Swan Creek, Queensland

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Swan Creek
Queensland
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Burndale, 2015
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Swan Creek
Coordinates 28°11′53″S152°08′28″E / 28.1980°S 152.1411°E / -28.1980; 152.1411 (Swan Creek (centre of locality))
Population139 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density5.326/km2 (13.79/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4370
Area26.1 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal Division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Swan Creek:
Sladevale Freestone Yangan
The Hermitage Swan Creek Yangan
The Hermitage Junabee Junabee

Swan Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Swan Creek had a population of 139 people. [1]

Contents

History

Swan Creek Cattle, circa 1899 Queensland State Archives 5175 Swan Creek Cattle c 1899.png
Swan Creek Cattle, circa 1899

A creek called Swan Creek first appears on Buxton's 1864 Darling Downs District Map as part of the Canning Downs pastoral run. By 1883 a smaller pastoral run called Swan Creek had been split off from Canning Downs. It is presumed that the creek acquired its name from the presence of swans at the creek. [2]

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Swan Creek State School, 1911

Swan Creek Lower State School opened on 20 June 1870. Circa 1887 it was renamed Swan Creek State School. It closed on 12 December 1997. [3] It was at 106 Swan Creek School Road ( 28°11′51″S152°08′18″E / 28.1974°S 152.1382°E / -28.1974; 152.1382 (Swan Creek State School (former)) ). [4]

St Andrew's Anglican Church, 2007 St Andrew's Anglican Church (former), Swan Creek, 2007.jpg
St Andrew's Anglican Church, 2007
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Swan Creek cemetery, 2007

On Wednesday 20 August 1873 the Synod of the Anglican Church purchased a site of 3 acres 1 rood (now 435 Stephens Road on the corner of Swan Creek School Road, 28°11′51″S152°08′10″E / 28.1974°S 152.1360°E / -28.1974; 152.1360 (St Andrew's Anglican Church (former)) ) for establishing a church adjacent to the school. [5] On Monday 15 September 1873 the local parishioners accepted the tender of Messrs Dodd and Bell to construct a church for £200. [6] In October 1873 the foundation post was laid in a ceremony attending by many in the district. [7] The church was officially opened on Sunday 22 February 1874. [8] In August 1876 a youth broke into the church and hacked the bellows of the harmonium into pieces. [9] It took five more years until the Bishop of Brisbane Matthew Hale consecrated the church on Wedneday 12 May 1879 and dedicated it to St Andrew. [10] The church closed in 1973 but the church building remains on the site. There is a cemetery behind the church building ( 28°11′51″S152°08′11″E / 28.1975°S 152.1365°E / -28.1975; 152.1365 (Swan Creek cemetery) ). [11] [12]

The first section of the Killarney railway line (from Warwick to Emu Vale) was completed on 2 June 1884 with Swan Creek being served by the Swan Creek railway station ( 28°11′37″S152°08′07″E / 28.1937°S 152.1354°E / -28.1937; 152.1354 (Swan Creek railway station (former)) ). The line from Emu Vale to Killarney was completed on 24 August 1885. The Killarney line closed on 1 May 1964. [13]

The Swan Creek School of Arts was officially opened on Tuesday 9 February 1909 by George Barnes, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick. [14] [15] It is at 1018 Warwick Yangan Road (corner of Swan Creek Hall Road, 28°11′37″S152°08′16″E / 28.1936°S 152.1378°E / -28.1936; 152.1378 (Swan Creek School of Arts) ). [16]

In the 2016 census, Swan Creek had a population of 139 people. [1]

Heritage listings

White Swan Inn, 2015 White Swan Inn, Swan Creek, 2015.jpg
White Swan Inn, 2015

Swan Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Swan Creek. The nearest primary schools are Yangan State School in neighbouring Yangan to the east, Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the north, and Warwick East State School in Warwick to the west. The nearest secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Swan Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Swan Creek - locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45982)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Yangan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1983. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "GOVERNMENT LAND SALE AT TOOWOOMBA". The Brisbane Courier . XXVIII (4, 962). Queensland, Australia. 25 August 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Church of England at Swan Creek". The Telegraph (306). Queensland, Australia. 22 September 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Local and General News". Warwick Examiner And Times . VII (348). Queensland, Australia. 1 November 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Local and General News". Warwick Examiner And Times . VIII (365). Queensland, Australia. 28 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "LATEST TELEGRAMS". The Telegraph (1, 211). Queensland, Australia. 29 August 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Visitation of Bishop Hale to the Warwick District". Warwick Examiner And Times . XIII (614). Queensland, Australia. 15 March 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  12. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  13. ↑ Southern Downs Steam Railway (2008). "Historical information: Warwick - Killarney". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  14. ↑ "SWAN CREEK SCHOOL OF ARTS". Warwick Examiner And Times . 43 (3823). Queensland, Australia. 10 February 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "SWAN CREEK SCHOOL OF ARTS". Warwick Examiner And Times . 43 (3825). Queensland, Australia. 15 February 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 6 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ Creagh, Dudley (May 2018). "Swan Creek School of Arts" (PDF). Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "Burndale (entry 600524)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "White Swan Inn (former) (entry 600523)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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