Bunya Creek, Queensland

Bunya Creek is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Bunya Creek had a population of 79 people.[1]

Bunya Creek
Queensland
Bunya Creek is located in Queensland
Bunya Creek
Bunya Creek
Coordinates25.3719°S 152.8358°E / -25.3719; 152.8358 (Bunya Creek (centre of locality))
Population79 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.714/km2 (4.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4655
Area46.1 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Fraser Coast Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Hinkler
Suburbs around Bunya Creek:
Nikenbah Nikenbah Booral
Sunshine Acres Bunya Creek River Heads
Susan River Susan River Susan River

History

Bunya Creek Provisional School opened circa 1881. On 1 January 1909 it became Bunya Creek State School. It closed in 1928 due to low student numbers.[3]

Urangan Road State School opened on 22 February 1915. In 1956 it was renamed Bingham Road State School. It closed on 1960.[4] Despite the name, the school was 847 Booral Road (formerly Nikenbah Bingham Road) in Bunya Creek (25.3453°S 152.8505°E / -25.3453; 152.8505 (Bingham Road State School (former))).[5][6][7][8]

On Sunday 4 February 1917 Christ Church was officially opened by the Anglican Archdeacon of Toowoomba on Urangan Road, adjacent to the Urangan Road School.[9]

In the 2016 census Bunya Creek had a population of 79 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bunya Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Bunya Creek – locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 46635)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "County of March sheet 1" (Map). Queensland Government. 1922. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. "Pialba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m112" (Map). Queensland Government. 1956. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. "DEDICATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, URANGAN ROAD". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 13, 638. Queensland, Australia. 2 February 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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