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Swan Creek is a rural
A creek called ''Swan Creek'' first appears on Buxton's 1864 Darling Downs District Map as part of the Canning Downs pastoral run. By 1883 a smaller pastoral run called ''Swan Creek'' had been split off from Canning Downs. It is presumed that the creek acquired its name from the presence of swans at the creek.
Swan Creek Lower State School opened on 20 June 1870. Circa 1887 it was renamed Swan Creek State School. It closed on 12 December 1997. It was at 106 Swan Creek School Road ().
On Wednesday 20 August 1873 the Synod of the Anglican Church purchased a site of 3 acres 1 rood (now 435 Stephens Road on the corner of Swan Creek School Road, ) for establishing a church adjacent to the school. On Monday 15 September 1873 the local parishioners accepted the tender of Messrs Dodd and Bell to construct a church for £200. In October 1873 the foundation post was laid in a ceremony attending by many in the district. The church was officially opened on Sunday 22 February 1874. In August 1876 a youth broke into the church and hacked the bellows of the
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in the Southern Downs Region
The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthor ...
, Queensland
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, Australia. In the , Swan Creek had a population of 161 people.
History
A creek called ''Swan Creek'' first appears on Buxton's 1864 Darling Downs District Map as part of the Canning Downs pastoral run. By 1883 a smaller pastoral run called ''Swan Creek'' had been split off from Canning Downs. It is presumed that the creek acquired its name from the presence of swans at the creek.
Swan Creek Lower State School opened on 20 June 1870. Circa 1887 it was renamed Swan Creek State School. It closed on 12 December 1997. It was at 106 Swan Creek School Road ().
On Wednesday 20 August 1873 the Synod of the Anglican Church purchased a site of 3 acres 1 rood (now 435 Stephens Road on the corner of Swan Creek School Road, ) for establishing a church adjacent to the school. On Monday 15 September 1873 the local parishioners accepted the tender of Messrs Dodd and Bell to construct a church for £200. In October 1873 the foundation post was laid in a ceremony attending by many in the district. The church was officially opened on Sunday 22 February 1874. In August 1876 a youth broke into the church and hacked the bellows of the harmonium
The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. Th ...
into pieces. It took five more years until the Bishop of Brisbane Matthew Hale consecrated the church on Wednesday 12 May 1879 and dedicated it to St Andrew. The church closed in 1973 but the church building remains on the site. There is a cemetery behind the church building ().
The first section of the Killarney railway line
The Killarney railway line was a branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It travelled from Warwick to Killarney and operated from 1884 to 1964.
Along with approval for the Fassifern and Crows Nest branches in 1880 ...
(from Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
to Emu Vale) was completed on 2 June 1884 with Swan Creek being served by the Swan Creek railway station (). The line from Emu Vale to Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Cast ...
was completed on 24 August 1885. The Killarney line closed on 1 May 1964.
The Swan Creek School of Arts was officially opened on Tuesday 9 February 1909 by George Barnes, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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for Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
. It is at 1018 Warwick Yangan Road (corner of Swan Creek Hall Road, ).
In the , Swan Creek had a population of 139 people.
In the , Swan Creek had a population of 161 people.
Heritage listings
Swan Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Cutmore's Road (): Burndale * Stephens Road (): White Swan InnEducation
There are no schools in Swan Creek. The nearest primary schools are Yangan State School in neighbouring Yangan to the east, Freestone State School in neighbouring Freestone to the north, andWarwick East State School
Warwick East State School is a heritage-listed state school at 45 Fitzroy Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Benjamin Joseph Backhouse and built from 1864 to 1912. It is also known as Warwick Nati ...
in Warwick
Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
to the west. The nearest secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick.
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