Burnett Creek is a rural

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in the

Scenic Rim Region The Scenic Rim Region is a local government areas of Queensland, local government area (LGA) in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately 80 kilometres due south of Brisban ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. It borders

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

to the south. In the , Burnett Creek had a population of 16 people.

Geography

The locality takes its name from the watercourse Burnett Creek which rises in the south of the locality () and flows toward the north-east corner of the locality when it flows into Lake Maroon (), the reservoir created by the

Maroon Dam The Maroon Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Burnett Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation of the Scenic Rim Reg ...

, and beyond, eventually becoming a tributary of the

Logan River The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region ...

in Rathdowney. The terrain is mountainous with the following named peaks: * Bald Knob () * Big Lonely Peak () * Double Peak () * Durramlee Peak () * Focal Peak () * Minnages Mount () * Montserrat Lookout () * Mount Ballow () * Mount Clunie () * Mount Philip () * Mowburra Peak () * Nothofagus Mountain () * Stags Head () Much of the south of the locality is within the

Mount Barney National Park Mount Barney National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 90 km southwest of Brisbane. It amalgamated the adjacent Mount Lindesay National Park in 1980. It is part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by ...

which extends into neighbouring

Mount Barney Mount Barney is a mountain within the Scenic Rim Region in south-east Queensland, Australia. It lies approximately south-west of Brisbane, not far from the Queensland - New South Wales border, and forms part of the McPherson Range. It is a p ...

and

Maroon Maroon ( , ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word , meaning chestnut. ''Marron'' is also one of the French translations for "brown". Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, inc ...

History

Burnett Creek Provisional School opened on 13 May 1902. On 1 January 1909 it became Burnett Creek State School. It closed on 29 July 1921 due to low student numbers. The school was at 1418 Burnett Creek Road ().

Demographics

In the , Burnett Creek had a population of 11 people. The locality contained 12 households, in which 75.0% of the population were males and 25.0% of the population were females with a median age of 55, 17 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $687, $731 below the national average. In the , Burnett Creek had a population of 16 people.

Education

There are no schools in Burnett Creek. The nearest government primary school is Maroon State School in neighbouring

to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school in Boonah State High School in

Boonah Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,557 people. Geography The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Ra ...

to the north.

References

{{Scenic Rim Region Scenic Rim Region Localities in Queensland