Type: | suburb |
Spring Creek | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -27.4416°N 152.3219°W |
Pop: | 494 |
Postcode: | 4343 |
Area: | 45.1 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 17.5 |
Dir1: | NNE |
Location1: | Gatton |
Dist2: | 53.4 |
Dir2: | ENE |
Location2: | Toowoomba CBD |
Dist3: | 64.4 |
Dir3: | WNW |
Location3: | Ipswich |
Dist4: | 101 |
Dir4: | W |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Lockyer Valley Region |
Stategov: | Lockyer |
Fedgov: | Wright |
Near-N: | Buaraba |
Near-Ne: | Churchable |
Near-E: | Lockyer Waters |
Near-Se: | Morton Vale |
Near-S: | Lake Clarendon |
Near-Sw: | Adare |
Near-W: | Vinegar Hill |
Near-Nw: | Buaraba |
Spring Creek is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Spring Creek had a population of 494 people.
Clarendon Provisional School opened on circa 1882. In 1903, it was renamed Springdale Provisional School. It became Springdale State School on 1 January 1909, but closed later in 1909. Its precise location is not known but it was in the vicinity of the intersection of (present day) Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek.
Southern Queensland Correctional Centre opened in January 2012.[2]
In the, Spring Creek had a population of 601 people.
In the, Spring Creek had a population of 494 people.
There are no schools in Spring Creek. The nearest government primary school is Lake Claredon State School in neighbouring Lake Clarendon to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south.[3]
Southern Queensland Correctional Centre is a 300-bed high security prison in Millers Road (-27.4701°N 152.3069°W).[4]