Thanes Creek, Queensland

Thanes Creek
Suburb
Thane's Creek State School pupils and teacher
Thanes Creek
Coordinates: 28°07′06″S151°40′45″E / 28.1183°S 151.6791°E / -28.1183; 151.6791 (Thanes Creek (centre of locality))
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
LGA	Southern Downs Region
Location	42.6 km (26.5 mi) WNW of Warwick 83.0 km (51.6 mi) SSW of Toowoomba 198 km (123 mi) SW of Brisbane
Government
•  State electorate	Southern Downs
•  Federal division	Maranoa
Area
• Total	82.6 km2 (31.9 sq mi)
Population
• Total	61 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	0.738/km2 (1.913/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode	4370
Suburbs around Thanes Creek Leyburn Pratten Pratten Karara Thanes Creek Pratten Karara Karara Thane

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]

Geography

The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Warwick. ^[3]

Mount Gammie ( 28°06′58″S151°42′22″E / 28.1160°S 151.7062°E / -28.1160; 151.7062 (Mount Gammie) ) 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″S151°40′45″E / 28.10790°S 151.67915°E / -28.10790; 151.67915 (Thane's Creek State School (former)) ). ^{[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″S151°40′37″E / 28.1079°S 151.6770°E / -28.1079; 151.6770 (Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church (former)) ). ^[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]

Attractions

Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area. ^[20]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Thanes Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Thanes Creek – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45987)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
3. "Thanes Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 28 July 2019.
4. "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 Gammie – mountain in Southern Downs Region (entry 13359)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
6. "Thanes Creek – watercourse in the Toowoomba Region (entry 33807)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
7. "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourse". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
8. "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
9. "Reedy Creek – watercourse in the Southern Downs Region (entry 28305)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
10. "News from the interior". The Sydney Morning Herald . Vol. XVII, no. 2121. New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
11. "The Last of a Pioneer". The Queenslander . Vol. IX, no. 41. Queensland, Australia. 14 November 1874. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021– via National Library of Australia.
12. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
13. "Pratten" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
14. "Parish of Hanmer" (Map). Queensland Government. 1939. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
15. "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
16. "NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT THANE'S CREEK". Warwick Examiner And Times . Vol. 35, no. 4580. Queensland, Australia. 23 October 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2021– via National Library of Australia.
17. "Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church". Queensland Religious Places Database. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
18. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Thanes Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
19. "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
20. "Thanes Creek fossicking area". Queensland Government. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

Further reading

• A history of Wheatvale and district : produced to commemorate 100 years of State School Education in Queensland, 1875-1975. 1975. — via State Library of Queensland, includes the districts of Allan, Bony Mountain, Greymare, Pratten, Rodger's Creek, Thane, Thane's Creek and Wheatvale.