11-494: Gowrie Mountain is a locality in the Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Gowrie Mountain had a population of 222 people. The Warrego Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality while Dry Creek forms the southern boundary. The lower of the two peaks of Gowrie Mountain (630 metres above sea level) is in the far east of the locality while the higher peak (674 metres above sea level)
22-601: A larger city. The Australian usage is closer to 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
33-580: A population of 222 people. There are no schools in Gowrie Mountain. The nearest government primary school is Kingsthorpe State School in neighbouring Kingsthorpe to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Wilsonton State High School in Wilsonton Heights to the east. [REDACTED] Media related to Gowrie Mountain, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
44-532: Is in the neighbouring locality of Charlton . The locality takes its name from the mountain which, in turn, took its name from a corrupted Aboriginal word cowarie , which probably referred to Gowrie Creek, but which also referred to the freshwater mussel . Gowrie Mountain Provisional School opened on 30 May 1901, becoming Gowrie Mountain State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967. It
55-477: Is served by Westfield Kotara shopping centre, formerly Garden City Kotara, and originally Kotara Fair, on its northern border. Adamstown Heights is located on several Newcastle Transport bus routes and is near two railway stations on the Main Northern railway line , Kotara and Adamstown . Adamstown Heights had a population of 5,299 in 2016. This City of Lake Macquarie geography article
66-536: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Adamstown Heights, New South Wales Adamstown Heights is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia , located 8 kilometres (5 mi) west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district along
77-1006: The Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been 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
88-509: The Pacific Highway . It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas . On 6 September 1991 Adamstown heights officially become a suburb of Newcastle. The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area. The suburb contains two schools, Kotara High School , established in 1968 and containing 3 hectares of native bushland, and also established in 1968 Belair Public School. The suburb
99-438: 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
110-514: The names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality 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,
121-467: Was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site at 95 Gowrie Mountain School Road ( 27°30′26″S 151°48′09″E / 27.5072°S 151.8026°E / -27.5072; 151.8026 ( Gowrie Mountain State School (former) ) ), now within the present-day locality of Kingsthorpe . In the 2016 census , Gowrie Mountain had a population of 224 people. In the 2021 census , Gowrie Mountain had
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