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Kandanga Creek is a rural
locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was create ...
,
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, Australia. In the , Kandanga Creek had a population of 118 people.


Geography

Kandanga Creek, the creek from which the locality takes its name, rises in neighbouring Upper Kandanga and enters this locality from the south-west and flows through the locality exiting to the north-east (
Kandanga Kandanga is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people. Geography The town is located on the Mary Valley Road ( State Route 51) north of the state capita ...
), where it becomes a tributary of the Mary River. The creek forms a valley through the locality from the south-west to the north-east at elevations of above sea level. On either side of the valley the land rises into more mountainous terrain, rising to in the north-west of the locality and in the south-west of the locality. The main land use is
grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...
on native vegetation.


History

The locality takes its name from the creek, which is a Kabi word, ''koondangoor'' meaning ''mountainous''. Kandanga Creek Provisional School opened on 23 April 1900. On 1 January 1909 it became Kandanga Creek State School. It was mothballed on 31 December 2009 and closed on 31 December 2010. The school was on a site at 249 Sterling Road (). It was sold in November 2014 for $341,646. The school's website was archived. In the , Kandanga Creek had a population of 118 people.


Heritage listings

Kandanga Creek has the following heritage listings: * Kandanga Creek State School, 249 Sterling Creek Road * Kandanga Creek Community Hall, 251 Sterling Road * Former Kandanga Sawmill, 307 Sterling Road ()


Education

There are no schools in Kandanga Creek. The nearest primary school is Kandanga State School in neighbouring
Kandanga Kandanga is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people. Geography The town is located on the Mary Valley Road ( State Route 51) north of the state capita ...
to the east. The nearest secondary school is
Gympie State High School Gympie State High School is a coeducational public secondary school located in Gympie in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 900 students per year, with an official count of 922 s ...
in
Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queen ...
to the north.


Amenities

Kandanga Creek Community Hall is at 251 Sterling Road in John Doyle Memorial Park ().


References


Further reading

* — includes Kandanga Valley School {{Gympie Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland