Palen Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. It borders

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. In the , Palen Creek had a population of 280 people. Tylerville is a neighbourhood within Palen Creek ().

Geography

The terrain is rugged with many sloped sections heavily vegetated. Lower elevations start at around above sea level while in the south the McPherson Range climbs above . In the southeast lies multiple sections of Palen State Forest and part of

Mount Barney National Park Mount Barney National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 90 km southwest of Brisbane. It amalgamated the adjacent Mount Lindesay (Queensland), Mount Lindesay National Park in 1980. It is part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird ...

. On the slopes of Mount Giles in the west is another forest reserve. Between the two, the

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winds along the valley floor. Palen Creek (the creek from which the locality takes its name) rises in the south of locality, just north of the border with New South Wales (). It then flows north through the locality towards

Rathdowney Rathdowney or Rathdowny () is a town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R435 fro ...

, where it becomes a tributary of the Logan River (). The

Palen Creek Correctional Centre Palen Creek Correctional Centre is situated about 100 km south west of Brisbane in the rural community of Rathdowney. HM Prison Palen Creek was established in 1934. This was the first prison in the Commonwealth to have absolutely no securit ...

is located on the highway in the south west (). The facility can hold up to 170 low-security prisoners in a rural environment.

History

In 1877, were resumed from the Melcombe and Palen pastoral runs and offered for selection on 17 April 1877. Timber was an important early industry and there were two sawmills, one at Palen Creek owned by Campbells and one at Tylerville owned by

Alfred John Raymond Alfred John Raymond (1 February 1856 – 14 October 1935) was timber merchant and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1912. Early life Alfred was born in Clifton, Bristol, England to parents Henry Geor ...

. These no longer exist. Palen Creek Provisional School opened on 23 October 1893. On 1 January 1909 it became Palen Creek State School. It and closed in 1962. It was located near the Palen Creek School Road junction with the Mount Lindesay Highway (approx ). Tylerville State School opened on 18 January 1909. It closed on 1962. It was located on Mount Lindesay Highway ().

Barney View Lutheran Church Barney may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barney (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Barney (surname), a list of people Film and television * the title character of '' Barney & Friends'', an American live ac ...

was dedicated on Wednesday 16 November 1910 with sermons in both German and English. The church closed in 1966. In the 1970s the church building was relocated to

to extend the Rathdowney Methodist (later Uniting) Church. The Lutheran Church still owns the land on Barney View Road (now within the boundaries of Palen Creek, ) and operates it as a campsite called Abode Park. It is named after Pastor Armin Bode who was a Lutheran minister in the Parish of Teviotville (which included Barney View) from 1915 to 1969. A memorial at the park commemorates the former church. Palen Creek Methodist Church opened on Saturday 10 May 1913. In 1957 it was relocated to 39 Running Creek Road in

. In the 1970s it was further extended with the Glenapp hall and the

. When the Methodist Church became part of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became the Palen Creek Uniting Church. It held its last service on Sunday 23 February 2014. It is now in private ownership. At the , Palen Creek and surrounds recorded a population of 219. In the , Palen Creek had a population of 280 people.

Heritage listings

Palen Creek has the following heritage-listed sites: * 11605

: St James Catholic Church and cemetery ()

Education

There are no schools in Palen Creek. The nearest primary school is Rathdowney State School in neighbouring Rathdowney. The nearest secondary schools are Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert and Boonah State High School in

Boonah Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,484 people. Geography The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Range ...

References

External links

{{Scenic Rim Region Scenic Rim Region Localities in Queensland