Coppabella

History

The locality takes its name from the local railway station, which in turn was named by Queensland Railways Department in September 1971, reportedly using an Aboriginal word meaning a crossing place.

Geography

Coppabella is in the Bowen basin mining area. The Peak Downs Highway passes through the locality from north-east to south-west. The Goonyella railway line also passes through the area, with branch lines to service the mines. Two active mines in the area are the Millenium coal mine and Moorvale coal mine, both owned and operated by Peabody Energy.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  37
• short-beaked echidna

  Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) · Mammalia
  32
• Little Friarbird

  Philemon citreogularis (Gould, 1837) · Aves
  18
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  18
• Noisy Friarbird

  Philemon corniculatus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  16
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  15
• Gray Shrikethrush

  Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  15
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  13

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2002-04-12
  35 km NNW of Moranbah, Australia