Blackwater, Queensland
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Blackwater
Queensland
Blackwater
Location: 825 km (513 mi) NW of Brisbane
198 km (123 mi) W of Rockhampton
79 km (49 mi) E of Emerald
LGA: Central Highlands Regional Council
State District: Gregory
Federal Division: Flynn
Blackwater is the major town of a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Blackwater had a population of 5,031.[1]
Six major open cut coal mines and one underground dot the landscape surrounding the town and provide its main employment opportunities. The town is also situated close to the Blackdown Tableland National Park which lies to the south. Emerald is 74km to the west.
Blackwater is supposedly named after the Blackwater Creek which apparently was first observed to flow with black water, this may have been caused by tree roots growing into the creek. Coal deposits were discovered there by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater,_Queensland
Now there is another missing man at Capella...
323 km (201 mi) W of Rockhampton
52 km (32 mi) N of Emerald
LGA: Central Highlands Regional Council
State District: Gregory
Federal Division: Flynn
Capella is a small town in Central Highlands, Queensland midway between Emerald and Clermont on the Gregory Highway. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 796.[1]
It was founded in the late 1860s by graziers influenced by the good reports of Ludwig Leichhardt.
Today, it is a service town catering to the large coal-mining interests in the area as well as pastoralists.
Sport is a very big part of the town, especially Rugby League and Union. The Capella Cattledogs rugby union team made it to the grand final in 2007 against the Clermont Bushpigs.'' same source
Vast areas are covered by the Federal Division of Flynn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Division_of_Flynn_2010.png
I will update as news comes to hand..
http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/
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