Swan Creek, Queensland facts for kids

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Burndale heritage house, 2015
Swan Creek Location in Queensland
Population	161 (2021 census)
• Density	6.169/km2 (15.98/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4370
Area	26.1 km2 (10.1 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	7.4 km (5 mi) W of Yangan 12.8 km (8 mi) E of Warwick 92.3 km (57 mi) S of Toowoomba 114 km (71 mi) SW of Ipswich 153 km (95 mi) SW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Suburbs around Swan Creek: Sladevale Freestone Yangan The Hermitage Swan Creek Yangan The Hermitage Junabee Junabee

Swan Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Swan Creek had a population of 161 people.

History

Swan Creek Cattle, circa 1899

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.

Swan Creek State School, 1911

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. It was at 106 Swan Creek School Road (28°11′51″S 152°08′18″E / 28.1974°S 152.1382°E / -28.1974; 152.1382 (Swan Creek State School (former))).

St Andrew's Anglican Church, 2007

Swan Creek cemetery, 2007

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, 28°11′51″S 152°08′10″E / 28.1974°S 152.1360°E / -28.1974; 152.1360 (St Andrew's Anglican Church (former))) for establishing a church adjacent to the school. On Monday 15 September 1873 the local parishioners accepted the tender of Messrs Dodd and Bell to construct a church for £200. In October 1873 the foundation post was laid in a ceremony attending by many in the district. The church was officially opened on Sunday 22 February 1874. In August 1876 a youth broke into the church and hacked the bellows of the harmonium into pieces. 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. The church closed in 1973 but the church building remains on the site. There is a cemetery behind the church building (28°11′51″S 152°08′11″E / 28.1975°S 152.1365°E / -28.1975; 152.1365 (Swan Creek cemetery)).

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 (28°11′37″S 152°08′07″E / 28.1937°S 152.1354°E / -28.1937; 152.1354 (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.

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. It is at 1018 Warwick Yangan Road (corner of Swan Creek Hall Road, 28°11′37″S 152°08′16″E / 28.1936°S 152.1378°E / -28.1936; 152.1378 (Swan Creek School of Arts)).

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Swan Creek had a population of 139 people.

In the 2021 census, Swan Creek had a population of 161 people.

Heritage listings

White Swan Inn, 2015

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

• Burndale, Cutmore's Road (28°12′29″S 152°09′09″E / 28.2081°S 152.1525°E / -28.2081; 152.1525 (Burndale))
• White Swan Inn, Stephens Road (28°11′56″S 152°08′11″E / 28.1990°S 152.1365°E / -28.1990; 152.1365 (White Swan Inn))

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.