Springlands is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivi ...
in the
Whitsunday Region
The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local governmen ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
Geography
The locality completely surrounds the localities of
Collinsville and
Scottville.
Springlands has the following mountains:
* Mount Bella Vista ()
* Mount Devlin ()
* Mount Jimmy ()
* Mount Toussaint ()
* Mount Vista ()
* Pine Mountain ()
* Sonoma Peak ()
The majority of the southern boundary is aligned with the
Bowen River. Sonoma State Forest covers 8,800 hectares in the north-east of Springlands ().
History
In the , Springlands had a population of 45 people.
Heritage listings
Springlands has a number of
heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many i ...
sites, including:
*
Strathmore Homestead, Strathmore Road ()
Economy
The
Collinsville coal mine
The Collinsville Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Springlands and Collinsville in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. The open-cut mine lies in the northern Bowen Basin. Collinsville produces coking and steaming coal for both dom ...
is located in the locality () extending into neighbouring Collinsville.
There are four solar farms operated by Edify in Springlands:
*
Daydream Solar Farm ()
* Hayman Solar Farm ()
* Whitsunday Solar Farm ()
* Hamilton Solar Farm ()
Education
There are no schools in Springlands. The nearest government primary schools are in Collinsville State School in neighbouring Collinsville and Scotville State School in neighbouring Scotville. The nearest government secondary school is Collinsville State High School in Collinsville.
References
{{Whitsunday Region
Whitsunday Region
Localities in Queensland