Scrubby Creek, Queensland (Gympie Region)

Coordinates: 26°13′30″S 152°34′10″E / 26.225°S 152.5694°E / -26.225; 152.5694 (Scrubby Creek (centre of locality))
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Scrubby Creek
Queensland
Scrubby Creek is located in Queensland
Scrubby Creek
Scrubby Creek
Coordinates26°13′30″S 152°34′10″E / 26.225°S 152.5694°E / -26.225; 152.5694 (Scrubby Creek (centre of locality))
Population55 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density11.70/km2 (30.3/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4570
Area4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Scrubby Creek:
Glastonbury The Palms Pie Creek
Glastonbury Scrubby Creek Pie Creek
Glastonbury Pie Creek Marys Creek

Scrubby Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Scrubby Creek had a population of 55 people.[1]

History[edit]

Scrubby Creek Provisional School opened on 20 August 1934. In 1935 it became Scrubby Creek State School. It closed on 6 May 1960.[3]

In the 2016 census Scrubby Creek had a population of 55 people.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Scrubby Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Scrubby Creek – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46377)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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