Kelsey Creek, Queensland

Kelsey Creek is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Kelsey Creek had a population of 123 people.[1]

Kelsey Creek
Queensland
Kelsey Creek is located in Queensland
Kelsey Creek
Kelsey Creek
Coordinates20.4380°S 148.5077°E / -20.4380; 148.5077 (Kelsey Creek (centre of locality))
Population123 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.327/km2 (3.437/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4800
Area92.7 km2 (35.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Kelsey Creek:
Crystal Brook Crystal Brook Proserpine
Dittmer Kelsey Creek Breadalbane
Pauls Pocket Silver Creek
Gunyarra
Goorganga Plains

History

Kelsey Creek Provisional School opened on 30 January 1895. On 1 January 1909, it became Kelsey Creek State School. It closed in 1963.[3]

In the 2016 census, Kelsey Creek had a population of 123 people.[1]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kelsey Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Kelsey Creek – locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 49379)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 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


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