Sandy Creek, Queensland

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Sandy Creek
Queensland
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Paddocks along Sandy Creek Road, 2015
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Sandy Creek
Coordinates 26°51′06″S152°38′34″E / 26.8516°S 152.6427°E / -26.8516; 152.6427 (Sandy Creek (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 26°51′06″S152°38′34″E / 26.8516°S 152.6427°E / -26.8516; 152.6427 (Sandy Creek (centre of locality))
Population567 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density5.309/km2 (13.750/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4515
Area106.8 km2 (41.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
  • 9.4 km (6 mi) NE of Kilcoy
  • 61.0 km (38 mi) NE of Esk
  • 91.8 km (57 mi) NNW of Brisbane
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Sandy Creek:
Jimna Jimna Conondale
Mount Kilcoy Sandy Creek Bellthorpe
Stony Creek
Winya Glenfern
Villeneuve 		Royston

Sandy Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people. [1]

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Geography

Sandy Creek is located northeast of Kilcoy in South East Queensland. [3]

Many parts of Sandy Creek are elevated along the southern Conondale Range and some of the range is protected within Bellthorpe National Park. [3]

The locality has the following mountains:

History

Winya State School opened in 1918 and closed in 1960. [7] The school was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site on the north-east corner of the D'Aguilar Highway and Sandy Creek Road ( 26°55′45″S152°36′26″E / 26.9293°S 152.6073°E / -26.9293; 152.6073 (Winya State School (former)) ) now within the locality of Sandy Creek. [8] [9] [3]

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Hubners Bridge, 2015

Hubners Bridge, also known as Hubner Bridge, is a road bridge on the Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek ( 26°51′13″S152°37′36″E / 26.8537°S 152.626642°E / -26.8537; 152.626642 (Hubners Bridge) ). The bridge was washed away on 9 January 2011 during the catastrophic 2010–2011 floods. [10] A flying-fox was built across Sandy Creek to provide supplies to residents stranded due to bridge damage. [11] It has been rebuilt since then and was re-opened on 6 April 2012. [12]

In the 2011 census, Sandy Creek had a population of 555 people. [13]

In the 2016 census, Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people. [1]

Education

There are no schools in Sandy Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Kilcoy State School in neighbouring Mount Kilcoy to the west and Kilcoy State School in Kilcoy to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sandy Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Sandy Creek – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44913)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mount Ann – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 617)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mount Marysmokes – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 21176)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  8. ↑ "Parish of Kilcoy sheet 1" (Map). Queensland Government. 1960. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 12 north" (Map). Queensland Government. 1928. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Supplies "flown" into Mt Kilcoy". Glenn Roberts. northern-times. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Recovery picks up as water goes down". Peter Hall. Courier Mail. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Major general opens Hubner's Bridge". Queensland-government. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Sandy Creek (State Suburb))". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 August 2015. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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