Newlands is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Whitsunday Region
The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local government ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Newlands had a population of 66 people.
Geography
''Starvation Creek'' enters from
Eungella Hinterland to the east, and flows north-west to become the ''
Bowen River''. A branch of the creek forms part of the north-eastern boundary, and the river forms much of the northern boundary.
The
Newlands coal mine
The Newlands Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the north of the Bowen Basin at Newlands about 28 km northwest of Glenden in North Queensland, Australia.
The mine has coal reserves amounting to 413 million tonnes of low ash steamin ...
is in the south of the locality.
Road infrastructure
The
Bowen Developmental Road (State Route 77) runs through from north to south-west.
References
{{Whitsunday Region
Whitsunday Region
Localities in Queensland