The Gladstone Queensland Region was formed in 2008 through the amalgamation of three former local government areas.
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18 Facts About Gladstone Queensland
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Gladstone Queensland named the harbour Port Curtis, after Admiral Roger Curtis, a man who was of assistance to Flinders a year earlier at the Cape of Good Hope.
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The fledgling town was named after the British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone Queensland and has a 19th-century marble statue on display in its town museum.
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Development of Gladstone Queensland was slow until 1893 when a meatworks was established at Parsons Point.
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The Port of Gladstone Queensland is the fifth-largest multi-commodity port in Australia and the world's fourth-largest coal-exporting terminal.
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Gladstone Queensland harbor is within the World Heritage Area of the Great Barrier Reef and has historically supported a thriving seafood industry.
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Gladstone Queensland is a tourism destination, with cruise ships regularly docking at the port.
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Gladstone Queensland has a range of primary schools and secondary schools.
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Gladstone Queensland Central State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 74 Auckland Street.
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Gladstone Queensland West State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at Boles Street, West Gladstone Queensland.
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Gladstone Queensland South State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 153 Toolooa Street, South Gladstone Queensland.
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Gladstone Queensland State High School is a government secondary school for boys and girls at 30 Dawson Road, West Gladstone Queensland.
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Gladstone Queensland has direct access to Heron Island, Wilson Island, Curtis Island and other islands from the marina and local airstrips.
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Gladstone Queensland is a major stop on the North Coast railway line, with long-distance passenger trains operated by QR Traveltrain stopping in the area.
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Gladstone Queensland is the transshipping point for export coal from the Moura and Blackwater coal basins and is one of the largest coal export ports in The Southern Hemisphere.
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Port of Gladstone is Queensland's largest multi-commodity port and the fifth-largest multi-commodity port in Australia.
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Gladstone Queensland has a free fortnightly independent community newspaper called Gladstone Queensland News, delivered to 220 business hotspots and community points.
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However, in what was a controversial decision, the ABC's Gladstone Queensland office was permanently closed in late 2014 as a cost-cutting measure following the Federal Government's decision to withdraw $254 million in funding to the ABC.
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