13-671: Bingham may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Bingham, Queensland , former name of the town of River Heads United Kingdom [ edit ] Bingham, Nottinghamshire , a town in England Bingham (wapentake) , a historic district of Nottinghamshire, England Bingham, Edinburgh , a suburb in Scotland United States [ edit ] Bingham, Georgia Bingham County, Idaho Bingham, Illinois Bingham, Maine ,
26-622: A population of 1,294 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of River Heads had a population of 1,539 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of River Heads had a population of 2,044 people. There are no schools in River Heads. The nearest government primary school is Sandy Strait State School in Urangan to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Urangan State High School, also in Urangan. Vehicular ferries linking
39-718: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
52-472: A town Bingham (CDP), Maine , a census-designated place Bingham Township, Clinton County, Michigan Bingham Township, Huron County, Michigan Bingham Township, Leelanau County, Michigan Bingham, Nebraska Bingham Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania Bingham, South Carolina Bingham, Utah Bingham Canyon, Utah Bingham Canyon Mine Bingham, West Virginia Elsewhere [ edit ] Bingham (crater) , on
65-605: Is a coastal town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of River Heads had a population of 2,044 people. River Heads is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the city of Hervey Bay . The town is built on a narrow peninsula surrounded by the Great Sandy Strait (to the east), the mouth of the Mary River (to the south) and the mouth of
78-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
91-569: The Susan River (a tributary of the Mary River) to the south-west. River Heads Road enters the locality from the north ( Booral ) and extends south to the tip of the peninsula (being renamed Ariadne Street on the tip of the peninsula); it divides the locality with the urban area to the east and farmland to the west (mostly used as grazing on native vegetation). River Heads was originally called Bingham after Richard Bingham Sheridan , but
104-840: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
117-500: The Moon Bingham Glacier , Antarctica Bingham Peak , Antarctica Other uses [ edit ] Bingham (surname) Bingham McCutchen , a former law firm Bingham plastic , a non-Newtonian material See also [ edit ] Binghamton (disambiguation) Brigham (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
130-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
143-579: The mainland with Wanggoolba Creek and Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island depart from River Heads. The journey to Fraser Island takes 45 minutes. There are a number of boating facilities managed by the Fraser Coast Regional Council , including: Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
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#1732771738404156-533: The title Bingham . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bingham&oldid=1225322810 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bingham, Queensland Download coordinates as: River Heads
169-523: Was renamed on 22 November 1986. Bingham, in turn, was previously called Tyroom, an aboriginal word. The first 40 town lots in Bingham were offered for sale in August 1864. Bingham State School opened on 10 May 1915 (possibly then known as Mary River Heads Provisional School). It closed on 5 September 1926. It was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site. In the 2011 census , the locality of River Heads had
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