Pelican Creek is a former rural

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in the Barcaldine Region,

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, Australia. In the , Pelican Creek had a population of 20 people. On 22 November 2019 the

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decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns:

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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,

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and Muttaburra. Pelican Creek was incorporated into Aramac.

Geography

The Muttaburra Aramac Road forms the south-west boundary of the locality. Pelican Creek (from which the locality presumably takes its name) flows from Lake Mueller in the north of the locality to the south-west of the locality where it becomes a tributary to Aramac Creek, which is in turn a tributary of the Thomson River and contributes to the

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. The Aramac Range is within the east and south-east of the locality. The principal land use is

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on native vegetation.

Education

There are no schools in Pelican Creek. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring

. The nearest secondary schools are in Aramac (to Year 10 only) and Barcaldine (to Year 12).

References

{{Barcaldine Region Barcaldine Region Unbounded localities in Queensland