Mistake Creek, Queensland
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| Mistake Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Mistake Creek State School | |||||||||||||||
  Mistake Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°45′07″S 146°55′15″E / 22.7519°S 146.9208°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 38 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.01311/km2 (0.0339/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,899.6 km2 (1,119.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Isaac Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Burdekin | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Capricornia | ||||||||||||||
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Mistake Creek is a former rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Mistake Creek had a population of 38 people.[1]
On 17 May 2019, it was decided to discontinue the locality and absorb its land into the neighbouring localities of Clermont, Laglan, Frankfield and Peak Vale.[4][5][6]
The district takes its name from Mistake Creek, a tributary of the Belyando River, which was so named after Jerimiah Rolfe, an early local settler, believed his station to be on that river but later discovered it was on a tributary, which he named Mistake Creek.[7]
Mistake Creek State School opened on 24 January 1983.[8]
Education
Mistake Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 6652 Alpha Road (22°59′20″S 147°05′00″E / 22.9889°S 147.0833°E).[9][10] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 2 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).[11] Following the absorption of the locality of Mistake Creek into neighbouring localities in May 2019, the school is now within the locality of Clermont.[12]
