Coal Creek, Queensland

Coal Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Coal Creek had a population of 52 people.[1]

Coal Creek
Queensland
Coal Creek
Coordinates27.1819°S 152.4344°E / -27.1819; 152.4344 (Coal Creek (centre of locality))
Population52 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density2.140/km2 (5.54/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4312
Area24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Coal Creek:
Ottaba Mount Beppo Caboonbah
Biarra Coal Creek Lake Wivenhoe
Esk Murrumba Murrumba

Geography

The watercourse Coal Creek enters the locality from the west (Biarra) and then meanders through the south of the locality before exiting to the east.[3] Once it was a tributary of the Brisbane River but now contributes directly into the upper reaches of Lake Wivenhoe created by the Wivenhoe Dam across the river.[4]

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the creek.[3]

Coal Creek Provisional School opened on 7 November 1892. On 1 January 1909 it became Coal Creek State School. It closed in 1948.[5]

In the 2016 census Coal Creek had a population of 52 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coal Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Coal Creek – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44852)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Coal Creek – watercourse in the Somerset Region (entry 7529)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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