Thanes Creek, Queensland
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Thanes Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.[1]
Geography
The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Warwick.[3]
History
The locality was named after the creek, which was in turn named after John Thane, a pioneer pastoralist of the Ellangowan Run, who drowned in the Condamine River in 1844.[2][4][5][6]
Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901.[7]
Demographics
In the 2016 census Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people.[8]
In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.[1]
Gold mining and fossicking
Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area.[9]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Thanes Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Thanes Creek – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45987)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Thanes Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Thanes Creek – watercourse in the Toowoomba Region (entry 33807)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "News from the interior". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. XVII, no. 2121. New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1844. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Last of a Pioneer". The Queenslander. Vol. IX, no. 41. Queensland, Australia. 14 November 1874. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT THANE'S CREEK". Warwick Examiner And Times. Vol. 35, no. 4580. Queensland, Australia. 23 October 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Thanes Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Thanes Creek fossicking area". Queensland Government. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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