Swanbank is an industrial

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in the

City of Ipswich The City of Ipswich is a local government area (LGA) located within the southwest of Greater Brisbane, which in turn, is situated within the vast South East region of the state of Queensland. Positioned between the City of Brisbane and the Ci ...

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, Australia. In the , Swanbank had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The predominant land usage in Swanbank is industrial, including the

Swanbank Power Station The Swanbank Power Stations are located in Swanbank, Queensland, Swanbank within South East Queensland, Australia. The original power station was coal fired, but the site has since moved to gas. By 2007 the site had consisted of the highly effi ...

(). There are both current and historic mines in the area. The south-west of the locality is used for

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation. The

Swanbank railway line The Redbank-Bundamba Loop Line was a branch line off the Main Line railway near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built to convey coal from the Bundamba and Redbank areas of the Ipswich coalfields. The Redbank-Bundamba Loop Line ran gener ...

enters the locality from the north ( Blackstone) and terminates in two balloon loops. There are two railway stations: * Swanbank railway station () * Box Flat railway station ()

History

Early settler

James Foote James Foote (1829 - 1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a mayor of the Borough of Ipswich. Early life James Foote was born on 2 March 1829 in either Frampton Cotterell, G ...

named the locality after his wife's birthplace Swanbank in

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, Scotland. Previous names for this area were Logan Lagoon and Josey's Lagoon. On 31 July 1972, the

Box Flat Mine The Box Flat Mine or Box Flat Colliery was located at Swanbank in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The mine opened in 1969 and operated until its closure on 30 June 1987. Its coal was mined for the operation of the Swanbank Power Station. Explos ...

experienced an explosion which took the lives of 18 men and led to the closure of the mine.

Demographics

In the , Swanbank had "no people or a very low population". In the , Swanbank had "no people or a very low population".

Heritage

Swanbank railway station is used by a heritage and railway preservation society. The heritage train trips are operated by

Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway The Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway is located near Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia and runs through the former West Moreton pioneering coal fields. It was first opened in 1881 by colliery proprietor and politician Lewis Thom ...

who have steam train rides around Swanbank rail loop which was used to service the coal needs of Swanbank power station.

References

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* {{Ipswich City City of Ipswich Localities in Queensland