Erakala, Queensland

Erakala is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Erakala had a population of 547 people.[1]

Erakala
Queensland
Erakala
Coordinates21.1322°S 149.1155°E / -21.1322; 149.1155
Population547 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density44.11/km2 (114.3/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4740
Area12.4 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Mackay Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal Division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Erakala:
Farleigh Farleigh Glenella
Dumbleton Erakala Foulden
Alexandra Te Kowai Racecourse

History

The locality takes its name from a railway station, which in turn was named on 12 January 1927 named by the Queensland Railways Department. It is an Aboriginal word meaning a flat.[2]

gollark: Correctness is correct. Floats are mostly okayish.
gollark: I think you mean "5 haskell programmers".
gollark: Then you can use ints and get confused when you forget to multiply by a hundred or whatever in the UI.
gollark: In most use cases, you don't hit the 0.300000000004y level of necessary accuracy, which makes it mostly fine.
gollark: I mean, given that base 10 is what we use, it's quite important that computers can handle it correctly.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Erakala (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Erakala - locality in Mackay Region (entry 48432)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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