Greens Creek is a rural

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in the

Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast and ...

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, Australia. In the , Greens Creek had a population of 344 people.

History

Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 February 1894. On 7 June 1899, it became Cootharaba Road State School. It was at 27 Grecian Bends Road (). In 1961, the parents of

Beenam Range State School Cedar Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cedar Pocket had a population of 332 people. History Cedar Pocket Provisional School opened in July 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Cedar Pocket State Sc ...

Cedar Pocket State School Cedar Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cedar Pocket had a population of 332 people. History Cedar Pocket Provisional School opened in July 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Cedar Pocket State Sc ...

, Cootharaba Road State School, and

Neusa Vale State School Neusa Vale is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Neusa Vale had a population of 54 people. History Neusa Vale Provisional School opened on 14 August 1899. In 1906, it was renamed Wolvi Provisional School. On ...

voted in favour of replacing those schools with a central school in the area. Cootharaba Road State School closed in 1925 when the new Gympie East State School opened in Greens Creek on 25 January 1965. It was officially opened on 9 October 1965 by the Minister for Public Instruction,

Jack Pizzey Jack Charles Allan Pizzey (2 February 1911 – 31 July 1968) was a Queensland Country Party politician. He was Premier of Queensland, in a coalition with the Liberal Party, from 17 January 1968 until his death on 31 July that year. To date, h ...

. As at September 2022, the two school buildings of Cootharaba Road State School are still extant on the site.

Demographics

In the , Greens Creek had a population of 326 people. In the , Greens Creek had a population of 344 people.

Education

Gympie East State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 219 Cedar Pocket Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 140 students with 10 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Greens Creek. The nearest government secondary school is

Gympie State High School Gympie State High School is a coeducational public secondary school located in Gympie in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 900 students per year, with an official count of 922 s ...

Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. Located in the Greater Sunshine Coast, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River ( ...

to the south-west.

References

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