36-602: Download coordinates as: Cabarlah is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Cabarlah had a population of 1,307 people. Cabarlah is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the Toowoomba city centre and has an area of approximately 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi). It is situated on the Great Dividing Range with views to
72-634: A World War I training area. Cabarlah Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1884). Since the Second World War , Cabarlah has also had a significant role as a base for the Australian Army . It was home to elements of the 7th Brigade early in the war. Later in the war it became a hub for signals and other training. Cabarlah is now home to the 7th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) and other Australian Defence Force signals facilities. St Martin's Anglican Church
108-500: A cost of $ 600,000, was in the planning stage in July 2022. A project to plan for upgrades between Warwick and Stanthorpe, at a coat of $ 450,000, was completed in October 2021. A project to deliver widened pavement near Cooyar, at a cost of $ 24.576 million, was to finish by July 2022. New England Highway has had many former route allocations including former National Route 15. Where and when
144-580: 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
180-598: A month later through New South Wales on 14 March 1933. In 1936 the road was described by contemporary observers as being in good condition, with spectacular scenery and excellent accommodation en route. The Department of Main Roads , which had succeeded the New South Wales MRB in 1932, declared Main Road 374 on 16 March 1938, from the intersection with Tenterfield-Yetman Road (later Bruxner Highway ) just north of Tenterfield to
216-405: Is at 9918 New England Highway ( 27°25′54″S 151°59′26″E / 27.4318°S 151.9905°E / -27.4318; 151.9905 ( Cabarlah Rural Fire Station ) ). The Cabarlah Cemetery is located at 10148 New England Highway ( 27°27′04″S 151°59′15″E / 27.4512°S 151.9876°E / -27.4512; 151.9876 ( Cabarlah Cemetery ) ). It
252-461: Is based around the former Geengee railway station which operated from 1886 to 1961 on the now-closed Crows Nest railway line . The name Geengee is an Aboriginal word meaning green vegetation along a creek . In the 1860s to 1883 the area was called Five-Mile Camp. The name Cabarlah was used after Crows Nest railway line (from Toowoomba to Crows Nest ) was built. It is thought that the name Cabarlah derived from an Aboriginal expression describing
288-794: Is operated by the Toowoomba Regional Council. The Cabarlah Golf Club is located at Borneo Barracks ( 27°26′35″S 151°59′11″E / 27.4431°S 151.9865°E / -27.4431; 151.9865 ( Cabarlah Golf Club ) ). It is open to the public, but visitors must present their drivers licence for identification to enter the site. Black Forest Hill Clock Centre is at 9917 New England Highway ( 27°25′56″S 151°59′30″E / 27.4323°S 151.9916°E / -27.4323; 151.9916 ( Black Forest Hill Clock Centre ) ). It specialises in grandfather clocks and cuckoo clocks . Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
324-572: Is part of Australia's National Highway system, and forms part of the inland route between Brisbane and Sydney. The Queensland segment of the New England Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into three sections for administrative and funding purposes. One of the three sections (number 22C) is part of the National Highway, while sections 22A and 22B are strategic roads. The sections are: State-controlled roads that intersect with
360-623: 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. New England Highway New England Highway is an 883-kilometre (549 mi) long highway in Australia running from Yarraman , north of Toowoomba , Queensland , at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle , New South Wales , at its southern end. It
396-448: Is within the barracks ( 27°26′46″S 151°58′57″E / 27.4460°S 151.9825°E / -27.4460; 151.9825 ( Defence School of Signals ) ). Borneo Barracks Sewage Treatment Plant is also on the barrack's site ( 27°26′33″S 151°59′11″E / 27.4425°S 151.9865°E / -27.4425; 151.9865 ( Borneo Barracks Sewage Treatment Plant ) ). Cabarlah Rural Fire Station
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#1732876491018432-987: 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
468-606: The ring-tailed possum . However, a 1930 newspaper article claims it is a "Native name of the mountains in the neighbourhood". The Queensland Government set aside land for the Geham Cemetery (now the Cabarlah Cemetery) on 11 September 1878. Trustees were appointed on 2 January 1880 with the first burials occurring in 1881. Highfields No 2 State School opened on 27 March 1871. In 1875 it was renamed Geham State School in 1875. The Borneo Barracks were originally established as
