Lonesome Creek, Queensland
Suburb of Theodore, Queensland, Australia
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Lonesome Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lonesome Creek had a population of 173 people.[1]
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Rural landscape, Woolthorpe Road, 2014 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 24.8783°S 150.1072°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| City | Theodore | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 241.4 km2 (93.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 173 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.7167/km2 (1.856/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4719 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
The locality is bounded in part to the north-east by the Leichhardt Highway, to the east by the creek Castle Creek, to the south-west by the Dawson River, to the west by the Malakoff Range and the creek Lonesome Creek.[3][4]
The Leichhardt Highway enters the locality from the south-west (Theodore / Isla) and travels north-east through the locality before becoming the north-eastern boundary of the locality and then exiting to the north-east (Banana / Castle Creek).[4]
The creek Lonesome Creek rises in neighbouring locality of Castle Creek to the north-east from where it flows into the locality of Lonesome Creek and crosses the locality to form a short section of its western boundary before flowing south towards Theodore, where it becomes a tributary of the Dawson River (24.93524°S 150.06563°E).[3]
The land use is a mixture of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation and pastures. There is some rural residential housing, mostly on the outskirts of Theodore.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Lonesome Creek had a population of 170 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, Lonesome Creek had a population of 173 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Lonesome Creek. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Theodore State School (Prep to Year 10) in neighbouring Theodore to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school offering schooling to Year 12 is Moura State High School in Moura to the north-west, but the southern parts of Lonesome Creek may be too distant for a daily commute and the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[7]
Facilities
Despite the name, Theodore Airport (IATA: TDR, ICAO: YTDR) is in southern Lonesome Creek at 13524 Eidsvold Theodore Road (24.9894°S 150.0949°E).[8] No regular scheduled services operate from it. The community has raised funds to install solar-powered lighting so the runway can be used for medical emergency flights at night.[9][10]
There are two cemeteries in Lonesome Creek:
- Theodore Pioneer Cemetery at 600 Goolara Heinickes Road (24.9433°S 150.1258°E)[11][12]
- Theodore Cemetery at 241 Woolthorpe Road (24.9602°S 150.1001°E)[13][12][14]
Amenities
Despite the name, Theodore Golf Course is at 271 Woolthorpe Road (24.9596°S 150.1024°E).[15]
