Suburb of Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia
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]
Geography
The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Warwick.[3]
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.[2][4][5][6]
Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901.[7]
Demographics
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]
Gold mining and fossicking
Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area.[9]
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