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32-504: Download coordinates as: Peak Crossing is a rural locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Scenic Rim Region of Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Peak Crossing had a population of 1,016 people. Peak Crossing is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Ipswich . The town is surrounded by farming land, mostly small cropping. The western boundary is marked by

64-635: A Congregational Church near Peak Mountain. In 1929, a new church was built by local builders Walter Florence and Charlie Meier. The former church building was sold and relocated to Rosevale to replace the Lutheran church which was burned down there in 1928. In 1977, the Congregational Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia . As at 2020, it is known as Flinders Uniting Church. In 1882,

96-524: A smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, 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

128-646: Is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Ipswich-Boonah Road ( 27°46′47″S 152°43′52″E  /  27.7798°S 152.7312°E  / -27.7798; 152.7312  ( Peak Crossing State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 215 students with 22 teachers (16 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). The Peak Mountain View Park on Ipswich Boonah Road ( 27°46′45″S 152°43′57″E  /  27.7793°S 152.7324°E  / -27.7793; 152.7324  ( Peak Mountain View Park ) )

160-402: Is identified by its PIN. Post offices coming under Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication, Government of India have a history of one hundred fifty years. Private courier and delivery services often have offices as well, although these are usually not called "post offices", except in the case of Germany , which has fully privatised its national postal system . As abbreviation PO

192-464: Is instead known as a sorting office or delivery office, which may have a large central area known as a sorting or postal hall. Integrated facilities combining mail processing with railway stations or airports are known as mail exchanges. In India , post offices are found in almost every village having panchayat (a "village council"), towns, cities, and throughout the geographical area of India. India's postal system changed its name to India Post after

224-628: Is provided by the Scenic Rim Regional Council . It features open space with play equipment, electric BBQs, picnic shelters as well as public toilets and off-street car parking. The Peak Crossing ANZAC memorial is within the park. The Scenic Rim Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits the Peak Mountain View Park. The Peak Crossing branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets in

256-434: 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. Receiving office Before the advent of postal codes and the post office, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for receipt or delivery. During

288-616: Is the Flinders Peak Conservation Park and sections of the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate. These parks are used for bushwalking, horse riding, mountain bike riding and camping. Ipswich – Boonah Road (State Route 93) runs through from north to south. The name Peak Crossing refers to a mountain and a once important road crossing of Purga Creek. The mountain Flinders Peak is to the east of

320-433: Is used, together with GPO for General Post Office and LPO for Licensed Post Office. There is evidence of corps of royal couriers disseminating the decrees of Egyptian pharaohs as early as 2400   BCE, and it is possible that the service greatly precedes that date. Similarly, there may be ancient organised systems of post houses providing mounted courier service, although sources vary as to precisely who initiated

352-539: The Holy Roman Empire . The British Postal Museum claims that the oldest functioning post office in the world is on High Street in Sanquhar , Scotland . The post office has functioned continuously since 1712, during which horses and stagecoaches were used to carry mail. Rural parts of Canada in the 19th century utilised the way office system. Villagers could leave their letters at the way office which were then taken to

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384-1119: 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 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

416-929: The 19th century in the United States , this often led to smaller communities being renamed after their post offices, particularly after the Post Office Department began to require that post office names not be duplicated within a state . The term "post-office" has been in use since the 1650s, shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in England in 1635. In early modern England, post riders — mounted couriers —were placed, or "posted", every few hours along post roads at posting houses (also known as post houses) between major cities, or " post towns ". These stables or inns permitted important correspondence to travel without delay. In early America, post offices were also known as stations. This term, as well as

448-468: The 2000 A.D., post offices would collect fees for radio licenses, recruitment for government jobs, and the operation of public call telephone (PCO) booths. Postmen would deliver letters, money orders, and parcels to places that are within the assigned area of a particular post office. Each Indian post office is assigned a unique six-digit code called the Postal Index Number , or PIN. Each post office

480-666: The Ipswich Boonah Road, serve the areas north of Purga Creek. Flinders railway station on Flinders Road ( 27°47′19″S 152°43′18″E  /  27.7886°S 152.7217°E  / -27.7886; 152.7217  ( Flinders railway station ) ) serves the area south of Purga Creek. On 12 September 1887, the line was extended from Harrisville to Dugundan . The line closed in June 1964. Peak Crossing Post Office opened on 2 January 1886 (a receiving office had been open from 1885. In October 1872, tenders were called to construct

512-486: The Ivory's Rock Convention Centre. On Remembrance Day , 11 November 2018, the new Peak Crossing ANZAC Memorial was officially dedicated. In the 2011 census , Peak Crossing had a population of 768 people. In the 2016 census , Peak Crossing had a population of 965 people. In the 2021 census , Peak Crossing had a population of 1,016 people. Peak Crossing has the following heritage-listed sites: Peak Crossing State School

544-608: The Peak Crossing Public Hall. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are 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

576-572: The advent of private courier companies in the 1990s. It is run by the Indian government's Department of Posts. India Post accepts and delivers inland letters, postcards, parcels, postal stamps, and money orders (money transfers). Few post offices in India offer speed post (fast delivery) and payments or bank savings services. It is also uncommon for Indian post offices to sell insurance policies or accept payment for electricity, landline telephone, or gas bills. Until

