Cornish Creek is a former rural
locality in the
Barcaldine Region,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Cornish Creek had a population of 16 people.
On 22 November 2019 the
Queensland Government
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decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns:
Alpha
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,
Aramac,
Barcaldine,
Jericho
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and
Muttaburra. Most of Cornish Creek was incorporated into Muttaburra, except for a small part of eastern Cornish Creek which was incorporated into Aramac.
Geography
The
Thomson River forms the south-western boundary of the locality. Cornish Creek flows through the locality from east (
Upper Cornish Creek) to west (
Tablederry) where it becomes a tributary to the Thomson River. All watercourses in the locality flow into the
Lake Eyre drainage basin.
The Muttaburra Aramac Road enters the locality from the west (
Muttaburra) and passes through the locality exiting to the south (
Sardine
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it com ...
). Crossmoor Road enters the locality from the south-west (Muttaburra) and has its junction with the Muttaburra Aramac Road within the locality.
The principal land use is
grazing
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.
History
Cornish Creek is part of the traditional tribal lands of the
Iningai.
Iningai (also known as Yiningay, Muttaburra, Tateburra, Yinangay, Yinangi) is an
Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
spoken by the Iningai people. The Iningai language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the
Longreach Region and
Barcaldine Region, particularly the towns of
Longreach,
Barcaldine,
Muttaburra and
Aramac as well as the properties of
Bowen Downs and catchments of Cornish Creek and
Alice River.
The locality is named after the creek, which was in turn named in 1860 by explorer
William Landsborough after his business partner
Edward Cornish.
Heritage listings
Cornish Creek has a number of
heritage-listed sites, including:
*
Mount Cornish Homestead
Education
The nearest primary schools are in Muttaburra and
Aramac. The nearest secondary schools are in Aramac (to Year 10 only) and in
Winton,
Longreach and
Barcaldine (all to Year 12).
References
{{Barcaldine Region
Barcaldine Region
Former localities in Queensland