Yambina (also known as Jambina and Jambeena) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Central Queensland. Its traditional language region is the local government area of Central Highlands Region, including Peak Downs, Logan Creek, south to Avon Downs, east to Denham Range and Logan Downs, west to Elgin Downs and at Solferino.[4]
The Central Highlands Region was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The new local government area, located in Central Queensland, contains the entire areas of four previous local government areas:
Legislation introduced into the Queensland Parliament gave the name of the new region as Central Highlands.[6] The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and should elect eight councillors and a mayor. The Central Highlands Region has an area of 59,834 square kilometres (23,102 sq mi),[2] contained an estimated resident population in 2018 of 28,645[2] and has an estimated operating budget of A$66 million.[when?]
adjusting the boundaries of existing localities to accommodate these changes by:
Argyll losing its south-eastern corner to become the northern part of the new Rubyvale and the north-eastern part of the new Sapphire Central
Emerald gaining the north-eastern corner and eastern parts of The Gemfields but losing a small area on its western boundary to the new Anakie Siding
Gindie gaining the south-eastern corner of The Gemfields and gaining the eastern edge of Lochington, but losing a small area of its northern part and a small area from its north-east part to Anakie Siding
Lochington losing a small portion of land to the north to the new Anakie Siding, losing land from its north-eastern edge mostly to Gindie but gaining a small piece of land from Minerva
Minerva losing a small piece of land from its north-western edge of Lochington
As a consequence of these changes, Lake Maraboon is now entirely within the north-west of Gindie and the boundary between Lochington and Minerva/Gindie more closely follows the course of the Nogoa River.[10]
^Offord, Geordi (28 March 2024). "Janice Moriarty declared mayor of Central Highlands Regional Council". The Morning Bulletin. Retrieved 29 March 2024. Central Highlands Regional Council has its first female mayor since it was established in 2008 after Janice Moriarty was officially declared the winner by the Electoral Commission Queensland on Thursday.
This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Wadja". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
