Coordinates: 28°07′06″S 151°40′45″E / 28.1183°S 151.6791°E / -28.1183; 151.6791 (Thanes Creek (centre of locality))

Thanes Creek, Queensland

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Thanes Creek
Queensland
Thanes Creek is located in Queensland
Thanes Creek
Thanes Creek
Coordinates28°07′06″S 151°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 zoneAEST (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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Thanes Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "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.
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