Orange Creek, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Orange Creek
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-24.3322|150.3488|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Orange Creek (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 197
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4715
| area = 294.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 20.3
| dir1 = NW
| location1 = Biloela
| dist2 = 128
| dir2 = SW
| location2 = Gladstone
| dist3 = 134
| dir3 = SSW
| location3 = Rockhampton
| dist4 = 601
| dir4 = NNW
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Shire of Banana
| stategov = Callide
| fedgov = Flynn
| near-n = Greycliffe
| near-ne = Jambin
| near-e = Callide
| near-se = Dakenba
| near-s = Prospect
| near-sw = Banana
| near-w = Banana
| near-nw = Woolein
}}
Orange Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|49566|Orange Creek|locality in Shire of Banana|access-date=25 October 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Orange Creek had a population of 197 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the east by the Burnett Highway and to the south-west by the Dawson Highway.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=24 December 2023}}
The Moura railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Jambin) and exits to the south-east (Banana). There are no railway stations on the line within the locality.
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing.
The locality presumably takes its name from the watercourse Orange Creek which flows through the locality.{{cite QPN|25526|Orange Creek|watercourse in Shire of Banana|access-date=25 December 2023}}
History
Coreen State School opened on 23 August 1933 and closed in 1951.{{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}} It was on Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (approx {{Coord|-24.3319|150.4009|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Coreen State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1950 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m163 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m163-admin-bdy-1950.jpg |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613051901/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m163-admin-bdy-1950.jpg |url-status=live }} It takes its name from the local parish name.{{Cite QPN|8438|Coreen|parish in the Banana Shire|access-date=13 June 2022}}
Greycliffe State School opened on 11 November 1935. It closed on 17 December 1993. It was on the corner of Belldeen Greycliffe Road and Prospect Creek Goovigen Road ({{Coord|-24.2661|150.3562|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Greycliffe State School (former)}}), now within Orange Creek.{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Parish of Greycliffe |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-greycliffe-1967.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105115920/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-greycliffe-1967.jpg |archive-date=5 November 2020 |access-date=5 November 2020 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Orange Creek had a population of 212 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32249|name=Orange Creek (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Orange Creek had a population of 197 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32230|name=Orange Creek (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Orange Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Prospect Creek State School in neighbouring Prospect to the south, Biloela State School in Biloela to the south-east, and Jambin State School in neighbouring Jambin to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela.{{cite web|title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments|url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/|website=Queensland Globe|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/|url-status=live}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Citation |title=Jambin State School : reflections of 75 years 1929-2004 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21037336 |publication-date=2004 |publisher=Jambin State School}} — includes Upper Don State School, Earlsfield State School, and Greycliffe State School
{{Shire of Banana}}