Calico Creek, Queensland

Coordinates: 26°18′00″S 152°38′30″E / 26.3°S 152.6416°E / -26.3; 152.6416 (Calico Creek (centre of locality))
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Calico Creek
Queensland
Calico Creek is located in Queensland
Calico Creek
Calico Creek
Coordinates26°18′00″S 152°38′30″E / 26.3°S 152.6416°E / -26.3; 152.6416 (Calico Creek (centre of locality))
Population185 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4570
Area16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Calico Creek:
Mooloo McIntosh Creek
Long Flat
Lagoon Pocket
Mooloo Calico Creek Gilldora
Amamoor Creek Amamoor Dagun

Calico Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Calico Creek had a population of 185 people.[3]

Geography[edit]

Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) forms the north-eastern boundary. Calico Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, rises in the south of the locality and flows through to the north. Almost all of the southern boundary is the northern extent of Amamoor National Park.[4]

History[edit]

Calico Creek State School opened on 8 July 1936 and closed on 31 August 1970.[5] The school was at 8 Robinson Road (south-east corner of Calico Creek Road, 26°17′59″S 152°38′51″E / 26.29974°S 152.64754°E / -26.29974; 152.64754 (Calico Creek State School (former))).[6][7][8]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2016 census, Calico Creek had a population of 156 people.[9]

In the 2021 census, Calico Creek had a population of 185 people.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Calico Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Calico Creek – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46311)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Calico Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Google (27 August 2019). "Calico Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ "Cooroy" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m76" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  9. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Calico Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata

Further reading[edit]

  • Scougall, J. (1985). Gympie South & district schools : 75th anniversary. Gympie South State School – via State Library of Queensland. — includes other schools including Calico Creek, Lagoon Pocket, Pie Creek, Langshaw (Eel Creek), Mooloo (Mooloo Road), Warrawee, Glastonbury, Scrubby Creek, and Greendale