The Isaac Region is a local government area located in

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, Australia created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007.

History

Yagalingu The Yagalingu are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Their language may have been a dialect of Bidjara. Country According to Norman Tindale, the Yagalingu had a territorial range of some , south from the headwaters of ...

is an

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. Its traditional language region was within the local government area of Isaac Region, from the headwaters of the

Belyando River The Belyando River, including the Belyando River (Western Branch), is a river system located in Central Queensland, Australia. At in length and with a catchment area of , the Belyando River system is one of the longest rivers in Queensland. It ...

south to Avoca, north to Laglan, west to the Great Dividing Range, and east and south to

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. Prior to 2008, the Isaac Region was an entire area of three previous and distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Belyando; * the Shire of Broadsound (taking its name from Broad Sound); * and the Shire of Nebo. The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a

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. The Isaac Regional Council covers an area of , had a population in 2018 of 20,934 and an operating budget of A$46.0m. The region takes its name from the Isaac River, which in turn takes its name from Queensland pioneer Frederick Isaac who accompanied the explorer

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on his first expedition.

Towns and localities

The Isaac Region includes the following settlements: Belyando area: * Belyando * Blair Athol^* * Clermont *

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* Frankfield *

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* Laglan * Mistake Creek *

Moranbah Moranbah is a coal mining town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Moranbah had a population of 8,735 people. In addition to the permanent population, Moranbah also has a large fly-in fly-out popula ...

* Winchester Broadsound area: *

Carmila Carmila is a rural town and coastal locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Carmila had a population of 333 people. Geography Carmila is situated approximately south of the town of Sarina. Being a large ...

Clairview Clairview is a coastal town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Clairview had a population of 145 people. Geography The coastal strip along the east of the locality of Clairview is relatively fla ...

Clarke Creek Clarke Creek is a locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. It is situated between Mackay and Rockhampton on the Old Bruce Highway. In the , Clarke Creek had a population of 32 people. History Clarke Creek State School opened on 1 ...

* Dysart * Flaggy Rock * Greenhill * Ilbilbie * Mackenzie River * Middlemount * St Lawrence * The Percy Group *

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Nebo area: * Coppabella * Elphinstone * Glenden * Nebo *

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^* - The former town of Blair Athol, obliterated by the

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was within the region.

Islands

Isaac also includes several uninhabited islands, including the Flat Isles, with

Avoid Island Avoid Island is one of the Flat Isles, within the island chain called the Northumberland Islands, around off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately south of Mackay. Owned and managed by the Queensland Trust for Nature (QTF ...

, which is an important habitat for the flatback sea turtle.

Libraries

Isaac Regional Council operates public libraries in

, Clermont, Dysart, Glenden, Middlemount,

, Nebo, and St Lawrence.

Mayors

* 2008-2012: Cedric Marshall * 2012–2016: Anne Baker * 2016–present : Anne Michelle Baker

Population

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008.

References

External links

Isaac Regional Council - Local Transition Committee Isaac Regional Council
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