Thanes Creek, Queensland

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Thanes Creek
Queensland
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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))
Population30 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.36/km2 (0.94/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4370
Area82.6 km2 (31.9 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal division(s) Maranoa
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 2016 census Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people. [1]

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Geography

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

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] [4] [5] [6]

Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901. [7]

In the 2016 census Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people. [1]

Gold mining and fossicking

Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Thanes Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Thanes Creek – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45987)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Google (28 July 2019). "Thanes Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. "Thanes Creek – watercourse in the Toowoomba Region (entry 33807)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "Thanes Creek fossicking area". Queensland Government. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2019.