Swanbank Power Station

The Swanbank Power Stations are located in Swanbank within South East Queensland, Australia. The original power station was coal fired, but the site has since moved to gas.

Photo: Cmdalgleish, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Power station
Description: power station complex in Queensland, Australia
Also known as: “Swanbank A”, “Swanbank B”, “Swanbank C”, “Swanbank D”, “Swanbank E”, “Swanbank E Power Station”, “Swanbank gasskraftverk”, “Swanbank kullkraftverk”, and “Swanbank Power Stations”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Box Flat Mine.

Box Flat Mine

Memorial

The Box Flat Mine or Box Flat Colliery was located at Swanbank in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The mine opened in 1969 and operated until its closure on 30 June 1987. Its coal was mined for the operation of the Swanbank Power Station. Box Flat Mine is situated 1 km west of Swanbank Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swanbank and Redbank Plains.

Swanbank

Locality

Photo: Cmdalgleish, CC BY 3.0.

Swanbank is an industrial locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Swanbank had "no people or a very low population".

Redbank Plains

Suburb

Redbank Plains is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Redbank Plains had a population of 24,349 people. Redbank Plains is situated 3 km east of Swanbank Power Station.

Blackstone

Suburb

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Blackstone is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Blackstone had a population of 1,144 people. Blackstone is situated 3 km northwest of Swanbank Power Station.

Swanbank Power Station

Categories: coal-fired power station, gas-fired power station, and industry
Location: City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-27.65515° or 27° 39′ 19″ south

Longitude

152.8178° or 152° 49′ 4″ east

Operator

Stanwell

Open location code

5R4J8RV9+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 336346778

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q7653563

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In Other Languages

From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Swanbank Power Station” goes by many names.

German: “Swanbank-Kraftwerke”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Swanbank kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Swanbank kraftverk”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Swanbank and Swanbank BESS.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Swanbank E Substation and Suntory Oceania.

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