| Type: | suburb |
| Lonesome Creek | |
| City: | Theodore |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -24.8783°N 150.1072°W |
| Pop: | 173 |
| Postcode: | 4719 |
| Area: | 241.4 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 4.7 |
| Dir1: | NNE |
| Location1: | Theodore |
| Dist2: | 51.9 |
| Dir2: | S |
| Location2: | Moura |
| Dist3: | 101 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Biloela |
| Dist4: | 204 |
| Dir4: | SW |
| Location4: | Rockhampton |
| Dist5: | 558 |
| Dir5: | NW |
| Location5: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Shire of Banana |
| Stategov: | Callide |
| Fedgov: | Flynn |
| Near-N: | Banana |
| Near-Ne: | Castle Creek |
| Near-E: | Camboon |
| Near-Se: | Camboon |
| Near-S: | Isla |
| Near-Sw: | Theodore |
| Near-W: | Glenmoral |
| Near-Nw: | Kianga |
Lonesome Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Lonesome Creek had a population of 173 people.
The locality is bounded in part to the north-east by the Leichhardt Highway, to the east by the creek Castle Creek, to the south-west by the Dawson River, to the west by the Malakoff Range and the creek Lonesome Creek.[2] [3]
The Leichhardt Highway enters the locality from the south-west (Theodore / Isla) and travels north-east through the locality before becoming the north-eastern boundary of the locality and then exiting to the north-east (Banana / Castle Creek).
The creek Lonesome Creek rises in neighbouring locality of Castle Creek to the north-east from where it flows into the locality of Lonesome Creek and crosses the locality to form a short section of its western boundary before flowing south towards Theodore, where it becomes a tributary of the Dawson River .
The land use is a mixture of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation and pastures. There is some rural residential housing, mostly on the outskirts of Theodore.[4]
In the, Lonesome Creek had a population of 170 people.
In the, Lonesome Creek had a population of 173 people.
There are no schools in Lonesome Creek. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Theodore State School (Prep to Year 10) in neighbouring Theodore to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school offering schooling to Year 12 is Moura State High School in Moura to the north-west, but the southern parts of Lonesome Creek may be too distant for a daily commute and the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[5]
Despite the name, Theodore Airport is in southern Lonesome Creek at 13524 Eidsvold Theodore Road (-24.9894°N 150.0949°W).[6] No regular scheduled services operate from it. The community has raised funds to install solar-powered lighting so the runway can be used for medical emergency flights at night.[7] [8] There are two cemeteries in Lonesome Creek:
Despite the name, Theodore Golf Course is at 271 Woolthorpe Road .[13]