Orange Creek, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 24°19′56″S 150°20′56″E / 24.3322°S 150.3488°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 294.7 km2 (113.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 197 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.6685/km2 (1.731/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4715 | ||||||||||||
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Orange Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Orange Creek had a population of 197 people.[1]
The locality is bounded to the east by the Burnett Highway and to the south-west by the Dawson Highway.[3]
The Moura railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Jambin) and exits to the south-east (Banana). There are no railway stations on the line within the locality.[3]
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing.[3]
The locality presumably takes its name from the watercourse Orange Creek which flows through the locality.[4]
History
Coreen State School opened on 23 August 1933 and closed in 1951.[5] It was on Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (approx 24°19′55″S 150°24′03″E / 24.3319°S 150.4009°E).[6] It takes its name from the local parish name.[7]
Greycliffe State School opened on 11 November 1935. It closed on 17 December 1993.[5] It was on the corner of Belldeen Greycliffe Road and Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (24°15′58″S 150°21′22″E / 24.2661°S 150.3562°E), now within Orange Creek.[8][3]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Orange Creek had a population of 212 people.[9]
In the 2021 census, Orange Creek had a population of 197 people.[1]
