Hopeland, Queensland facts for kids
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Aerial view of a farm in Hopeland, 2002
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 Hopeland
Location in Queensland
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| Population | 140 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.510/km2 (1.32/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4413 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 274.6 km2 (106.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Hopeland is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Hopeland had a population of 140 people.
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Geography
Hopeland is located south-east of Chinchilla, on the Darling Downs famous for its rich black, fertile soils. The district is situated on the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion of Queensland.
Economy
The heavy black soil on which the district sits is considered in the top 3% of Australia for broad acre agriculture mainly due to its high field capacity and yield potential. The area uses both dryland farming and irrigation to produce sorghum, cotton, corn, wheat, millet, chick pea, mung bean, barley, triticale and oats. Given the high nutrient value of the soil, the district continually wins both state and national cropping competitions, most recently with a dryland sorghum crop yielding over 10 tonnes per hectare or over 4 tonnes per acre.
All of the locality is within petroleum leases to extract coal seam gas. The extraction of coal seam gas within farming districts is controversial in Australia due to concerns that groundwater under prime grazing and cropping land could be contaminated. In April 2018 one operator in Hopeland, Linc Energy, was fined $4.5 million in May 2019, in undefended proceedings, for causing environmental harm through its underground coal gasification plant.
Education
There are no schools in Hopeland. The nearest government primary schools are Chinchilla State School in neighbouring Chinchilla to the north, Brigalow State School in neighbouring Brigalow to the east, and Kogan State School in neighbouring Kogan to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Chinchilla State High School in neighbouring Chinchilla to the north.
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Lock the Gate petition delivery in Sydney, July 2015
