Prospect is a rural

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in the

Shire of Banana The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named ...

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, Australia. In the , Prospect had a population of 297 people.

Geography

Prospect Creek is a neighbourhood (). Mount Bulgi () rises to above sea level.

History

Torsdale Farm Provisional School opened on 16 July 1919 as a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Torsdale Station Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher). Both schools closed on 31 December 1920 due to low student numbers. Kooingal State School opened on 4 June 1931. It closed on 8 July 1956. It was at 1382 Crowsdale Camboon Road (). On 2 October 1935, Torsdale Farm Provisional School reopened. In 1944, approval was given for the establishment of a Prospect Creek State School to replace the provisional school at Torsdale Farm on the same site. Prospect Creek State School opened on 5 June 1944. The mobile library service commenced in 2004. In the Prospect had a population of 297 people.

Education

Prospect Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 12935 Dawson Highway (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 42 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Prospect. The nearest government secondary school is Biloela State High School in neighbouring

Biloela Biloela ( ) is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Ban ...

to the north-east.

Amenities

Banana Shire Council provides a fortnightly mobile library service at Prospect Creek School.

References

{{Banana Shire Shire of Banana Localities in Queensland