Eight Mile Creek is a rural

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in the

Shire of Burdekin The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has e ...

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, Australia. In the , Eight Mile Creek had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The ''

Burdekin River The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upsta ...

'' forms the southern part of the eastern boundary, while ''Expedition Pass Creek'' forms the northern boundary. ''Eight Mile Creek'' (the watercourse) forms the northern part of the eastern boundary until it joins ''Expedition Pass Creek'' on its way to the ''Burdekin''. The land use is almost entirely

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001.

Demographics

In the , Eight Mile Creek had "no people or a very low population". In the , Eight Mile Creek had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Eight Mile Creek. The nearest government primary school is Millaroo State School in Millaroo to the north. There are no nearby secondary schools;

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and boarding school are options.

References

{{Shire of Burdekin Shire of Burdekin Localities in Queensland