Kings Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Kings Creek had a population of 55 people.

Geography

The creek Kings Creek enters the locality from the north-east (Nobby / Nevilton) and flows south-west across the locality, exiting to the south-west ( Ryeford / Clifton); it is a tributary of the

Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (3 ...

. The Felton Clifton Road enters locality from the north (

Nobby Nobby is the diminutive form of the name Norbert. It is also a nickname most commonly used in English for those with the surname Clark or Clarke. Origins as a nickname A number of possible explanations exist for the use of Nobby as a nickname f ...

) and exits to the south ( Clifton). The South Western railway line runs immediately east and parallel to the road. The district was once served by the now-closed Kings Creek railway station which was immediately north of the crossing of the line over the creek (). The land is relatively flat and the land use is predominantly crop growing with some

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 takes its name from the creek, which was named after pastoralist Joseph King of the Pilton and Clifton pastoral runs during the 1840s. In September 1883, tenders are called for the erection of a provisional school in King's Creek. King's Creek Provisional School opened on 4 February 1884. In November 1900, it became King's Creek State School. It closed on 30 April 1931. It was on the eastern side of the road and railway (approx ). An undated map shows allotments for sale in the township of King's Creek (), situated on the "Clifton Estate". The allotments were adjacent to the South-Western railway line, close to King's Creek railway station, and the watercourse King's Creek. In June 1885, all of the allotments at the new township of King's Creek were sold but there was limited interest in the farm sites outside the town as the prices were thought to be too high. The township failed to develop; that land is now used for farming. In December 1906, a Methodist church was opened at Kings Creek. Kings Creek has a history of fossil finds over the years. In 1936, a prehistoric jaw bone was found. In 2013, a late

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...

tooth was found in 2013 and attributed to ''

Quinkana ''Quinkana'' is an extinct genus of mekosuchine crocodylians that lived in Australia from about 25 million to about 10,000 years ago, with the majority of fossils having been found in Queensland. Four species are currently recognized, all of whic ...

'' (an extinct species of crocodile). It was most similar to fragmentary teeth from '' Quinkana foritrostrum'', but was not attributed to any species because of a lack of complete specimens.

Demographics

In the , Kings Creek had a population of 72 people. In the , Kings Creek had a population of 55 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kings Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Nobby State School in neighbouring Nobby to the north and Clifton State School in neighbouring Clifton to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Clifton State High School, also in Clifton.

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