Type: | suburb |
Barker Creek Flat | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.6455°N 151.9447°W |
Pop: | 61 |
Postcode: | 4615 |
Area: | 27.6 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 8.3 |
Dir1: | WNW |
Location1: | Nanango |
Dist2: | 20.8 |
Dir2: | SE |
Location2: | Kingaroy |
Dist3: | 142 |
Dir3: | N |
Location3: | Toowoomba |
Dist4: | 207 |
Dir4: | NW |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | South Burnett Region |
Stategov: | Nanango |
Fedgov: | Maranoa |
Near-N: | Hodgleigh |
Near-Ne: | Booie |
Near-E: | Glan Devon |
Near-Se: | Nanango |
Near-S: | Nanango |
Near-Sw: | Kunioon |
Near-W: | Kunioon |
Near-Nw: | Hodgleigh |
Barker Creek Flat is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Barker Creek Flat had a population of 61 people.
Darli is a former railway station on the now-closed Nanango railway line in the south-east of the locality (-26.6588°N 151.9775°W).[2]
In 1922, the district was described in Queensland Parliament as having "thousands of acres of land now being planted with cotton, luccrno, maize, and other crops" to justify the extension of the railway line to Nanango.[3]
The locality was officially named and bounded on 5 March 1999.[1]
In the, Barker Creek Flat had a population of 50 people.
In the, Barker Creek Flat had a population of 61 people.
There are no schools in Barker Creek Flat. The nearest government primary schools are Nanango State School in neighbouring Nanango to the south-east and Coolabunia State School in Coolabunia to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Nanango State High School, also in Nanango.[4]