Blackwater, Queensland
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Blackwater is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Blackwater had a population of 4,702 people.[4]
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Blackwater Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 23.5758°S 148.8869°E / -23.5758; 148.8869 (Blackwater (town centre)) | ||||||||||||||
Population | 4,567 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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.[5][3]