Rules Beach, Queensland

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Rules Beach
Queensland
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Rules Beach
Coordinates 24°29′36″S152°02′18″E / 24.4934°S 152.0382°E / -24.4934; 152.0382 Coordinates: 24°29′36″S152°02′18″E / 24.4934°S 152.0382°E / -24.4934; 152.0382
Population86 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density1.911/km2 (4.95/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4674
Area45.0 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Gladstone Region
State electorate(s) Burnett
Federal Division(s) Flynn
Localities around Rules Beach:
Deepwater Deepwater Coral Sea
Baffle Creek Rules Beach Coral Sea
Winfield Mullett Creek Coral Sea

Rules Beach is a coastal town and a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census, Rules Beach had a population of 86 people. [1]

Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.

Gladstone Region Local government area in Queensland, Australia

Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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Geography

The southern boundary of the locality is Baffle Creek as it enters the Coral Sea. The land to the north of Baffle Creek as it enters the sea is the Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park. The town itself is a single street of houses by the ocean. [4]

Baffle Creek river in Queensland, Australia

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Coral Sea A marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia

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Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park Protected area in Queensland, Australia

The Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Parks are a series of two protected conservation parks located adjacent to the mouth of the Baffle Creek, on the central coastal region of Queensland, Australia.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 9 April 1999. [3]

On 26 November 2018, the Queensland Government ordered the evacuation of Baffle Creek, Deepwater and Rules Beach due to a "dangerous and unpredictable" bushfire 50-kilometre (31 mi) wide and covering 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) with flames of 10 to 12 metres (33 to 39 ft) high during an extreme heatwave. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rules Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Rules Beach - town in Gladstone Region (entry 29282)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Rules Beach - locality in Gladstone Region (entry 46622)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Williams, Patrick (26 November 2018). "Queensland bushfire sparks warning for people in Deepwater and Baffle Creek to 'evacuate immediately'". ABC News . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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