Thanes Creek, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 28°07′06″S 151°40′45″E / 28.1183°S 151.6791°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 82.6 km2 (31.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 61 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.738/km2 (1.913/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4370 | ||||||||||||
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Thanes Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.[1]
The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Warwick.[3]
Mount Gammie (28°06′58″S 151°42′22″E / 28.1160°S 151.7062°E) is in the east of the locality and rises to 672 metres (2,205 ft) above sea level.[4][5]
The watercourse Thanes Creek enters to the locality from the south-east (Thane) and meanders north to form part of the boundary of the locality with Leyburn to the north-west, before exiting the locality and forming the boundary between Leyburn and Pratten (to the north).[6][7]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation apart from some crop growing in the north of the locality around the watercourse Thanes Creek and its tributary Reedy Creek.[8][9]
History
The locality was named after the creek, which was in turn named after John Thane, a pioneer pastoralist of the Ellangowan Run, who drowned in the Condamine River in 1844.[2][6][10][11]
Thane's Creek Provisional School opened on 10 October 1892, becoming Thane's Creek State School on 22 January 1900. It closed in 1965.[12] It was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site at 15 Bush Cottage Lane (28°06′28″S 151°40′45″E / 28.10790°S 151.67915°E).[13][14][15]
Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901.[16] The church closed and the building was removed in 1997. It was on the western side of Bush Lane (28°06′28″S 151°40′37″E / 28.1079°S 151.6770°E).[17]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people.[18]
In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Thanes Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Leyburn State School in neighbouring Leyburn to the north-west, Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the south-west, and Wheatvale State School in Wheatvale to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the south-east, Allora State School (to Year 10) in Allora to the east, and Clifton State High School in Clifton to the north-east.[19]
