City of Gladstone Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 29,085 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 197.9/km2 (512.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 147 km2 (56.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Gladstone | ||||||||||||||
Website | City of Gladstone | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Gladstone is a former local government area in central Queensland, Australia. It covered the urban locality of Gladstone and parts of the surrounding area.
Following the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007, three former local government areas:
were amalgamated to form Gladstone Region on 15 March 2008. [1]
Being a port city, its local commerce is primarily industrial-based and include large-scale industrial plants include alumina refineries, aluminium smelting, heavy chemicals and shale oil.
Gladstone does contain a hospital, providing a range of facilities including: Emergency, Outpatients, General Medicine and Surgery (including Day Surgery), basic Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Imaging, Pharmacy, Pathology, Central Sterilising.
These services are limited, thus requiring referral to the closest major city (Rockhampton Hospital 110 kilometres (68 mi) away).
Gladstone has an art gallery run and owned by the Gladstone Regional Council.
Gladstone Regional Council has an airport. The Council took control of the assets of the Gladstone Airport which was previously operated by the Gladstone Calliope Aerodrome Board. This Board was a statutory body made up of representatives of the City of Gladstone and Shire of Calliope. It is currently being refurbished and provides both indirect and direct flights only to Brisbane Airport. These services are provided by Qantas Link and Strategic Airlines (as of April 2011).
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2018 was 78,592, making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the cities of South East Queensland, and the 22nd-largest city in Australia.
Gladstone is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Gladstone, together with Boyne Island and Tannum Sands, had an estimated urban population of 45,130 at June 2018. This urban area covers 246.1 km2 (95.0 sq mi).
Biloela is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated 120 kilometres (75 mi) inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Banana Shire, which has an area of 15,729 square kilometres (6,073 sq mi). In the 2016 census, Biloela had a population of 5,758 people.
Westwood is a town in the Rockhampton Region and a locality split between the Rockhampton Region and the Shire of Banana in Queensland, Australia. It was the first town that was gazetted by the Queensland Government. In the 2016 census, Westwood had a population of 174 people.
Mount Larcom is the name of a mountain, a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Mount Larcom had a population of 361 people.
Theodore is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Theodore had a population of 438 people.
The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named for the burial site of a huge dun coloured bullock named 'Banana'. The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is the largest town in the Shire.
The City of Rockhampton was a local government area in the Central Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing most of the suburban area of the regional city of Rockhampton. The city covered an area of 188.7 square kilometres (72.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity in various forms from 1860 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the surrounding area to become the Rockhampton Region.
Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of 10,484 square kilometres (4,048 sq mi), had an estimated resident population at 30 June 2018 of 62,979, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million.
Wallaville is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It is 372 kilometres (231 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane and 43 kilometres (27 mi) south west of the regional centre of Bundaberg. In the 2016 census, Wallaville had a population of 410 people.
Zilzie is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Zilzie had a population of 2,713 people.
Raglan is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Raglan had a population of 146 people.
Gladstone Central is a coastal suburb of Gladstone in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the historic centre and central business district of the city of Gladstone and the seat of the Gladstone Regional Council.
Bajool is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Bajool had a population of 455 people.
The Town of North Rockhampton was a local government area in Queensland, Australia. It existed from 1883 to 1919.
Robert Herbertson (1852–1940) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Yaamba is a town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
John Henry Kessell was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Lakes Creek is a suburb split between Rockhampton Region and Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Lakes Creek had a population of 552 people.
Lawgi Dawes is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Lawgi Dawes had a population of 144 people. It contains the neighbourhood of Lawgi, a former town.
Coordinates: 23°50′55.36″S151°15′35.30″E / 23.8487111°S 151.2598056°E