Sandy 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 Somerset Region,

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people.

Geography

Sandy Creek is located northeast of

Kilcoy Kilcoy is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kilcoy had a population of 1,898 people. Geography The township is on the D'Aguilar Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane, ...

in South East Queensland. Many parts of Sandy Creek are elevated along the southern Conondale Range and some of the range is protected within

Bellthorpe National Park Bellthorpe National Park is a national park located in Bellthorpe, Booroobin and Sandy Creek in both the Moreton Bay Region and Somerset Region of South East Queensland, Australia. The park preserves eucalypt forest and rainforest of the sout ...

. The locality has the following mountains: * Mount Ann () in the south-west of the locality, rising to * Mount Marysmokes () in the east of the locality, rising to

History

Winya State School opened in 1918 and closed in 1960. The school was on a site on the north-east corner of the D'Aguilar Highway and Sandy Creek Road () now within the locality of Sandy Creek. Hubners Bridge Sandy Creek Queensland

Hubners Bridge, also known as Hubner Bridge, is a

road bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

on the Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek (). The bridge was washed away on during the catastrophic 2010–2011 floods. A

flying-fox ''Pteropus'' (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Austra ...

was built across Sandy Creek to provide supplies to residents stranded due to bridge damage. It has been rebuilt since then and was re-opened on . In the , Sandy Creek had a population of 555 people. In the , Sandy Creek had a population of 567 people.

Education

There are no schools in Sandy Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Kilcoy State School in neighbouring Mount Kilcoy to the west and Kilcoy State School in

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy.

References

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{{Somerset Region Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland