Owens Creek, Queensland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Owens Creek | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sugarcane fields at Owens Creek, 1976 | |||||||||||||
  Owens Creek | |||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Owens Creek | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 21°05′56″S 148°42′50″E / 21.0988°S 148.7138°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal divisions | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 193 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.617/km2 (11.96/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4741 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Owens Creek is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Owens Creek had a population of 193 people.[1]
Mount Castor is in the south-east of the locality (21°07′07″S 148°44′28″E / 21.1185°S 148.7410°E), rising to 360 metres (1,180 ft) above sea level.[3][4]
History
The locality takes its name from the former Owens Creek railway station, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 16 March 1922.[2]
The Mackay Railway was extended from Gargett to Owens Creek on 28 August 1922,[5][6] with the locality being served by the following railway stations (from north to south):
- Owens Creek railway station (21°05′02″S 148°42′50″E / 21.0840°S 148.7140°E)[7]
- Pakula railway station (21°05′16″S 148°43′18″E / 21.0877°S 148.7216°E)[8]
- Abbottville railway station (21°05′55″S 148°43′40″E / 21.0986°S 148.7277°E)[9]
- Mount Castor railway station (21°07′S 148°44′E / 21.12°S 148.73°E)[10]
The railway line to Owen Creek closed on 23 March 1970, to be replaced initially by road haulage and then by an extension of the Marian sugar mill's local cane tramway network.[5]
