6-474: The Limits is a locality in the North Burnett Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , The Limits had "no people or a very low population". The locality is loosely bounded to the west by Oaky Creek. Most of The Limits is mountainous terrain ranging from 120 to 420 metres (390 to 1,380 ft) above sea level with the lower flatter areas in the north-east of the locality. The land use
12-580: 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
18-569: Is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. The origin of the name is unclear but the Von Cronholm family were fruit growers at "The Limit" (singular) from at least 1936. In the 2016 census , The Limits had a population of 4 people. In the 2021 census , The Limits had "no people or a very low population". This Wide Bay–Burnett , Queensland geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are
24-987: 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
30-438: 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
36-509: 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,
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