Orange Creek, Queensland

Orange Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Orange Creek had a population of 212 people.[3]

Orange Creek
Queensland
Orange Creek is located in Queensland
Orange Creek
Orange Creek
Coordinates24.3322°S 150.3488°E / -24.3322; 150.3488
Population197 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4715
Area294.7 km2 (113.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Banana
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Orange Creek:
Woolein Greycliffe Jambin
Banana Orange Creek Callide
Banana Prospect Dakenba

History

Coreen State School opened on 23 August 1933 and closed in 1951.[4] It was on Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (approx 24.3319°S 150.4009°E / -24.3319; 150.4009 (Coreen State School (former))).[5] It takes its name from the local parish name.[6]

Greycliffe State School opened on 11 November 1935. It closed on 17 December 1993.[4] It was on the corner of Belldeen Greycliffe Road and Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (24.2661°S 150.3562°E / -24.2661; 150.3562 (Greycliffe State School (former))), now within Orange Creek.[7][8]

In the 2016 census, Orange Creek had a population of 212 people.[3]

Education

There are no schools in Orange Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Prospect Creek State School in neighbouring Prospect to the south, Biloela State School in Biloela to the south-east, and Jambin State School in neighbouring Jambin to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela.[9]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Orange Creek (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. "Orange Creek – locality in Shire of Banana (entry 49566)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Orange Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  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. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m163" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. "Coreen – parish in the Banana Shire (entry 8438)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. "Parish of Greycliffe" (Map). Queensland Government. 1967. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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