Coppabella is a rural

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in the

Isaac Region The Isaac Region is a local government area located in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. In the , the Isaac Region had a po ...

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, Australia. It was established by Queensland Railways to accommodate train crew and railway maintenance staff. In the , Coppabella had a population of 594 people.

Geography

Coppabella is in the

Galilee Basin The Galilee Basin is a large inland geological basin in the western Queensland region of Australia. The Galilee Basin is part of a larger Carboniferous to Mid-Triassic basin system that contains the Cooper Basin, situated towards the south-west ...

mining area. The

Peak Downs Highway The Peak Downs Highway links the towns of Mackay, Queensland, Mackay and Clermont, Queensland, Clermont in the Australian state of Queensland. It represents the main link between Queensland's Whitsunday Islands, Whitsunday Coast and the Central ...

passes through the locality from north-east to south-west. The

Goonyella railway line The Goonyella railway system is located in Central Queensland, Australia. It services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin, carrying coal to the Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals 20 km southeast of Mackay, as well as product ...

also passes through the area, with branch lines to service the mines. Two active mines in the area are the Millenium coal mine and Moorvale coal mine, both owned and operated by

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History

The locality takes its name from the local railway station, which in turn was named by

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in September 1971, reportedly using an Aboriginal word meaning a crossing place. Coppabella State School opened on 29 January 1980.

Demographics

In the , Coppabella had a population of 466 people. In the , Coppabella had a population of 594 people.

Education

Coppabella State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) in Mathieson Street. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 equivalent full-time). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 17 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Coppabella; the nearest is Moranbah State High School in

Moranbah Moranbah is a coal mining town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Moranbah had a population of 9,425. In addition to the permanent population, Moranbah also has ...

References

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{{Isaac Region Isaac Region Localities in Queensland