Bunya Creek
Queensland
Bunya Creek is located in Queensland
Bunya Creek
Bunya Creek
Coordinates25°22′19″S 152°50′09″E / 25.3719°S 152.8358°E / -25.3719; 152.8358 (Bunya Creek (centre of locality))
Population79 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.714/km2 (4.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4655
Area46.1 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Fraser Coast Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Hinkler
Suburbs around Bunya Creek:
Nikenbah Nikenbah Booral
Sunshine Acres Bunya Creek River Heads
Susan River Susan River Susan River

Bunya Creek is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Bunya Creek had a population of 79 people.[1]

History

Bunya Creek Provisional School opened circa 1881. On 1 January 1909 it became Bunya Creek State School. It closed in 1928 due to low student numbers.[3]

Urangan Road State School opened on 22 February 1915. In 1956 it was renamed Bingham Road State School. It closed on 1960.[4] Despite the name, the school was 847 Booral Road (formerly Nikenbah Bingham Road) in Bunya Creek (25°20′43″S 152°51′02″E / 25.3453°S 152.8505°E / -25.3453; 152.8505 (Bingham Road State School (former))).[5][6][7][8]

On Sunday 4 February 1917 Christ Church was officially opened by the Anglican Archdeacon of Toowoomba on Urangan Road, adjacent to the Urangan Road School.[9]

In the 2016 census Bunya Creek had a population of 79 people.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bunya Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bunya Creek – locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 46635)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ↑ "County of March sheet 1" (Map). Queensland Government. 1922. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pialba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m112" (Map). Queensland Government. 1956. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "DEDICATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, URANGAN ROAD". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 13, 638. Queensland, Australia. 2 February 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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