Branch Creek, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Branch Creek
State:qld
Coordinates:-25.3941°N 151.4344°W
Pop:33
Postcode:4625
Area:311.4
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:30.7
Dir1:NE
Location1:Mundubbera
Dist2:34.1
Dir2:E
Location2:Eidsvold
Dist3:37.2
Dir3:NW
Location3:Gayndah
Dist4:184
Dir4:SW
Location4:Bundaberg
Dist5:360
Dir5:NNW
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:North Burnett Region
Stategov:Callide
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Mungy
Near-Ne:Yenda
Near-E:Yenda
Near-Se:Reids Creek
Near-S:Binjour
Near-Sw:Gurgeena
Near-W:Cattle Creek
Near-Nw:Eidsvold East

Branch Creek is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Branch Creek had a population of 33 people.

Geography

Branch Creek (from which the locality presumably takes its name) rises in the north-west of the locality and flows to the south of the locality where it becomes a tributary to Reid Creek (which was also known as Binjour Creek), which then continues south to Binjour.[2]

History

The bushranger "the Wild Scotchman" was said to have hidden out in the vicinity of Branch Creek and the adjacent Mungy Station in the mid-1860s.[3] The bushranger was said to have visited the Black Horse Hotel which was on the old Gayndah-Dalgangal road where it passed through Branch Creek.[4]

Branch Creek No. 1 was one of the stations that comprised the pastoral run of Ideraway.[5]

Fontainebleau State School opened at Branch Creek on 16 September 1915. It closed in 1964.[6] It was on a 3acres site on the north-eastern side of Binjour Branch Creek Road .[7]

Demographics

In the, Branch Creek had a population of 32 people.

In the, Branch Creek had a population of 33 people.

Education

There are no schools in Branch Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Binjour Plateau State School in neighbouring Binjour to the south and Eidsvold State School in Eidsvold to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Eidsvold State School (to Year 12) in Eidsvold to the west, Mundubbera State College (to Year 10) in Mundubbera to the south, and Burnett State College (to Year 12) in Gayndah to the south-east.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 2 August 2019.
  2. Web site: 1894 . Outline Map of the Wide Bay & Burnett Districts Illustrating the Pastoral Holdings 1894 . 19 October 2022 . Outline Map of the Wide Bay and Burnett Districts illustrating the Pastoral Holdings 1894 . Queensland Government.
  3. News: 28 December 1933 . "WILD SCOTCHMAN" . 7 . . 19,702 . Queensland, Australia . 23 October 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Queensland State Archives . 26 September 1878 . Tracing shewing proposed resumptions from the Ideraway, Yenda, Penang, Nour Nour, Land of Promise, Branch Ck. No. 1, Prazier, Upper Chin Chin, Lower Chin Chin . 2022-10-22 . Queensland Government.
  5. News: 26 March 1864 . Classified Advertising . XVIII . 5 . . 1898 . Queensland, Australia . 21 October 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: 22 February 1953 . Advertising . 41 . . 2761 . Queensland, Australia . 22 October 2022 . National Library of Australia.
  7. Web site: 1938 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m116 . 22 October 2022 . . Map.