Hopeland, Queensland
| Hopeland Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Aerial view of a farm in Hopeland, 2002 | |||||||||||||||
  Hopeland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°53′03″S 150°39′56″E / 26.8841°S 150.6655°ECoordinates: 26°53′03″S 150°39′56″E / 26.8841°S 150.6655°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 140 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.510/km2 (1.32/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4413 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 274.6 km2 (106.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Hopeland is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Hopeland had a population of 140 people.[1]
Geography[]
Hopeland is located south-east of Chinchilla, on the Darling Downs famous for its rich black, fertile soils. The district is situated on the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion of Queensland. The northern boundary of the locality is the Condamine River, while the south-western boundary is Wambo Creek (a tributary of the Condamine River).[3]
History[]
Hopeland State School opened on 8 February 1937. The school was mothballed in December 2006 and finally closed in December 2007.[4]
Economy[]
The heavy black soil on which the district sits is considered in the top 3% of Australia for broad acre agriculture mainly due to its high field capacity and yield potential. The area uses both dryland farming and irrigation to produce sorghum, cotton, corn, wheat, millet, chick pea, mung bean, barley, triticale and oats. Given the high nutrient value of the soil, the district continually wins both state and national cropping competitions, most recently with a dryland sorghum crop yielding over 10 tonnes per hectare or over 4 tonnes per acre.[citation needed]
All of the locality is within petroleum leases to extract coal seam gas.[5] The extraction of coal seam gas within farming districts is controversial in Australia due to concerns that groundwater under prime grazing and cropping land could be contaminated. In April 2018 one operator in Hopeland , Linc Energy, was fined $4.5 million in May 2019, in undefended proceedings, for causing environmental harm through its underground coal gasification plant.[6][7][8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hopeland (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Hopeland (entry 47711)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "New CSG no-go zone aimed to quarantine contaminated Queensland groundwater". ABC News. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Linc Energy found guilty of serious environmental harm at controversial UCG plant". ABC News. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Linc Energy fined $4.5 million for serious environmental harm at underground coal gasification plant". ABC News. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
Further reading[]
- Hopeland State School (Qld.) (1987), Hopeland State School golden jubilee, 1937-1987, Hopeland State School, ISBN 978-0-7316-0099-1
External links[]
Media related to Hopeland, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons
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