504-744: The Great Northern Road. During the 1860s, several robberies occurred along the road, with infamous bushranger Captain Thunderbolt known to be active in the area. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB). Great Northern Highway
540-517: The New England Highway include: The Scone Bypass was opened in March 2020. In addition to bypassing the town centre, it also replaces the last railway level crossing on the New England Highway. The New England Highway upgrade and rail bridge replacement at Singleton (known as Gowrie Gates) was opened in July 2019. This upgrade is not part of the proposed Singleton bypass. The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes
576-907: The New England and Cunningham Highways combined (known as the Sydney–Brisbane inland route) had an average annual daily traffic count of just over 13,000 vehicles, which is approximately half that seen on the coastal route (i.e., the Pacific Highway and Pacific Motorway ). Heavy vehicles account for approximately 13% of the traffic seen on the route. As of November 2018, fixed speed cameras were located at Ben Lomond (between Ross Road and Ben Lomond Road), Blandford (between Hayles Street and Mills Street) and Tenterfield (between Duncan Street and George Street). Average speed enforcement (point-to-point) cameras target heavy vehicles between Singleton and Muswellbrook. New England Highway has its origins in
612-569: The designation of the New England Highway north of Warwick to follow the former Lockyer-Darling Downs Highway (national route 17) so that it terminated in Toowoomba. The section of the highway between Brisbane and Warwick was renamed as part of Cunningham Highway, which until that time had extended only westward from Warwick to Goondiwindi . The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 through the Parliament of New South Wales updated road classifications and
648-669: The east of the Lockyer Valley through to Brisbane and to the west across the Darling Downs . Traditionally the area has been used for farming however in recent years the expansion of the Toowoomba Regional Council has led to acreage and other residential development. Geengee is a neighbourhood in the west of the locality ( 27°26′00″S 151°59′00″E / 27.4333°S 151.9833°E / -27.4333; 151.9833 ( Geengee (neighbourhood) ) ). It
684-438: 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
720-520: The following projects for the New England Highway in Queensland. A project to upgrade the New England Highway at Cabarlah, at an estimated cost of $ 5 million, was in planning at March 2022. A project to develop supporting road infrastructure for the Emu Swamp Dam, adjacent to the New England Highway at Stanthorpe, at a cost of $ 6.3 million is planned to be completed by mid-2023. A project to upgrade
756-522: The highway are listed in the main article. At its northern end New England Highway connects to D'Aguilar Highway , and at its southern end it connects to Pacific Highway . It traverses the Darling Downs , New England , and Hunter Valley regions. During the winter months, some parts of the New England Highway are subject to frost and snowfall, with the 350 km section from the Moonbi Ranges to Stanthorpe located at high altitudes. In 2013–14,
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#1732876491018792-565: The intersection with the Cunningham Highway east of Warwick, at a cost of $ 25 million, was due for completion in August 2022. Two projects to develop business cases for improvements to the highway south of Toowoomba, at a cost of $ 650,000, were to be completed by March 2022. A project to improve safety between Stanthorpe and Ballandean, at a cost of $ 19.4 million, was ongoing in July 2022. A project to construct turning lanes at Cabarlah, at
828-733: The locality of Cabarlah had a population of 1,307 people. There are no schools in Cabarlah. The nearest government primary schools are Geham State School in neighbouring Geham to the north and Highfields State School in Highfields to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Highfields State Secondary College in Highfields. The Borneo Barracks are at 10046 New England Highway ( 27°26′37″S 151°58′43″E / 27.4436°S 151.9787°E / -27.4436; 151.9787 ( Borneo Barracks ) ). The Defence School of Signals
864-458: 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,
900-466: The newer alphanumeric system in 2005, National Route 42 and State Route 61 were removed and replaced by route A3 between Yarraman and Warwick, now running concurrent with State Route 85 between Hampton and Toowoomba, and National Highway 15 was updated to route A15 between Warwick and the state border with New South Wales. New South Wales' conversion to the newer alphanumeric system occurred later in 2013, with National Highway 15 also updated to route A15 from
