Jackson is a town in the Maranoa Local government area in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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. The town was based around the rail industry. At the 2006 census

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, Jackson had a population of 171.

Australia's largest onshore oil field

Oil field

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is located at Jackson. The field was discovered in 1981 and contains 350 million barrels of oil, of which just under one third is recoverable.