Apple Tree Creek, Queensland

Apple Tree Creek is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Bodalla, the Dundaburra people of the Northern Kabi group name from the Gregory River Plum which to first Europeans looked like an apple. Prior to settlement of the Isis District which includes Apple tree Creek - the area was called Buth'arth translating to scrub. The town was renamed in 1962.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Apple Tree Creek had a population of 639 people.[1]

Apple Tree Creek
Queensland
Apple Tree Creek Hotel
Apple Tree Creek
Coordinates25.2244°S 152.2383°E / -25.2244; 152.2383
Population639 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density26.96/km2 (69.83/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4660
Area23.7 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Bundaberg Region
State electorate(s)Burnett
Federal Division(s)Hinkler
Localities around Apple Tree Creek:
Isis Central North Isis North Isis
Eureka Apple Tree Creek Childers
Eureka Kullogum Kullogum

Geography

Apple Tree Creek is located 6 km north-west of Childers on the Isis Highway.[4]

History

The area was called Buth'arth meaning scrub in Dundaburra language.

European settlers entered the district from the 1840s. The initial industries were grazing, sawmilling and then growing sugarcane.[5]

Apple Tree Creek Provisional School opened on 28 November 1887. It became Apple Tree Creek State School on 5 July 1897. It closed on 21 December 1969.[6]

In 1896 a railway line extending from Childers to Cordalba was erected, bypassing Apple Tree Creek.[4]

The Apple Tree Creek cemetery was established in 1896.[5]

The Apple Tree Creek Post Office opened around January 1909 (a receiving office had been open since 1898) and closed in 1975.[7]

St Anne's Anglican Church was dedicated on 10 July 1930 by Venerable William Powning Glover, Archdeacon of Toowoomba. It has since closed.[8]

At the 2011 census, Apple Tree Creek had a population of 509.[9]

Heritage listings

Apple Tree Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Apple Tree Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Apple Tree Creek – town in Bundaberg Region (entry 40969)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "Apple Tree Creek – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 47123)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. "Apple Tree Creek". Queensland Places. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. "Apple Tree Creek Cemetery" (PDF). Bundaberg Region Heritage Register. Bundaberg Regional Council. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  8. "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Apple Tree Creek (L". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  10. "Apple Tree Creek War Memorial (entry 600607)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.


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