Home Creek is a former rural
locality in the
Barcaldine Region,
Queensland, Australia.
In the , Home Creek had a population of 24 people.
On 22 November 2019 the
Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns:
Alpha
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,
Aramac
Aramac is a rural town and locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Aramac had a population of 299 people.
Geography
Aramac is located north of Barcaldine, and by road from the state capital, Brisbane. It is situate ...
,
Barcaldine,
Jericho
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and
Muttaburra. Home Creek was incorporated into Barcaldine.
Geography
The
Landsborough Highway passes through the locality from north (
Patrick Patrick may refer to:
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People
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) to south (
Blackall).
The watercourse Home Creek (from which the locality presumably takes its name) rises in
Evora to the south-east and then flows through the locality of Home Creek from the south-east to the west (
Barcaldine Downs
Barcaldine Downs is a former rural locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Barcaldine Downs had a population of 14 people.
On 22 November 2019 the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barc ...
) where it becomes a tributary to the
Alice River.
The principal land use is
grazing on native vegetation.
Education
There are no schools in Home Creek. The nearest primary and secondary schools are in
Barcaldine and
Blackall.
References
{{Barcaldine Region
Barcaldine Region
Unbounded localities in Queensland