Gracemere

Gracemere
State :  Australia State : Queensland Founded : 1855
Coordinates : 23 ° 26 ′  S , 150 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 23 ° 26 ′  S , 150 ° 27 ′  E Height : 31  m Area : 22.5  km²
Residents : 10,814 (2016) Population density : 481 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10h) Postal code : 4702
Gracemere

Gracemere is a city in eastern Queensland in Australia . The place has 10814 inhabitants (2016).

geography

Gracemere is ten kilometers from downtown Rockhampton and the Fitzroy River and around 620 kilometers north of Brisbane . The Capricorn Highway (A4) runs through the town in a west-east direction, the Burnett Highway (A3) touches it in the east and the Bruce Highway (A1) reaches its northeastern tip. The Coral Sea is 40 kilometers away to the east.

history

In 1853 the settlers Charles and William Archer, originally from Scotland , came to the eastern regions of Queensland and founded a town on a lake in 1855, which they named Gracemere . The name is based on the first name Grace of the wife of her brother Thomas and the Scottish name for lake: mere . The livelihood of the settlers was initially sheep and cattle breeding.

Because of the fertile area, this industry developed rapidly and the population increased rapidly. Further impetus came from the development of coal mines in the area and the construction of the Stanwell Power Station in the 1980s. This is also reflected in the population development:

Year / date Residents 1881 64 1901 226 1933 423 1976 292 1981 1263 1991 3403 2001 4463 2006 5061 2011 8401

Today Gracemere is in demand as an attractive residential area to nearby Rockhampton and is also known for the regular auctions for farm animals.

The city ​​will continue to expand in order to locate industrial companies for the very extensive coal deposits to the west in the Bowen Basin and the Galilee Basin .

Web links

• power-technology.com - Stanwell Power Station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Gracemere ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Accessed April 2020.
2. ^ History
3. ^ Gracemere Industry
4. ↑ population development
5. ↑ Auctions ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Gracemere Industrial Area ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.