Swan Creek, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Swan Creek

| city =

| state = qld

| image = Burndale, Swan Creek 02.jpg

| caption = Burndale heritage house, 2015

| coordinates = {{coord|-28.1980|152.1411|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Swan Creek (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 161

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4370

| area = 26.1

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 7.4

| dir1 = W

| location1 = Yangan

| dist2 = 12.8

| dir2 = E

| location2 = Warwick

| dist3 = 92.3

| dir3 = S

| location3 = Toowoomba

| dist4 = 114

| dir4 = SW

| location4 = Ipswich

| dist5 = 153

| dir5 = SW

| location5 = Brisbane

| lga = Southern Downs Region

| stategov = Southern Downs

| fedgov = Maranoa

| near-n = Freestone

| near-ne = Yangan

| near-e = Yangan

| near-se = Junabee

| near-s = Junabee

| near-sw = The Hermitage

| near-w = The Hermitage

| near-nw = Sladevale

}}

Swan Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45982|Swan Creek|locality in Southern Downs Region|accessdate=1 December 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Swan Creek had a population of 161 people.

History

File:Queensland State Archives 5175 Swan Creek Cattle c 1899.png

A creek called Swan Creek first appears on Buxton's 1864 Darling Downs District Map as part of the Canning Downs pastoral run. By 1883 a smaller pastoral run called Swan Creek had been split off from Canning Downs. It is presumed that the creek acquired its name from the presence of swans at the creek.

File:Swan Creek State School, 1911.jpg

Swan Creek Lower State School opened on 20 June 1870. Circa 1887 it was renamed Swan Creek State School. It closed on 12 December 1997.{{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 web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} It was at 106 Swan Creek School Road ({{Coord|-28.1974|152.1382|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Swan Creek State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1983|title=Yangan|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9341-42-yangan-ed-1-1983.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906034756/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9341-42-yangan-ed-1-1983.jpg|archive-date=6 September 2020|access-date=6 September 2020|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}

File:St Andrew's Anglican Church (former), Swan Creek, 2007.jpg

File:Swan Creek cemetery, 2007.jpg

On Wednesday 20 August 1873 the Synod of the Anglican Church purchased a site of 3 acres 1 rood (now 435 Stephens Road on the corner of Swan Creek School Road, {{Coord|-28.1974|152.1360|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St Andrew's Anglican Church (former)}}) for establishing a church adjacent to the school.{{cite news|date=25 August 1873|title=GOVERNMENT LAND SALE AT TOOWOOMBA |volume=XXVIII |page=3|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=4,962|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1325403|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} On Monday 15 September 1873 the local parishioners accepted the tender of Messrs Dodd and Bell to construct a church for £200.{{cite news|date=22 September 1873|title=Church of England at Swan Creek|page=2|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=306|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169484769|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} In October 1873 the foundation post was laid in a ceremony attending by many in the district.{{cite news|date=1 November 1873|title=Local and General News |volume=VII |page=2|newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times|issue=348|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82103951|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} The church was officially opened on Sunday 22 February 1874.{{cite news|date=28 February 1874|title=Local and General News |volume=VIII |page=2|newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times|issue=365|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82104393|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} In August 1876 a youth broke into the church and hacked the bellows of the harmonium into pieces.{{cite news|date=29 August 1876|title=LATEST TELEGRAMS.|page=2|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=1,211|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174707062|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} It took five more years until the Bishop of Brisbane Matthew Hale consecrated the church on Wednesday 12 May 1879 and dedicated it to St Andrew.{{cite news|date=15 March 1879|title=Visitation of Bishop Hale to the Warwick District |volume=XIII |page=2|newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times|issue=614|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82114600|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} The church closed in 1973 but the church building remains on the site. There is a cemetery behind the church building ({{Coord|-28.1975|152.1365|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Swan Creek cemetery}}).{{Cite web|title=Closed Churches|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland}}{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=6 September 2020}}

The first section of the Killarney railway line (from Warwick to Emu Vale) was completed on 2 June 1884 with Swan Creek being served by the Swan Creek railway station ({{Coord|-28.1937|152.1354|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Swan Creek railway station (former)}}). The line from Emu Vale to Killarney was completed on 24 August 1885. The Killarney line closed on 1 May 1964.{{cite web|author=Southern Downs Steam Railway|date=2008|title=Historical information: Warwick - Killarney|url=http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/killarney.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912085648/http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/killarney.php|archive-date=12 September 2009|access-date=2008-11-17}}

The Swan Creek School of Arts was officially opened on Tuesday 9 February 1909 by George Barnes, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warwick.{{cite news|date=10 February 1909|title=SWAN CREEK SCHOOL OF ARTS |volume=43 |page=5|newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times|issue=3823|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82312356|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|date=15 February 1909|title=SWAN CREEK SCHOOL OF ARTS |volume=43 |page=4|newspaper=Warwick Examiner And Times|issue=3825|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82312423|access-date=6 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}} It is at 1018 Warwick Yangan Road (corner of Swan Creek Hall Road, {{Coord|-28.1936|152.1378|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Swan Creek School of Arts}}).{{Cite web|last=Creagh|first=Dudley|date=May 2018|title=Swan Creek School of Arts|url=https://www.adfas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Swan-Creek-QLD.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906055151/https://www.adfas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Swan-Creek-QLD.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2020|access-date=6 September 2020|website=Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Swan Creek had a population of 139 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32731|name=Swan Creek (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Swan Creek had a population of 161 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32706|name=Swan Creek (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

File:White Swan Inn, Swan Creek, 2015.jpg

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

Burndale, Cutmore's Road ({{coord|-28.2081|152.1525|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Burndale}}){{cite QHR|15299|Burndale|600524|accessdate=13 July 2013}}
White Swan Inn, Stephens Road ({{coord|-28.1990|152.1365|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=inline|name=White Swan Inn}}){{cite QHR|15298|White Swan Inn (former)|600523|accessdate=13 July 2013}}

Education

There are no schools in Swan Creek. The nearest primary schools are Yangan State School in neighbouring Yangan to the east, Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the north, and Warwick East State School in Warwick to the west. The nearest secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick.{{-|left}}

References

External links

Category:Southern Downs Region

Category:Localities in Queensland