| South Trees Gladstone, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Qld Alumin Refinery, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
  South Trees | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°53′26″S151°18′07″E / 23.8905°S 151.3019°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (SAL 2016) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4680 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29.3 km2 (11.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Gladstone Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gladstone | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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South Trees is a coastal industrial suburb of Gladstone in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, South Trees had no population. [4]
South Trees is a coastal suburb facing the Auckland Channel, a waterway separated from the Coral Sea by Facing Island. The suburb consists of three non-contiguous areas of island, including the land around Parsons Point to the west of the South Trees Inlet and two islands within the South Trees Inlet, the northern one called South Trees Island while the southern one is unnamed. [5]
The suburb is used only for industrial purposes. In the Parsons Point area is the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery with a footprint of 80 hectares (200 acres) of a 3,050-hectare (7,500-acre) site. There is a causeway bridge from Parsons Point to South Trees Island where the refinery's wharf and storage facility is located. [5] [6]
The Gladstone–Benaraby Road runs just inside or just outside the western boundary.
The suburb takes its name from South Trees Point, [3] which in turn was named about 6 August 182 by explorer Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator on the first circumnavigation of Australia. [7]
The Queensland Alumina refinery was commissioned in 1967. [6]
In the 2016 census, South Trees had a population of 0 people. [8]
In the 2021 census, South Trees had a population of 0 people. [4]
Queensland Alumina Plant is one of Australia's largest alumina refineries ( 23°51′59″S151°17′20″E / 23.8664°S 151.2890°E ). [9] [10] The refinery has an annual capacity of 3,950,000 tonnes of alumina. [6]
Gladstone Kart Club is off South Trees Drive ( 23°54′17″S151°17′13″E / 23.90465°S 151.28693°E ). [11]
Gladstone Clay Target Club is also off South Tree Drive ( 23°54′22″S151°17′10″E / 23.90616°S 151.28611°E ). [12]
South Trees Sewage Treatment Plant is at 15 Wapentake Road ( 23°54′15″S151°17′36″E / 23.9043°S 151.2933°E ). [13] [14]
Queensland Alumina Lookout provides a panoramic view of bauxite processing ( 23°52′18″S151°17′12″E / 23.8718°S 151.2867°E ). It is off QAL Access Road. [15]
Boyne Island is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Boyne Island had a population of 4,760 people.
The Port of Gladstone is Queensland's largest multi-commodity port and the fifth largest multi-commodity port in Australia. It is the world's fourth largest coal exporting terminal. It is within the locality of Callemondah in Gladstone in Central Queensland and is located about 525 kilometres (326 mi) north of Brisbane at Latitude of 23°49.61'S, Longitude 151°34.6’E. It is owned and managed by Gladstone Ports Corporation, which is a statutory corporate body of the Government of Queensland.
Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) is one of the largest alumina refineries by alumina production capacity in the world, located in Parsons Point, South Trees, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
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 a resident population at August 2021 of 63,515, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million.
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