Darr Creek, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Darr Creek
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.5219°N 151.1572°W
Pop:13
Postcode:4410[1]
Area:108.5
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Western Downs Region
Stategov:Callide
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:Durong
Near-Ne:Durong
Near-E:Chahpingah
Near-Se:Diamondy
Near-S:Jinghi
Near-Sw:Jinghi
Near-W:Burra Burri
Near-Nw:Burra Burri

Darr Creek is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the, Darr Creek had a population of 13 people.

Darr Creek's postcode is 4410.[1]

Geography

The locality is bounded to the east by Craig Range (part of the Great Dividing Range).

Millingwood is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (-26.5333°N 151.1833°W).[3]

The Chinchilla–Wondai Road (State Route 82) runs through from south to north.[4]

History

The locality takes its name from creek on the old Darr pastoral run held by Thorne and Ridler during the early 1850s.[2] Although it may actually be an abbreviated form of Daarbarah Creek named as such on a 1945 map drawn by Thomas Domville Taylor on an expedition with Ludwig Leichhardt through the area on their way to what is now Darwin.

Darr Creek State School opened on 26 April 1922 and closed in May 1961. The school was at 6389 Chinchilla Wondai Road (formerly known as the Condamine Highway,).[5] [6]

Millingwood Provisional School opened on 4 May 1937 and closed on 1952. It was on Millingwood Road at approx .

Demographics

In the Darr Creek had a population of 18 people.

In the, Darr Creek had a population of 13 people.

Notes and References

  1. https://auspost.com.au/postcode/darr-creek Darr Creek Postcode
  2. 29 December 2020.
  3. 29 December 2020.
  4. Darr Creek, Queensland . OpenStreetMap . 18 January 2022 . 21 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121025919/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11675004 . live .
  5. Web site: 1942. Jingi Jingi. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201210044438/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-bandw-jingi-jingi-temp-ed-1942.jpg. 10 December 2020. 29 December 2020. Queensland Government. Map.
  6. Web site: 1951 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m80 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220421081323/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m80-admin-bdy-1951.jpg . 21 April 2022 . 21 April 2022 . . Map.