936-529: The school appealed the decision, the Queensland Education Minister, Rod Weldford , upheld the board's decision. In the 2016 census , the locality of Cabarlah had a population of 1,075 people. 83.6% of people were born in Australia and 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 22.5% and Anglican 18.2%. In the 2021 census ,
972-537: The state border with Queensland at Wallangarra; this was replaced with the declaration of State Highway 24 along the same route on 11 January 1950. New England Highway was re-routed through Warwick along the route that was then known in Queensland as the Lockyer-Darling Downs Highway on 11 August 1954, with the new alignment of State Highway 9 subsuming State Highway 24 in New South Wales. Against
1008-400: The state border with Queensland to Hexham. With Hunter Expressway opening a year later in 2014, route A15 was modified to route M15 and rerouted along it east of Branxton, and route A43 was extended westwards from Hexham along New England Highway to replace it, retaining a concurrency with route A1 between Beresfield and Hexham. As of July 2021, completed, current or proposed improvements on
1044-502: The states for road construction and maintenance, but were fully compensated by the Federal government for money spent on approved projects. As an important interstate link between the capitals of Queensland and New South Wales, New England Highway was declared a National Highway in 1974 and was consequently re-signed as National Highway 15. National Route 42 was extended north along New England Highway from Warwick to Toowoomba; State Route 85
1080-529: The track which developed north from Newcastle to reach the prime wool growing areas of the New England region which Europeans settled following expeditions by NSW Surveyor-General John Oxley in 1818 and botanist Allan Cunningham in 1827 and 1829. The rough track, navigable only by horse or bullock dray, crossed the Liverpool Range, went through Tamworth and ended at Tenterfield. The track became known as
1116-419: The way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, New England Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 9, from Hexham to the state border with Queensland. New England Highway was signed National Route 15 from Warwick to Hexham in 1955. The Whitlam government introduced the federal National Roads Act 1974 , where roads declared as a National Highway were still the responsibility of
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1152-605: The wishes of the Beaudesert Shire Council and the Woodenbong Chamber of Commerce, the former alignment of New England Highway through Beaudesert was renamed Mount Lindesay Highway , and the New South Wales section was re-declared as State Highway 24 (this was eventually revoked on 23 December 1981 and re-declared as Main Road 622 ). In the 1970s, the Queensland Main Roads Department rerouted
1188-645: Was allocated sometime during the 1980s between Toowoomba and Hampton, and State Route 61 allocated sometime during the 1990s between Hampton and its northern terminus at Yarraman. National Highway 15 was later truncated at its southern end from Hexham to Beresfield in 1988, as the Mandalong–Freemans Waterhole stage of Sydney–Newcastle Freeway opened and National Highway 1 was rerouted via existing arterial routes to Beresfield, then along New England Highway to Hexham, before resuming its original route north along Pacific Highway. With Queensland's conversion to
1224-417: Was amended to State Highway 9 on 8 April 1929. The section of Great Northern Highway between Sydney and Hexham was subsumed into Pacific Highway on 26 May 1931; the southern end of Great Northern Highway was truncated at the intersection with Pacific Highway at Hexham as a result. The remaining portion from Hexham to Brisbane was later renamed New England Highway , through Queensland on 14 February 1933, and
1260-526: Was declared (as Main Road No. 9) on 8 August 1928, replacing the Great Northern Road and running from North Sydney via Hornsby, Peat's Ferry, Gosford, Swansea, Newcastle, Maitland, Singleton, Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes, Tenterfield and Woodenbong to the border with Queensland; with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this
1296-742: Was opened at the Cabarlah Barracks in 1959 but closed circa 1961. The Cabarlah Community School opened in Wirraglen Road, Highfields , on 23 January 2006. It used the Reggio Emilia teaching philosophy . In March 2008 it was closed when the Queensland Government's Non-State Schools Accreditation Board refused to accredit the school, claiming it did not meet the requirements of the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2001. Although
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