Welcome Creek is a rural

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in the Bundaberg Region,

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, Australia. In the , Welcome Creek had a population of 445 people.

Geography

The locality takes its name from the watercourse (). North Gooburrum is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality (). The land use is agricultural, predominantly irrigated

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

with some

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

plantations in the east of the locality and some

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation in the north of the locality.

History

Welcome Creek State School opened on 21 May 1931 and closed on 31 December 2003. After closure, the students were transferred to Moore Park State School in neighbouring Moore Park Beach. The school was located at 669 Moore Park Road (). Agnew School opened on 3 February 2003 in Boundary Street, South Bundaberg, one of several Agnew Schools operated by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (sometimes called the Exclusive Brethren) in Queensland. By 2006 the school needed more space and in mid-2006 the church purchased the former Welcome School State School from the

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and relocated the Agnew School to that site (). However, in 2014 with student numbers at 30-40 students, it was decided to close the school and transport the students by wifi-equipped bus each day to the Agnew School in Maryborough. On 24 December 2020, the site was sold for $925,000. In the , Welcome Creek had a population of 445 people.

Education

There are no schools in Welcome Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Moore Park State School in neighbouring Moore Park Beach to the north and Gooburrum State School in neighbouring Gooburrum to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg North State High School in

Bundaberg North Bundaberg North is a suburb of Bundaberg in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bundaberg North had a population of 5,451 people. It occupies the developed area north of the Burnett River, opposite the Bundaberg CBD. Geograp ...

to the south-east.

Amenities

Welcome Creek Hall is at 687 Moore Park Road ().

References

Bundaberg Region Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub