Spring Creek, Queensland (Lockyer Valley Region)

Spring Creek is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Spring Creek had a population of 601 people.[1]

For the locality in the Shire of Banana, see Spring Creek, Queensland (Banana Shire). For the locality in Toowoomba/Southern Downs, see Spring Creek, Queensland (Darling Downs).

Spring Creek
Queensland
Spring Creek
Coordinates27.4416°S 152.3219°E / -27.4416; 152.3219 (Spring Creek (centre of locality))
Population601 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density13.326/km2 (34.51/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4343
Area45.1 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Spring Creek:
Buaraba Buaraba Churchable
Vinegar Hill Spring Creek Lockyer Waters
Adare Lake Clarendon Morton Vale

History

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.[3]

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre opened in January 2012.[4]

In the 2016 census Spring Creek had a population of 601 people.[1]

Facilitites

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre is a 300-bed high security prison in Millers Road (27.4701°S 152.3069°E / -27.4701; 152.3069 (detention centre)).[5][4]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Spring Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Spring Creek – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44990)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Southern Queensland Correctional Centre". Prison locations. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. "Landmark Areas - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.


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