Captain Creek, Queensland
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 Bush fire at Captain Creek, 2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 24°17′10″S 151°46′45″E / 24.2861°S 151.7791°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 141.7 km2 (54.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 452 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.190/km2 (8.262/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4677 | ||||||||||||
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Captain Creek is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Captain Creek had a population of 452 people.[1]
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation, but rural residential housing is increasing.[3]
History
The locality presumably takes its name from the creek which rises in the north of the locality and is a tributary of Oyster Creek which exits to the south-west to Taunton and Round Hill. It is ultimately a tributary of Baffle Creek which enters the Coral Sea between the localities of Rules Beach and Mullet Creek.[3][4]
