New Auckland is an urban

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in the

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, Australia. In the , New Auckland had a population of 5,266 people. It is on the outskirts of the Gladstone urban area, but, as at December 2020, is experiencing high levels of suburban development.

Geography

New Auckland is bounded to the north by the

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and to the south by Kirkwood Road. It is bounded to the east by Auckland Creek and to the west by Briffney Creek. The land use is suburban residential. The

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passes through the north-east corner of the suburb.

History

This suburb was named in December 1988, taking its name from the housing estate name, which takes its name from Auckland Creek, which takes its name in turn from the ship

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. The ship was a barque of 516 gross tons, chartered by the

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which carried some of the settlers to the first settlement of Gladstone site, which stranded on a shoal entering Gladstone Harbour on 25 January 1847.

Demographics

In the , New Auckland had a population of 4,711 people. In the , New Auckland had a population of 5,085 people. In the , New Auckland had a population of 5,266 people.

Education

There are no schools in New Auckland. The nearest government primary schools are Clinton State School in neighbouring

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to the west and Kin Kora State School in neighbouring Kin Kora to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are

Gladstone State High School Gladstone State High School is a coeducational public secondary school based in West Gladstone, a suburb of Gladstone in the Gladstone Region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 1500 students per year, with ...

in West Gladstone to the north-east and Toolooa State High School in

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to the east.

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