Orange Creek, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Orange Creek
State:qld
Coordinates:-24.3322°N 150.3488°W
Pop:197
Postcode:4715
Area:294.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:20.3
Dir1:NW
Location1:Biloela
Dist2:128
Dir2:SW
Location2:Gladstone
Dist3:134
Dir3:SSW
Location3:Rockhampton
Dist4:601
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Shire of Banana
Stategov:Callide
Fedgov:Flynn
Near-N:Greycliffe
Near-Ne:Jambin
Near-E:Callide
Near-Se:Dakenba
Near-S:Prospect
Near-Sw:Banana
Near-W:Banana
Near-Nw:Woolein

Orange Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Orange Creek had a population of 197 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the east by the Burnett Highway and to the south-west by the Dawson Highway.

The Moura railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Jambin) and exits to the south-east (Banana). There are no railway stations on the line within the locality.

The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing.

The locality presumably takes its name from the watercourse Orange Creek which flows through the locality.[2]

History

Coreen State School opened on 23 August 1933 and closed in 1951. It was on Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (approx).[3] It takes its name from the local parish name.[4]

Greycliffe State School opened on 11 November 1935. It closed on 17 December 1993. It was on the corner of Belldeen Greycliffe Road and Prospect Creek Goovigen Road, now within Orange Creek.[5]

Demographics

In the, Orange Creek had a population of 212 people.

In the, Orange Creek had a population of 197 people.

Education

There are no schools in Orange Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Prospect Creek State School in neighbouring Prospect to the south, Biloela State School in Biloela to the south-east, and Jambin State School in neighbouring Jambin to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela.[6]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 25 October 2019.
  2. 25 December 2023.
  3. Web site: 1950 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m163 . 13 June 2022 . . Map . 13 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613051901/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m163-admin-bdy-1950.jpg . live .
  4. 13 June 2022.
  5. Web site: 1967 . Parish of Greycliffe . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105115920/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-greycliffe-1967.jpg . 5 November 2020 . 5 November 2020 . . Map.
  6. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments. Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. 24 December 2023. 19 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/. live.