adjusting the boundaries of existing localities to accommodate these changes by:
*Argyll losing its south-eastern corner to become the northern part of the new Rubyvale and the north-eastern part of the new Sapphire Central
* Emerald gaining the north-eastern corner and eastern parts of The Gemfields but losing a small area on its western boundary to the new Anakie Siding
* Gindie gaining the south-eastern corner of The Gemfields and gaining the eastern edge of Lochington, but losing a small area of its northern part and a small area from its north-east part to Anakie Siding
* Lochington losing a small portion of land to the north to the new Anakie Siding, losing land from its north-eastern edge mostly to Gindie but gaining a small piece of land from Minerva
* Minerva losing a small piece of land from its north-western edge of Lochington
As a consequence of these changes, Lake Maraboon is now entirely within the north-west of Gindie and the boundary beween Lochington and Minerva/Gindie more closely follows the course of the Nogoa River.
Legislation introduced into the Queensland Parliament gave the name of the new region as Central Highlands. The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a mayor. The Central Highlands Region has an area of, contains an estimated resident population in 2018 of 28,645 and has an estimated operating budget of A$66 million. On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of localities within the Region by:
replacing the locality of The Gemfields with three new localities of Rubyvale, Sapphire Central and Anakie Siding
adjusting the boundaries of existing localities to accommodate these changes by:
*Argyll losing its south-eastern corner to become the northern part of the new Rubyvale and the north-eastern part of the new Sapphire Central
*Emerald gaining the north-eastern corner and eastern parts of The Gemfields but losing a small area on its western boundary to the new Anakie Siding
*Gindie gaining the south-eastern corner of The Gemfields and gaining the eastern edge of Lochington, but losing a small area of its northern part and a small area from its north-east part to Anakie Siding
*Lochington losing a small portion of land to the north to the new Anakie Siding, losing land from its north-eastern edge mostly to Gindie but gaining a small piece of land from Minerva
* Minerva losing a small piece of land from its north-western edge of Lochington
As a consequence of these changes, Lake Maraboon is now entirely within the north-west of Gindie and the boundary beween Lochington and Minerva/Gindie more closely follows the course of the Nogoa River.
Towns and localities
The Central Highlands Region includes the following settlements: Bauhinia area:
The Central Highlands Region operates public libraries at Bauhinia, Blackwater, Capella, Dingo, Duaringa, Emerald, Rubyvale, Rolleston, Springsure and Tieri.