608-403: The building had 4 Gothic windows. It was officially opened and blessed on Sunday 10 December 1882 by parish priest of Ipswich , Father Andrew Horan. It had been arranged that Bishop Robert Dunne would officiate but he did not attend on the day. The ceremony attracted a large attendance from local people as well as approximately 400 people who came from Ipswich on a train specially organised for

640-399: The church is now known as St John's Catholic Church at 30 Fassifern Street ( 27°47′01″S 152°43′51″E  /  27.7835°S 152.7307°E  / -27.7835; 152.7307  ( St John's Catholic Church ) ). On 3 November 1924, a meeting of residents was held at the school to propose the erection of a public hall. In 1925 a piece of land approx 0.75 acres (0.30 ha)

672-597: The east branch of Warrill Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River . Just upstream from where the road joining Peak Crossing with Mutdapilly crosses Warrill Creek is the Churchbank Weir . The eastern parts of Peak Crossing are dominated by the naturally vegetated central peaks of the Flinders Peak Group . These include Mount Goolman , Ivorys Rock (Muntambin), Mount Blaine and Flinders Peak . Also located here

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704-459: The event. It was not possible to accommodate everyone within the church for the ceremony. In November 1911, St Patrick's Catholic Church was struck by a cyclone and badly damaged. While temporary repairs were carried it, it was discovered that the timber of church had been damaged by white ants . A decision was made to build a new church and St James's Catholic Church was officially opened on 6 September 1914 by Archbishop James Duhig . As at 2020,

736-459: The first Catholic church in the Boonah Parish was erected at Peak Crossing and dedicated to St Patrick . George McDonald donated 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land and the church was built by James Madden of Ipswich. The church was 40 by 25 feet (12.2 by 7.6 m) with 12-foot (3.7 m) high walls and a 15-foot (4.6 m) high roof. It had a Gothic door at the front and each of the two sides of

768-438: 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

800-499: The nearest post office, as well as pick up their mail from the way office. In parts of Europe, special postal censorship offices existed to intercept and censor mail. In France, such offices were known as cabinets noirs . In many jurisdictions, mailboxes and post office boxes have long been in widespread use for drop-off and pickup (respectively) of mail and small packages outside post offices or when offices are closed. Germany's national postage system Deutsche Post introduced

832-583: The other providing sturdy oxen for bulk shipments. The Byzantine historian Procopius , though not unbiased, records the Cursus Publicus system remained largely intact until it was dismantled in the Byzantine empire by the emperor Justinian in the 6th century. The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis family initiated regular mail service from Brussels in the 16th century , directing the Imperial Post of

864-1103: The practice. In the Persian Empire , a Chapar Khaneh system existed along the Royal Road . Similar postage systems were established in India and China by the Mauryan and Han dynasties in the 2nd century BCE. The Roman historian Suetonius credited Augustus with regularising the Roman transportation and courier network, the Cursus Publicus . Local officials were obliged to provide couriers who would be responsible for their message's entire course. Locally maintained post houses ( Latin : stationes ) privately owned rest houses ( Latin : mansiones ) and were obliged or honored to care for couriers along their way. The Roman emperor Diocletian later established two parallel systems: one providing fresh horses or mules for urgent correspondence and

896-438: The term "post house", fell from use as horse and coach services were replaced by railways , aircraft , and automobiles . The term "post office" usually refers to government postal facilities providing customer service. " General Post Office " is sometimes used for the national headquarters of a postal service, even if the building does not provide customer service. A postal facility that is used exclusively for processing mail

928-600: The township, named in honour of the explorer Matthew Flinders . The road crossing is the intersection of the Ipswich-Boonah Road and the Old Warwick Road (which connected Ipswich to the local towns Boonah and Warwick respectively), which is adjacent to Purga Creek . Today, these roads are of less importance as the Cunningham Highway (approx 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Peak Crossing) carries most of

960-958: The traffic to these destinations. Purga Creek No 2 School opened on 4 September 1871. It was renamed Peak Mountain State School before 1875. In the late 1920s it was renamed Peak Crossing State School. The Fassifern railway line (Queensland's first branch railway line) opened from Ipswich to Harrisville on 10 July 1882. Hillside railway station ( 27°44′59″S 152°44′12″E  /  27.7497°S 152.7367°E  / -27.7497; 152.7367  ( Hillside railway station ) ), Rocktown railway station ( 27°45′50″S 152°44′17″E  /  27.7639°S 152.7380°E  / -27.7639; 152.7380  ( Rockton railway station ) ) and Peak Crossing railway station ( 27°46′37″S 152°44′01″E  /  27.7770°S 152.7336°E  / -27.7770; 152.7336  ( Peak Crossing railway station ) ), all on

992-503: Was intended, following a planned million dollar investment, to serve as an international meeting place for his devotees. By 1992 a conference centre was being developed at Amaroo and the first "5-day event" occurred in October. International events were organised at Amaroo for his disciples, from the 1990s onward. Amaroo also offers a commercial conference centre and camping facility for corporate, government and community group clients, known as

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1024-486: Was purchased from Wilhelm Althaus for £20. Mr Wyman was the architect for a fee of £6/2/9 and the builder was A. F. Schelbach for £525/5/9. The hall was officially opened on Friday 20 August 1926 by Ernest Bell , the local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fassifern . In early 1991 the Indian spiritual leader Prem Rawat purchased 2100 acres of land in the region and named it Amaroo. It

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