Cattle Creek, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)
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| Coordinates: 27°40′00″S 150°48′00″E / 27.6666°S 150.8°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 279.9 km2 (108.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 21 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0750/km2 (0.194/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4407 | ||||||||||||
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Cattle Creek is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Cattle Creek had a population of 21 people.[1]
The Cecil Plains Moonie Road enters the locality from the east (Dunmore) and exits to the north-west (Weir River / Marmadua).[3]
The Kumbarilla State Forest is in the north of the locality, extending into neighbouring localities of Maradua and Halliford. The Western Creek State Forest in the south of the locality, extending into the neighbouring localities of Weir River, Western Creek and Dunmore.[4] Apart from these protected areas, the land use is mostly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.[4]
History
The locality is named after one of the many creeks of that name in Queensland. The locality is on the old Dunmore pastoral run, occupied in the 1840s by Robert Logan.[2]
