Frenches Creek, Queensland

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Frenches Creek
Queensland
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Looking across Frenches Creek towards Mount French, 2016
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Frenches Creek
Coordinates 28°01′22″S152°38′03″E / 28.0227°S 152.6341°E / -28.0227; 152.6341 (Frenches Creek (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 28°01′22″S152°38′03″E / 28.0227°S 152.6341°E / -28.0227; 152.6341 (Frenches Creek (centre of locality))
Population85 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density8.76/km2 (22.70/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4310
Area9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s) Scenic Rim
Federal division(s) Wright
Suburbs around Frenches Creek:
Mount French Mount French Mount French
Bunjurgen Frenches Creek Dugandan
Bunjurgen Bunjurgen Dugandan

Frenches Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people. [1]

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Geography

Paddocks along Mount Alford Road, 2016 Paddocks along Mount Alford Road at Frenches Creek, Queensland.jpg
Paddocks along Mount Alford Road, 2016

Teviot Brook enter the locality from the south (Bunjurgen) where it forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality and then exits towards the east (Dugundan). The watercourse Frenches Creek (from which the localiity presumably takes its name) rises in the north-west of the locality on the slopes of Mount French and becomes a tributary to Teviot Brook. [3]

Mount Alford Road enters the locality from the east (Dugundan) and exits to the south (Bunjurgen). [4]

There is some irrigated cropping near Teviot Brook with most of the locality being used for grazing on native vegetation. The higher slopes of Mount French in the north-west of the locality are undeveloped. [4]

History

In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people. The locality contains 36 households, in which 43.3% of the population are males and 56.7% of the population are females with a median age of 53, 15 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,125, $313 below the national average. [1]

Education

There are no schools in Frenches Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Boonah State School in Boonah to the north-west and Mount Alford State School in Mount Alford to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north-west. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Frenches Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Frenches Creek – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 50203)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Google (15 September 2021). "Frenches Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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