Apple Tree Creek is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. It was formerly known as Bodalla, the Dundaburra people of the Northern Kabi group name from the Gregory River Plum which to first Europeans looked like an apple. Prior to settlement of the Isis District which includes Apple tree Creek - the area was called Buth'arth translating to ''scrub''. The town was renamed in 1962. In the , Apple Tree Creek had a population of 639 people.

Geography

Apple Tree Creek is located 6 km north-west of Childers on the

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History

The area was called Buth'arth meaning scrub in Dundaburra language. European settlers entered the district from the 1840s. The initial industries were grazing, sawmilling and then growing sugarcane. Apple Tree Creek Provisional School opened on 28 November 1887. It became Apple Tree Creek State School on 5 July 1897. It closed on 21 December 1969. In 1896 a railway line extending from Childers to

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was erected, bypassing Apple Tree Creek. The Apple Tree Creek cemetery was established in 1896. The Apple Tree Creek Post Office opened around January 1909 (a

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had been open since 1898) and closed in 1975. St Anne's Anglican Church was dedicated on 10 July 1930 by Venerable William Powning Glover, Archdeacon of Toowoomba. It has since closed. At the , Apple Tree Creek had a population of 509. In the , Apple Tree Creek had a population of 639 people.

Heritage listings

Apple Tree Creek has a number of

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sites, including: * Bruce Highway: Apple Tree Creek War Memorial *Drummond Street (near the junction with Gentle Annie Road, ): Apple Tree Creek Cemetery

References

External links

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Town map of Apple Tree Creek, 1974
Towns in Queensland Wide Bay–Burnett Bundaberg Region Localities in Queensland {{WideBayBurnett-geo-stub