Roche Creek, Queensland

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Roche Creek
Queensland
Roche Creek is located in Queensland
Roche Creek
Roche Creek
Coordinates26°03′35″S 150°08′32″E / 26.0597°S 150.1422°E / -26.0597; 150.1422Coordinates: 26°03′35″S 150°08′32″E / 26.0597°S 150.1422°E / -26.0597; 150.1422
Population55 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.1238/km2 (0.3207/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4419
Area444.2 km2 (171.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Roche Creek:
Grosmont Bungaban Bungaban
Wandoan Roche Creek Auburn
Guluguba Pelham Barakula

Roche Creek is a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Roche Creek had a population of 55 people.[1]

Geography

The locality presumably takes its name from the creek, which rises in the south-east of the locality and flows through the locality exiting to the north-west (Grosmont) where it becomes a tributary of the Juandah Creek.[3]

History

Roche Creek Provisional School opened in 1914 and closed circa 1917.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Roche Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Roche Creek – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47742)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Roche Creek – watercourse in the Western Downs Region (entry 28610)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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