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Moranbah is a coal mining town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Moranbah had a population of 9,425 people. [1] In addition to the permanent population, Moranbah also has a large fly-in fly-out population working in Moranbah's mines: in excess of 1,500. [4]
A basic survey of the island was conducted by Robert Dixon in 1839. He named the island after Lord John Russell the Secretary of State for the Colonies in the 1840s. [10]The island was first settled by Europeans in 1866, when John Campbell was granted a lease on the northern end of the island closely followed by John Willes and his family. [11]
Banksia Beach State School is a government co-educational primary school (Early Childhood-6) at Sunderland Road [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1046 students with 70 teachers (64 full-time equivalent) and 43 non-teaching staff (28 full-time equivalent). [ 13 ]
The Isaac Region is administered from Moranbah, but has council offices in Nebo. The William Landsborough Diaries (1856–1886) [21] were ranked #39 in the ‘Top 150: Documenting Queensland’ exhibition when it toured to venues around Queensland from February 2009 to April 2010. [22]
Forrest Beach is a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Forrest Beach had a population of 1,364 people. [1] Allingham is the coastal town within the locality. [3] Lady Elliot Reef lies close to the coast, about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Forrest Beach. [4]
Godwin Beach, a beach which extends from neighbouring locality of Godwin Beach to the south-west Off-shore are a number of marine waterbodies: Pumicestone Channel , to the west, separating Bribie Island from the mainland ( 27°03′58″S 153°08′21″E / 27.0661°S 153.1393°E / -27.0661; 153.1393 ( Pumicestone Channel
Castaways Beach is a coastal suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is located 5.1 kilometres (3 mi) by road south-east of Noosa Heads . [ 3 ] In the 2021 census , Castaways Beach had a population of 683 people.
Dingo Beach is a coastal rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Dingo Beach had a population of 159 people. [ 1 ]