The town of Moura is located in Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated approximately 70 kilometres west of Biloela on the Dawson Highway, and 180 kilometres west of the port city of Gladstone, and is administered by the Banana Shire Council. Town population is 1802 persons (2001). Central Queensland is an ambigious geographical division of Queensland (a state in Australia) that centers on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. ... Biloela is a rural town in Central Queensland, Australia. ... State Route 60 The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland. ... Auckland Inlet, with the Power House in the background Gladstone Marina, with the RG Tanna Coal Terminal (formerly Clinton Coal Facility) in the background Location of Gladstone in Queensland (red) Gladstone is an industrial port city located on the coast of Queensland, Australia. ...

The town was named after a local property, also named Moura, which in turn is believed to have been named after the town of Moura in Portugal.

A number of industries are represented in the local economy. Chief amongst these is coal mining. Both open-cut and underground methods have been used up until 1994. There have been three mining disaster that have occured at Moura the first being the Kianga mining disaster which occured on the 20th Septemeber 1975, claiming 12 miner's lives. The second disaster that occured was on 16th July 1986, which was named the Number 4 disaster which claimed 12 miners lives, the youngest miner being 18. The final disaster that occured was the Number 2 disaster in 1994 on 7th August, which claimed 11 miner's lives. After Number 2 disaster, underground mining was then closed and just operated as an open-cut coal mine. Beef, cotton and cereals are other major industries of the area. Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... A cut of beef. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... Look up Cereal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Coordinates: 24°34′S 150°01′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...