Butchers Creek, Queensland

Butchers Creek is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Butchers Creek had a population of 113 people.[1]

Butchers Creek
Queensland
Butchers Creek
Coordinates17.3397°S 145.6986°E / -17.3397; 145.6986 (Butchers Creek (centre of locality))
Population113 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density4.065/km2 (10.53/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4885
Area27.8 km2 (10.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Tablelands Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Butchers Creek:
Lake Eacham Gadgarra Gadgarra
North Johnstone Butchers Creek Gadgarra
Glen Allyn Topaz Wooroonooran

Geography

Butchers Creek is on the eastern edge of the Atherton Tableland. It is one of the few parts of the tableland that drains eastward, its creeks being tributaries of the Mulgrave River.[3] The area receives high rainfall and the traditional land use has been for dairying and beef fattening.[4]

History

Butchers Creek is said to take its name from a massacre of the Ngajanji people at a bora ring in the area in the 1880s.[5]

In the early 20th century, a group of Russian emigrants established dairy farms in the area, giving it the nickname "Little Siberia".[6]

Butchers Creek Provisional School opened on 8 October 1913 with 11 students studying under teacher John Tait. It became Butchers Creek State School in 1918.[7] The school celebrated its centenary in 2013.[8]

In the 2016 census, Butchers Creek had a population of 113 people.[1]

Education

Butchers Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Cnr Topaz & Gadaloff Roads (17.3612°S 145.6922°E / -17.3612; 145.6922 (Butchers Creek State School)).[9][10] In 2016 the school had an enrolment of 27 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[11] In 2018 the school had an enrolment of 11 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[12] It includes a special education program.[9]

Notable residents

Alexander Prokhorov, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1964, was born in Butchers Creek (then part of Peeramon) and attended Butchers Creek State School.[8]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Butchers Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Butchers Creek – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48552)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Butchers Creek State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. Pannell, Sandra N. (Sandra Norma); Johnson, Emma; Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (2006), Yamani country : a spatial history of the Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Rainforest CRC, pp. 11–12, ISBN 978-0-86443-754-9
  6. "Local Heritage Places" (PDF). Mareeba Shire Council. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  8. Daley, Brigitte (10 November 2013). "Butchers Creek celebrates century". North Queensland Register. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  9. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. "Butchers Creek State School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  11. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Butchers Creek State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  12. "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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