Boulder Creek, Queensland

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Boulder Creek
Queensland
Miners outside a mine shaft at Mount Victoria near Mount Morgan circa 1892.jpg
Miners outside a mine shaft at Mount Victoria, circa 1892
Boulder Creek is located in Queensland
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek
Coordinates23°40′19″S 150°18′57″E / 23.6719°S 150.3158°E / -23.6719; 150.3158Coordinates: 23°40′19″S 150°18′57″E / 23.6719°S 150.3158°E / -23.6719; 150.3158
Population12 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.186/km2 (0.483/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4714
Area64.4 km2 (24.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Rockhampton Region
State electorate(s)Mirani
Federal division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Boulder Creek:
Bushley Stanwell The Mine
Mount Morgan
Westwood Boulder Creek Horse Creek
Trotter Creek
Oakey Creek Oakey Creek Walmul

Boulder Creek is a locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Boulder Creek had a population of 12 people.[1]

Geography[]

The Dee River forms the eastern boundary of the locality. The terrain is mountainous with named peaks of Mount Victoria at 420 metres (1,380 ft) and Mount Battery at 483 metres (1,585 ft). The land is mostly undeveloped.[3][4][5]

The watercourse Boulder Creek (after which the locality is presumably named) rises in the north of the locality and flows to the south-east of the locality where it becomes a tributary to the Dee River within the North East Coast drainage basin.[3]

The Mount Victoria gold field is located within the locality at

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23°39′14″S 150°20′10″E / 23.654°S 150.336°E / -23.654; 150.336 (Mount Victoria). There is a current mining lease for the site.[3]

History[]

Mining camp at Mount Victoria, circa 1892

The Mount Victoria mine was active in the 1880 and 1890s.[6][7]

Mount Victoria Provisional School opened in 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Victoria State School. It had low student numbers and closed in 1914.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boulder Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Boulder Creek – locality in Rockhampton Region (entry 48539)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Mount Victoria – mountain in the Rockhampton Region (entry 36025)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Mount Battery – mountain in the Rockhampton Region (entry 1861)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. ^ "MINES ABOUT MOUNT MORGAN". The Capricornian. Vol. 14, no. 34. Queensland, Australia. 25 August 1888. p. 7 (The Capricornian MELBOURNE EXHIBITION SUPPLEMENT.). Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "MOUNT VICTORIA GOLD-MINING COMPANY". The Capricornian. Vol. 21, no. 33. Queensland, Australia. 17 August 1895. p. 10. Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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