New Auckland
New Auckland is a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is on the outskirts of the Gladstone urban area.
| New Auckland Gladstone, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  New Auckland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°53′00″S 151°14′12″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 5,085 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4680 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Gladstone Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gladstone | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
New Auckland is bounded to the north by the Dawson Highway 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 Moura railway line passes through the north-east corner of the suburb.[3]
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 Lord Auckland. The ship was a barque of 516 gross tons, chartered by the New South Wales Government 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.[2]
In the 2011 census, New Auckland had a population of 4,711 people.[4]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "New Auckland (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "New Auckland (entry 48331)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "New Auckland". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
Further reading
- "JOURNAL OF A PASSAGE FROM SYDNEY TO NORTH AUSTRALIA, IN THE BARQUE "LORD AUCKLAND," CAPTAIN BROWN". The Sydney Morning Herald. XXII (3090). New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 26 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.