Clara Creek is a

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in the

Shire of Murweh The Shire of Murweh is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Maranoa, Queensland, Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Clara Creek had a population of 56 people.

Geography

The

Landsborough Highway Landsborough Highway is a highway in western Queensland, Australia, running in the northwest–southeast direction from Morven to Cloncurry. The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land that was once occupied by William Landsboro ...

passes through the locality, entering from south ( Morven) and exiting to north-west ( Augathella). The land use is almost entirely

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 28 March 2002.

Demographics

In the , Clara Creek had a population of 45 people. In the , Clara Creek had a population of 56 people.

Education

There are no schools in Clara Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Augathella State School in neighbouring Augathella to the north-west and Morven State School in neighbouring Morven to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are in Charleville and Mitchell, too distant for a daily commute. The options are distance education and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Murweh Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland