Sandy Creek, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Sandy Creek
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.8516°N 152.6427°W
Pop:593
Postcode:4515
Area:106.8
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:9.4
Dir1:NE
Location1:Kilcoy
Dist2:61.0
Dir2:NE
Location2:Esk
Dist3:91.8
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Somerset Region
Stategov:Nanango
Fedgov:Blair
Near-N:Jimna
Near-Ne:Conondale
Near-E:Bellthorpe
Stony Creek
Near-Se:Royston
Near-S:Glenfern
Villeneuve
Near-Sw:Winya
Near-W:Mount Kilcoy
Near-Nw:Jimna

Sandy Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Sandy Creek had a population of 593 people.

Geography

Sandy Creek is located northeast of Kilcoy in South East Queensland.

Many parts of Sandy Creek are elevated along the southern Conondale Range and some of the range is protected within Bellthorpe National Park.

The locality has the following mountains:

History

Winya State School opened in 1918 and closed in 1960. The school was on a 5acres site on the north-east corner of the D'Aguilar Highway and Sandy Creek Road now within the locality of Sandy Creek.[5] [6] Hubners Bridge, also known as Hubner Bridge, is a road bridge on the Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek (-26.8537°N 152.6266°W). The bridge was washed away on during the catastrophic 2010–2011 floods.[7] A flying-fox was built across Sandy Creek to provide supplies to residents stranded due to bridge damage.[8] It has been rebuilt since then and was re-opened on .[9]

Demographics

In the, Sandy Creek had a population of 555 people.

In the, Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people.

In the, Sandy Creek had a population of 593 people.

Education

There are no schools in Sandy Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Kilcoy State School in neighbouring Mount Kilcoy to the west and Kilcoy State School in Kilcoy to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy.

Notes and References

  1. 7 March 2022.
  2. Web site: 12 November 2020 . Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  3. 25 November 2020.
  4. 25 November 2020.
  5. Web site: 1960 . Parish of Kilcoy sheet 1 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405114519/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-kilcoy-sh1-1960.jpg . 5 April 2022 . 5 April 2022 . . Map.
  6. Web site: 1928 . Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 12 north . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405114523/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chn-moreton-ag2-sh12-north-1928.jpg . 5 April 2022 . 5 April 2022 . . Map.
  7. News: 14 Jan 2011 . Supplies "flown" into Mt Kilcoy . Glenn Roberts . northern-times . dead . 18 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110123163739/http://northern-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/supplies-flown-into-mt-kilcoy/ . 23 January 2011 . dmy-all.
  8. News: 18 January 2011 . Recovery picks up as water goes down . Peter Hall . . 18 January 2011 . 5 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120905140959/http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/recovery-picks-up-as-water-goes-down/story-fn6ck51p-1225989901038 . live .
  9. News: 7 March 2012 . Major general opens Hubner's Bridge . Queensland-government . 5 September 2016 . 11 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160911153232/http://www.qldreconstruction.org.au/p/news/article/major-general-opens-hubners-bridge/200 . live .