Greens Creek, Queensland
Suburb of Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia
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Greens Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Greens Creek had a population of 344 people.[1]
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 Gympie East State School, 2020 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 26.1722°S 152.7486°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 344 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 17.82/km2 (46.16/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4570 | ||||||||||||
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History
Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 February 1894. On 7 June 1899, it became Cootharaba Road State School. It was at 27 Grecian Bends Road (26.16932°S 152.71768°E).[3][4]
In 1961, the parents of Beenam Range State School, Cedar Pocket State School, Cootharaba Road State School, and Neusa Vale State School voted in favour of replacing those schools with a central school in the area.[5] Cootharaba Road State School closed in 1925 when the new Gympie East State School opened in Greens Creek on 25 January 1965.[6] It was officially opened on 9 October 1965 by the Minister for Public Instruction, Jack Pizzey.[5]
As at September 2022, the two school buildings of Cootharaba Road State School are still extant on the site.[7][8]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Greens Creek had a population of 326 people.[9]
In the 2021 census, Greens Creek had a population of 344 people.[1]
Education
Gympie East State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 219 Cedar Pocket Road (26.1798°S 152.7327°E).[10][11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 140 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[12]
There are no secondary schools in Greens Creek. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the south-west.[13]
