Greens Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Gympie East State School, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°10′20″S 152°44′55″E / 26.1722°S 152.7486°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 344 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 17.82/km2 (46.16/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Gympie Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Greens Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Greens Creek had a population of 344 people. [1]
Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 February 1894. On 7 June 1899, it became Cootharaba Road State School. It was at 27 Grecian Bends Road ( 26°10′10″S 152°43′04″E / 26.16932°S 152.71768°E). [3] [4]
In 1961, the parents of Beenam Range State School, Cedar Pocket State School, Cootharaba Road State School, and Neusa Vale State School voted in favour of replacing those schools with a central school in the area. [5] Cootharaba Road State School closed in 1925 when the new Gympie East State School opened in Greens Creek on 25 January 1965. [6] It was officially opened on 9 October 1965 by the Minister for Public Instruction, Jack Pizzey. [5]
As at September 2022, the two school buildings of Cootharaba Road State School are still extant on the site. [7] [8]
In the 2016 census, Greens Creek had a population of 326 people. [9]
In the 2021 census, Greens Creek had a population of 344 people. [1]
Gympie East State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 219 Cedar Pocket Road ( 26°10′47″S 152°43′58″E / 26.1798°S 152.7327°E). [10] [11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 140 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent). [12]
There are no secondary schools in Greens Creek. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the south-west. [13]
Greens Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Gympie East State School, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°10′20″S 152°44′55″E / 26.1722°S 152.7486°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 344 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 17.82/km2 (46.16/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Gympie Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Greens Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Greens Creek had a population of 344 people. [1]
Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 February 1894. On 7 June 1899, it became Cootharaba Road State School. It was at 27 Grecian Bends Road ( 26°10′10″S 152°43′04″E / 26.16932°S 152.71768°E). [3] [4]
In 1961, the parents of Beenam Range State School, Cedar Pocket State School, Cootharaba Road State School, and Neusa Vale State School voted in favour of replacing those schools with a central school in the area. [5] Cootharaba Road State School closed in 1925 when the new Gympie East State School opened in Greens Creek on 25 January 1965. [6] It was officially opened on 9 October 1965 by the Minister for Public Instruction, Jack Pizzey. [5]
As at September 2022, the two school buildings of Cootharaba Road State School are still extant on the site. [7] [8]
In the 2016 census, Greens Creek had a population of 326 people. [9]
In the 2021 census, Greens Creek had a population of 344 people. [1]
Gympie East State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 219 Cedar Pocket Road ( 26°10′47″S 152°43′58″E / 26.1798°S 152.7327°E). [10] [11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 140 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent). [12]
There are no secondary schools in Greens Creek. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the south-west. [13]