| Acland Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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_(2006).jpg) Acland No. 2 Colliery, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
  Acland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°18′17″S 151°41′25″E / 27.3047°S 151.6902°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1912 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4401 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 38.3 km2 (14.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Acland is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Acland had a population of 3 people.[4]
Originally built to support what would become Queensland's oldest continuously worked coal mine, the town had a population of between 200 and 400 prior to the mine being shut down in 1984. In 2008 almost all properties comprising the town were purchased by the new mine operators with the intention that they be demolished as the open cut mine expands into the town site. By 2009 there was only one remaining resident, Glenn Beutel, who had refused the company's offer to purchase his property.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Acland (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Acland – town in Toowoomba Region (entry 42711)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Acland – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47882)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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