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Reids 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
North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...
,
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, Australia. In the , Reids Creek had a population of 54 people.


Geography

Reid Creek enters the locality from the north and flows through to become the south-east boundary. Binjour Range forms the western boundary. The
Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs between its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, and Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The ...
passes through from the south-east to the west.


History

Reid's Creek Upper Provisional School opened in 1903. On 1 January 1909, it became Reid's Creek Upper State School. It had a closure between 1905 and 1907 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently in 1922. It was in a pocket of the creek (approx ). Reid's Creek State School opened in 1909 and closed in 1963. It was on the Burnett Highway (). Norwood State School opened in 1920 and closed in 1952. It was on Reids Creek Road near the intersection with present-day Guyatts Road (). In the , Reids Creek had a population of 54 people.


Education

There are no schools in Reids Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Binjour Plateau State School in neighbouring
Binjour Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Binjour had a population of 98 people. Geography Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway by road north of the state capital, Br ...
to the west and Gayndah State School in
Gayndah Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. Geography Gayndah is on the Burnett River and ...
to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Burnett State School in Gayndah to the south-east.


References


Further reading

* — includes short history of the Binjour District, Binjour Plateau State School, Gurgeena State School, Gleneden State School, Fountainebleau State School, Norwood State School, Reid's Creek Upper Creek State School, and Reid's Creek State School. {{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland