Acland, Queensland
Acland is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Acland had a population of 32 people.
| Acland Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Acland No. 2 Colliery, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Acland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27.3047°S 151.6902°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 32 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.836/km2 (2.16/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1912 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4401 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 38.3 km2 (14.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Originally built to support what would become Queensland's oldest continuously worked coal mine, the town had a population of between 200 and 400 prior to the mine being shut down in 1984. In 2008 almost all properties comprising the town were purchased by the new mine operators with the intention that they be demolished as the open cut mine expands into the town site. By 2009 there was only one remaining resident, Glenn Beutel, who had refused the company's offer to purchase his property.
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