:Ma Ma Creek, Queensland

Although there are some houses within the town, most of the population is living in rural residential blocks along the Gatton Clifton Road. Irrigated cropping also occurs along the road route with the remainder of the locality being used for grazing on natural vegetation.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=10 October 2019}} Ma Ma Creek (the watercourse) flows through from south to north.

The Gatton–Clifton Road (State Route 80) runs through from north-east to south.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Ma+Ma+Creek+QLD+4347/@-27.6323176,152.1471226,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b96f15d0619d247:0x400eef17f20dff0!8m2!3d-27.6318423!4d152.1880206!5m1!1e4 |title=Ma Ma Creek, Queensland |access-date=15 September 2021}}

File:Ma Ma Creek War Memorial, 2006.JPG

The town takes its name from the creek, which is a tributary of the Lockyer Creek and ultimately contributes into the Brisbane River which flows into Moreton Bay. The name Ma Ma is allegedly derived from the Aboriginal mia mia meaning bark huts. However, mia mia is an Aboriginal term from Western Australia, suggesting that Ma Ma was named by European settlers.

Ma Ma Creek Post Office opened on 1 May 1884 (a receiving office had been open from 1881).{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}

The Ma Ma Creek War Memorial commemorates three brothers: James, George and Bertie Andrews who were all killed in action in World War I. The memorial was erected in 1920 by their mother Fleurine Elsie Andrews. Although a private monument, it is used by the wider community for ANZAC Day ceremonies.{{cite web|title=Ma Ma Creek War Memorial|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/93044-ma-ma-creek-war-memorial|publisher=Monument Australia|accessdate=6 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142411/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/93044-ma-ma-creek-war-memorial|url-status=live}}

Ma Ma Creek Provisional School opened on 27 October 1880. On 21 January 1889 it became Ma Ma State School.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=18 April 2019}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122926805|title=MA MA CREEK.|date=30 October 1880|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=1 February 2017|archive-date=23 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623051135/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122926805|url-status=live}} In 1916, the school building was relocated to a new site.{{cite news |date=10 March 1916 |title=Day Labour. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176403203 |accessdate=25 February 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=13,510}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Ma Ma Creek and surrounding districts had a population of 403 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30981 |name=Ma Ma Creek (State Suburb) |accessdate=9 August 2014 |quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Ma Ma Creek had a population of 149 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31728|name=Ma Ma Creek (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Ma Ma Creek had a population of 155 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31713|name=Ma Ma Creek (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Ma Ma Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Ma Ma Creek War Memorial, Gatton-Clifton Road{{cite QHR|15289|Ma Ma Creek War Memorial|600514|accessdate=10 July 2013}}

File:Ma Ma Creek State School, 2023.jpg

Ma Ma Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 803 Gatton-Clifton Road ({{coord|-27.6288|152.1900|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ma Ma Creek State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Ma Ma Creek State School |url=https://mamacreekss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Ma Ma Creek State School |language=en |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301112025/https://mamacreekss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 16 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|accessdate=22 November 2018|url-status=live}}

There is no secondary school in Ma Ma Creek. The nearest government secondary school is the Lockyer District State High School in Gatton.

File:Ma Ma Creek Church, entrance view, 2006.JPG

The town has a community centre and general store. There are two churches, St Stephens Anglican church and a Church of Christ. St Stephens Anglican church has an associated cemetery.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Ma+Ma+Creek+QLD+4347/@-27.6304593,152.185253,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b96f15d0619d247:0x400eef17f20dff0!8m2!3d-27.6287!4d152.1903|title=Ma Ma Creek|access-date=11 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://stalbans.net.au/index.php/where-to-find-us/st-stephens-at-ma-ma-creek|title=St Stephens at Ma Ma Creek|website=Anglican Parish of Gatton|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010230456/http://stalbans.net.au/index.php/where-to-find-us/st-stephens-at-ma-ma-creek|archive-date=10 October 2019|access-date=11 October 2019}}

• List of reduplicated Australian place names

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• {{Citation|author1=Neumann, Don|title=Ma Ma Creek School Centenary, 1880-1980|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8495521|publication-date=1980|publisher=School Centenary Committee|accessdate=11 October 2019|author2=Ma Ma Creek State School}}

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