Thanes Creek, Queensland

Thanes Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.

Geography
The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 km west of Warwick.

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.

Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901.

Demographics
In the Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people.

In the, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.

Gold mining and fossicking
Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area.