Moranbah

Moranbah is a metropolis and locality inside the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia, positioned at the Peak Downs Highway among Mackay and Clermont. It is a coal mining metropolis and on the 2011 census had a population of 8,965. In addition to the everlasting populace, Moranbah also has a large fly-in fly-out populace in excess of 1500 who paintings in Moranbah's mines. Moranbah offerings the Peak Downs Mine, Goonyella Riverside Mine, Broadmeadow Mine, Moranbah North coal mine, North Goonyella coal mine and several other smaller mines in the area.

Although one of the most recent towns in the region, its principal area and big population has made it the seat of the Isaac Regional Council. The first European to discover the location changed into Ludwig Leichhardt in January 1845 and settled by pastoralists in the 1850s. Moranbah turned into installed in 1969. The town turned into hastily accelerated within the past due 1970s by means of the Utah Development Company to residence mine people.

The town has been featured twice on Four Corners, an investigative information software, exploring the consequences of Australia's ious mining booms on local rural communities. Moranbah Post Office opened on 1 March 1971. Moranbah State School opened on 1 January 1971 with a secondary branch, which have become Moranbah State High School on 25 January 1976. Moranbah East State School opened on 27 January 1981.