Fairy Bower, Queensland
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| Fairy Bower Rockhampton, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 The Brahman Big Bull welcomes people to Rockhampton at the Yeppen roundabout, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
  Fairy Bower | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 23°24′17″S 150°27′53″E / 23.4047°S 150.4647°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 99 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.024/km2 (10.42/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4700 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Rockhampton Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Rockhampton | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Capricornia | ||||||||||||||
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Fairy Bower is an outer suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Fairy Bower had a population of 99 people.[1]
The Bruce Highway is the eastern boundary of the locality with the North Coast railway line immediately parallel to the east of the highway; however, there is no railway station in the suburb but Yeppen railway station is just north of the suburb in Allenstown/Port Curtis. The Capricorn Highway enters the suburb from the south and joins the Bruce Highway at a large roundabout on the north-east corner of the suburb and then proceed north into Allenstown.[3] The proposed Rockhampton Ring Road will have its south-western entry on the Capricorn Highway in Fairy Bower.
Neerkol Creek is the south-western boundary of the suburb.[3]
Fairy Bower is low-lying land, less than 10 metres above sea level, and contains a number of lagoons, including the Yeppen Yeppen Lagoon, the Crescent Lagoon, Nelson Lagoon and Deadmans Lagoon.[3][4][5][6][7]
Despite its official designation as a suburb, as at 2024, the land use remains rural in character, being predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing and some rural residential housing.[8]
History
A duplication project at Fairy Bower between 2019 and 2021 saw the Capricorn Highway between Gracemere and Rockhampton widened to a four lane separated highway to enable better traffic flow into the city, particularly during peak times.[9] The project included the installation of new traffic signals on the highway at Fairy Bower, at the intersection of Fairy Bower Road, Old Gracemere Road and the Capricorn Highway.[10] Construction commenced in October 2019 and was completed by July 2021.[11]
Fairy Bower is destined to become the southern access to the new Rockhampton Ring Road which will take the Bruce Highway around the western outskirts of Rockhampton instead of through the city.[12] A new roundabout and high-level slip lane is expected to be constructed at Fairy Bower as part of the Rockhampton Ring Road.[12]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Fairy Bower had a population of 97 people.[13]
In the 2021 census, Fairy Bower had a population of 99 people.[1]
