ArcGIS REST Services Directory Login

Query: QLD Place Names (ID: 0)

Return Geometry:
Return True Curves:
Return IDs Only:
Return Count Only:
ReturnZ:
ReturnM:
Historic Moment:
Return Distinct Values:
Return Extents Only:
# records: 1

ref_no: 47922
place_name: Crows Nest
alt_name: null
type: LOCB
description: Locality Bounded
status: Y
currency: N
gazetted_date: 1333584000000
gazette_page: 898.0
plan_no: QPN1216
modified_date: 1674635216000
lga_name: Toowoomba Regional
comments:
longitude: 152° 04' 34" E
latitude: 27° 15' 01" S
longitude_dd: 152.07611
latitude_dd: -27.25028
origin: Derived from town name which was derived from a pastoral run name used by James Canning Pearce ( - )1848, but no record exists of why he used the name, however, it is reported that the name Crows Nest comes from Jimmy Crow, an Aboriginal named by early settlers, who used a hollow tree as his gunyah. He was relied on for information and directions. This place was used as a camping place by teamsters and travellers and became known as Jimmy Crow's Nest.
history: Named and bounded by the Minister for Natural Resources 12 February 1999. Coordinates adjusted by the Minister for Natural Resources 15 December 2000. Regazetted without change by the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, 23 September 2005. Locality re-gazetted by an Amendment Notice published in the Government Gazette on the 5 April 2012 due to the council amalgamations under the Local Government Reform Implementation Act 2007. The boundary between Crows Nest and Cressbrook Creek was amended vide CHQ022459/425.
links:
Point:
X: 152.07611000000009
Y: -27.250279999999975