- Source: Thanes Creek, Queensland
Thanes Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people.
Geography
The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 kilometres (25 miles) 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 2016 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people.
In the 2021 census, 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.
References
Further reading
A history of Wheatvale and district : produced to commemorate 100 years of State School Education in Queensland, 1875-1975. 1975. — via State Library of Queensland, includes the districts of Allan, Bony Mountain, Greymare, Pratten, Rodger's Creek, Thane, Thane's Creek and Wheatvale.
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- Thanes Creek, Queensland
- Thane, Queensland
- Allan, Queensland
- Frederick Augustus Morgan
- Inglewood, Queensland
- Edward Costello (politician)
- Rodgers Creek, Queensland
- Greymare, Queensland
- List of schools in Darling Downs
- Bony Mountain, Queensland
