Blackwater is Queensland’s first 5 star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. Let us know what you think by voting in the poll – you can give a 1-to-5-star rating! History and Geography Facts Blackwater was established on Gangulu territory, and is named after the Blackwater Creek which apparently was first observed to flow with black water, believed to be caused by the local coal deposits. Coal deposits were discovered there by Ludwig Leichhardt on his expedition from Moreton Bay