Locality Profile - Gracemere
Gracemere is located 9km west of Rockhampton and 13km east of Stanwell in the Fitzroy Shire. The region is economically significant to the State Government and is one of 6 special Centres of Enterprise because of outstanding economic growth, robust investment, strong population increases, and solid export growth.
Gracemere prides itself as having the most modern (as well as the largest) Livestock Selling Complex in the country as well as the most environmentally friendly Power Station built on the Stanwell Energy Park which will house the new ZeroGen (no CO2 emission) power station and is home to many of the coal industry workers.
Economic Factors Supporting the Region
- Extensive coal reserves (in the Bowen Basin), mineral and resource deposits;
- Climate and soils highly suited to primary production, with tropical fruits grown in
the coastal regions, and beef, sheep and grain produced in the west; - A growing tourism market supported by major tourist facilities and natural attractions
such as the Great Barrier Reef and Keppel Islands; - A concentration of government facilities, including administration centres, health
and educational services, and defence training at Shoalwater Bay; - Reliable energy supplies of gas and electricity (gas pipeline to Gladstone, and
power stations at both Gladstone and Stanwell); - Available water reserves in the Fitzroy River Basin and artesian basins;
- Proximity to a major commercial port at Gladstone which is one of the largest
deepwater ports on the eastern seaboard.
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