Blackwater, Queensland
Blackwater is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Blackwater had a population of 4,702 people.
| Blackwater Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Sign at the entrance to Blackwater, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Blackwater | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23.5758°S 148.8869°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,567 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4717 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 656.8 km2 (253.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Central Highlands Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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It is a town in a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland. The name of the township was inspired by the dark colour of local waterholes.
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