Flagstone Creek, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Flagstone Creek
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.6286°N 152.0947°W
Pop:256
Postcode:4344
Area:44.5
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:25.5
Dir1:ESE
Location1:Toowoomba
Dist2:26.6
Dir2:WSW
Location2:Gatton
Dist3:117
Dir3:WSW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Lockyer Valley Region
Stategov:Lockyer
Fedgov:Wright
Near-N:Iredale
Near-Ne:Lilydale
Near-E:Ma Ma Creek
Near-Se:Mount Whitestone
Near-S:Egypt
Near-Sw:Stockyard
Near-W:Silver Ridge
Upper Flagstone
Near-Nw:Derrymore

Flagstone Creek is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Flagstone Creek had a population of 256 people.

Geography

Flagstone Creek (the watercourse) flows through from west to north-east.

History

In 1840, the penal colony at Moreton Bay was being prepared to be turned into a free settlement (which ultimately became the city of Brisbane). As there was settlement already occurring on the Darling Downs, there was a need for Lieutenant Owen Gorman, the last commandant of the penal colony, to find a wagon route between the two locations, but the obstacle was the mountains of the Great Dividing Range. There was a route already known at Cunninghams Gap but it was not able to be used by a wagon. A convict John Sterry Baker had escaped from the penal colony in 1826 and had lived among the Goomburra Aboriginal people in the Lockyer Valley area and walked with them on a track to the top of the range. Having returned to the penal colony in 1840, Baker told Gorman of the track up the range and modified an Irish jaunting car to test as a wagon on the route. Together Gorman and Baker ascended the range with their wagon on 17 October 1840 arriving at Eton Vale. Despite the fact that Gorman did not discover the route, it nonetheless became known as Gorman's Gap Road. The route which runs between Upper Flagstone in the west and Flagstone Creek in the east was marked by blazing a line of trees. It became the first gazetted road in Queensland. Today, the road no longer officially exists and is overgrown but can still be followed. There are three monuments along the route, one at each end and the other along the route at Camel's Hump where Gorman took his compass bearing.[2] [3]

Flagstone Creek Provisional School opened on 18 January 1886, becoming Flagstone State School in 1904.[4]

Mount Campbell Provisional School opened on 26 October 1891.[5] On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Campbell State School. It closed on 13 March 1960 but reopened on 30 January 1968. It closed permanently on 31 December 1978. It was at 35 Mount Campbell Road .[6] [7]

A Methodist Church had been established at 55 Flagstone School Road by April 1909 and was still in existence as Flagstone Creek Uniting Church in December 2000, but no longer exists as at February 2021.[8] [9]

Demographics

In the, Flagstone Creek had a population of 213 people.

In the, Flagstone Creek had a population of 220 people.

In the, Flagstone Creek had a population of 256 people.

Heritage listings

Sites of cultural heritage identified in Flagstone Creek include:

Education

Flagstone Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 56 Flagstone School Road (-27.6155°N 152.1149°W).[15] [16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 33 students with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[17]

There are no secondary schools in Flagstone Creek. The nearest secondary schools are Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the north-east and Centenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights in Toowoomba to the west.

Amenities

Stockyard Creek Community Hall is at 111 Stockyard Creek Road .

References

Sources

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Gormans Gap Road. Register of the National Estate. Government of Australia. 13 May 2014. 13 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140513163407/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=8690. live.
  3. Web site: Gormans Gap. Monument Australia. 13 May 2014. 14 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514141303/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92850-gormans-gap. live.
  4. 13 May 2014.
  5. News: 22 June 1892 . DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. . 4 July 2024 . . Queensland, Australia . 6 . National Library of Australia . XLIX . 10,745.
  6. Web site: 1936 . Helidon . 6 June 2022 . . Map.
  7. Web site: 1942 . Parish of Campbell . . Map.
  8. News: 2 April 1909. Lantern Concert at Flagstone Creek.. XLIX. 4 (Daily). Queensland Times. 74[?]2. Queensland, Australia. 9 February 2021. National Library of Australia. 9 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210209030227/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111616900. live.
  9. Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 666-667, includes photo
  10. Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 654-655, includes photo
  11. Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 656-657, includes photo
  12. Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 658-659, includes photo
  13. Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 660-661, includes photo
  14. Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 662-664, includes photo
  15. Web site: 9 July 2018. State and non-state school details. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018. Queensland Government.
  16. Web site: Flagstone Creek State School. 21 November 2018.
  17. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. 28 January 2020. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx. live.