Years of the Australian Pub |last=McKay |first=Mark |year=1999 |publisher=Wakefield Press |isbn=1862544735 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vsm0A_klrx8C |accessdate=11 July 2013}} 16. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=9853 |title=Ancestor of all modern crocodilians discovered in outback Queensland |accessdate=11 July 2013 |date=14 June 2006 |publisher=The University of Queensland }} 17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencebuzz.org/buzz_tags/isisfordia_duncani |title=Missing link crocodile found down under |date=18 June 2006 |work=Science Buzz |publisher= Science Museum of Minnesota |accessdate=11 July 2013 }} 18. ^{{cite QHR||Isisford District Hospital (former)|602837|accessdate=17 December 2017}} 19. ^{{cite QHR|15835|Isis Downs Woolshed Complex|602544|accessdate=10 July 2013}} 20. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/visit-us/find-a-public-library/branches/longreach/isisford_library|title=Isisford Library|last=|first=|date=|work=State Library of Queensland|access-date=2018-01-22|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=State Library of Queensland|language=en}} External links{{commons category-inline}}
5 : Towns in Queensland|Longreach Region|Populated places established in 1878|1878 establishments in Australia|Isisford, Queensland |
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