Flagstone Creek, Queensland

Flagstone Creek (the watercourse) flows through from west to north-east.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Flagstone+Creek+QLD+4344/@-27.6288548,152.0598426,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b96f6b75a31a9d3:0x400eef17f20df00!8m2!3d-27.6260394!4d152.1086671!5m1!1e4|title=Flagstone Creek, Queensland|access-date=15 September 2021}}

In 1840, the penal colony at Moreton Bay was being prepared to be turned into a free settlement (which ultimately became the city of Brisbane). As there was settlement already occurring on the Darling Downs, there was a need for Lieutenant Owen Gorman, the last commandant of the penal colony, to find a wagon route between the two locations, but the obstacle was the mountains of the Great Dividing Range. There was a route already known at Cunninghams Gap but it was not able to be used by a wagon. A convict John Sterry Baker had escaped from the penal colony in 1826 and had lived among the Goomburra Aboriginal people in the Lockyer Valley area and walked with them on a track to the top of the range. Having returned to the penal colony in 1840, Baker told Gorman of the track up the range and modified an Irish jaunting car to test as a wagon on the route. Together Gorman and Baker ascended the range with their wagon on 17 October 1840 arriving at Eton Vale. Despite the fact that Gorman did not discover the route, it nonetheless became known as Gorman's Gap Road. The route which runs between Upper Flagstone in the west and Flagstone Creek in the east was marked by blazing a line of trees. It became the first gazetted road in Queensland. Today, the road no longer officially exists and is overgrown but can still be followed. There are three monuments along the route, one at each end and the other along the route at Camel's Hump where Gorman took his compass bearing.{{cite web|title=Gormans Gap Road|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=8690|work=Register of the National Estate|publisher=Government of Australia|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513163407/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=8690|url-status=live}}{{Citation | author1=Hahn, Pamela | title=The marked tree line: the Gorman's Gap walking trail | journal=Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland (1988) | publication-date=May 1994 | volume=15 | issue=7 | pages=338–342 | issn=1447-1345 | url=http://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/article/c008b4fccd56c0b323cfa971a8e9b214 | access-date=13 May 2014 | archive-date=28 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228230309/https://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/article/c008b4fccd56c0b323cfa971a8e9b214 | url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Gormans Gap|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92850-gormans-gap|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-date=14 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514141303/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92850-gormans-gap|url-status=live}}

Flagstone Creek Provisional School opened on 18 January 1886, becoming Flagstone State School in 1904.{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=13 May 2014}}{{cite QSA Agency|5220|Flagstone State School|13 May 2014}}{{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}}

Mount Campbell Provisional School opened on 26 October 1891.{{cite news |date=22 June 1892 |title=DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3543819 |accessdate=4 July 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XLIX |issue=10,745 |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914051604/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3543819 |url-status=live }} On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Campbell State School. It closed on 13 March 1960 but reopened on 30 January 1968. It closed permanently on 31 December 1978. It was at 35 Mount Campbell Road ({{Coord|-27.6355|152.0584|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Campbell State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1936 |title=Helidon |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-helidon-1936.jpg |access-date=6 June 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701063349/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-helidon-1936.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1942 |title=Parish of Campbell |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-campbell-1942.jpg |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606112840/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-campbell-1942.jpg |url-status=live }}

A Methodist Church had been established at 55 Flagstone School Road ({{Coord|-27.6159|152.1149|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Flagstone Creek Methodist Church (site)}}) by April 1909 and was still in existence as Flagstone Creek Uniting Church in December 2000, but no longer exists as at February 2021.{{cite news|date=2 April 1909|title=Lantern Concert at Flagstone Creek.|volume=XLIX|page=4 (Daily)|newspaper=Queensland Times|issue=74[?]2|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111616900|accessdate=9 February 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209030227/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111616900|url-status=live}}Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 666-667, includes photo{{Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-27.6157902,152.1150417,3a,75y,215.87h,90.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s436JA2ntVveYoG8JepIKZw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D436JA2ntVveYoG8JepIKZw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D148.78096%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192|title=55 Flagstone School Road, Flagstone Creek (Street View)|access-date=9 February 2021}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Flagstone Creek had a population of 213 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30612 |name=Flagstone Creek (SSC)|accessdate=13 May 2014|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Flagstone Creek had a population of 220 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31058|name=Flagstone Creek (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Flagstone Creek had a population of 256 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31048|name=Flagstone Creek (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Sites of cultural heritage identified in Flagstone Creek include:

• Stockyard Creek Community Hall, 111 Stockyard Creek RoadGatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 654-655, includes photo
• former Mount Campbell State School, 68 Mount Campbell Creek RoadGatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 656-657, includes photo
• Rosedale (house), 1081 Flagstone Creek RoadGatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 658-659, includes photo
• House, 849 Flagstone Creek RoadGatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 660-661, includes photo
• Flagstone Creek State School and residence, 56 Flagstone School Road: Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek, pp. 662-664, includes photo
• Uniting Church (Lockyer Parish), 55 Flagstone School Road

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Flagstone Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 56 Flagstone School Road ({{coord|-27.6155|152.1149|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Flagstone Creek State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=Flagstone Creek State School|url=https://www.flagcreess.eq.edu.au/|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-date=1 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401222046/https://flagcreess.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 33 students with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|accessdate=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

There are no secondary schools in Flagstone Creek. The nearest secondary schools are Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the north-east and Centenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights in Toowoomba to the west.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 June 2022}}

Stockyard Creek Community Hall is at 111 Stockyard Creek Road ({{Coord|-27.6423|152.0635|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Stockyard Creek Public Hall}}).

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• {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 2000|title=Gatton Shire Cultural Heritage Study Volume 3: Murphy’s Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek, Stockyard Creek|url=https://www.lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/our-services/strategic-planning/Documents/Planning%20Studies/Gatton%20Shire%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Study%20V3%20-%20Murphy%27s%20Creek,%20Ma%20Ma%20Creek,%20Flastone%20Creek%20and%20Stockyard%20Creek.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209030207/https://www.lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/our-services/strategic-planning/Documents/Planning%20Studies/Gatton%20Shire%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Study%20V3%20-%20Murphy%27s%20Creek,%20Ma%20Ma%20Creek,%20Flastone%20Creek%20and%20Stockyard%20Creek.pdf|archive-date=9 February 2021|access-date=9 February 2021|website=Lockyer Valley Regional Council}}

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• {{Citation |title=Flagstone Creek State School 1886-1986 : a history of the Flagstone Creek State School and district |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12512254 |publication-date=1986 |publisher=Flagstone Creek State School Centenary Committee}}— incorporating Rockmount State School (1899-1964), Mt. Campbell State School (1891-1960) Carpendale State School (1924- )

• {{Citation | author1=Stephens, Carol | title=Someone Cared Enough to Plant Jacaranda Trees : Flagstone Creek State School 125th Anniversary | publication-date=2011 | publisher=Flagstone Creek State School Parents & Citizens Association 2011 | isbn=978-0-646-56279-7 }}

{{Lockyer Valley Region}}

Category:Lockyer Valley Region

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