Thanes Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28°07′06″S 151°40′45″E / 28.1183°S 151.6791°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 61 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.738/km2 (1.913/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4370 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 82.6 km2 (31.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Thanes Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people. [1]
The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Warwick. [3]
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. [2] [4] [5] [6]
Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901. [7]
In the 2016 census Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people. [8]
In the 2021 census, Thanes Creek had a population of 61 people. [1]
Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area. [9]