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Central Queensland snapshot
Area | 380,000 km² |
Population | 228,000 |
Key city/town | Rockhampton |
Local government | 6 areas |
Overview
Central Queensland has strengths in mining and gas, vocational and tertiary education, primary production, tourism, manufacturing, retail, and health services.
- Key towns and cities – Rockhampton, Gladstone, Emerald, and Longreach
- Mining strengths –
- Proximity to Australia’s largest coal reserves in Bowen and Galilee basins
- Power stations producing almost half of Queensland’s energy
- Hub for Queensland’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, including Central Queensland Gas Pipeline, a proposed 450km (280mi) high-pressure pipeline from Bowen Basin to Gladstone
- Port of Gladstone – Queensland’s largest multi-commodity port, throughput of more than 124 million tonnes in 2018–19, led by coal and LNG
- Biofuel and green hydrogen pilot projects in Gladstone
- Australia’s beef capital of Rockhampton and major export abattoirs
- Significant agricultural production, including major winter growing region
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