Darr Creek, Queensland

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Darr Creek
Queensland
Darr Creek is located in Queensland
Darr Creek
Darr Creek
Coordinates26°31′19″S 151°09′26″E / 26.5219°S 151.1572°E / -26.5219; 151.1572 (Darr Creek (centre of locality))Coordinates: 26°31′19″S 151°09′26″E / 26.5219°S 151.1572°E / -26.5219; 151.1572 (Darr Creek (centre of locality))
Population18 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.166/km2 (0.430/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4410[2]
Area108.5 km2 (41.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Darr Creek:
Burra Burri Durong Durong
Burra Burri Darr Creek Chahpingah
Jinghi Jinghi Diamondy

Darr Creek is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2016 census Darr Creek had a population of 18 people.[1]

Darr Creek's postcode is 4410.[2]

Geography[]

The locality is bounded to the east by (part of the Great Dividing Range).[4]

Millingwood is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (

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26°32′00″S 151°11′00″E / 26.5333°S 151.1833°E / -26.5333; 151.1833 (Millingwood)).[5]

Road infrastructure[]

The Chinchilla–Wondai Road (State Route 82) runs through from south to north.[6]

History[]

The locality takes its name from creek on the old Darr pastoral run held by Thorne and Ridler during the early 1850s.[3]

Darr Creek State School opened on 26 April 1922 and closed in May 1961.[7] The school was at 6389 Chinchilla Wondai Road (formerly known as the Condamine Highway,

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26°31′51″S 151°08′07″E / 26.5309°S 151.1352°E / -26.5309; 151.1352 (Darr Creek State School (former))).[4][8]

Millingwood Provisional School opened on 4 May 1937 and closed on 1952.[7]

In the 2016 census Darr Creek had a population of 18 people.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Darr Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Darr Creek Postcode Australia Post
  3. ^ a b "Darr Creek – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47690)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Millingwood – locality unbounded in Western Downs Regional (entry 22101)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. ^ Darr Creek, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  8. ^ "Jingi Jingi" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.


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