Kobble Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Kobble Creek had a population of 654 people.

Geography

Kobble Creek is situated along Mount Samson Road to the south of

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, approximately northwest of the

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. The south-eastern boundary of the locality is the Mount Samson Range (). The range includes Mount Kobble () at a height of . The name Kobble is derived from the Waka language, Garumngar dialect, word ''kabul'' meaning '' carpet snake''. The western part of the locality is mountainous and within the

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which extends further west into a number of other localities. The land use in the eastern part of the locality is a mixture of

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housing,

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on native vegetation and some crop growing.

History

The locality is named after the creek Kobble Creek that forms part of the catchment area of Lake Samsonvale, which supplies drinking water to north Brisbane and the Moreton Bay Region. Kobble Creek was, in years gone by, predominantly a dairy farming community with some banana and pineapple farming on surrounding hillsides. As a farming community, Kobble Creek supported a butter factory, primary school, and railway station, the latter two located near the site of the current Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade. Following the forced resumption of much of the best farming land in the district to build the

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and flood Lake Samsonvale, today the district is predominantly a rural-dormitory zone with very limited farming undertaken. Kobble Creek Provisional School opened circa 1881. On 1 January 1909, it became Kobble Creek State School. It is sometimes written as Cobble Creek State School. It closed in 1954. It was at 14 Greensill Lane (). In 1919, the

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reached Kobble Creek with the Kobble railway station opening on 3 November 1919; the line reached its terminus at Dayboro railway station on 25 September 1920. Kobble Creek was officially named and bounded as a locality in June 2009, but was formerly part of the Samsonvale district.

Demographics

In the , the population of Kobble Creek was 499, 48.7% female and 51.3% male. The median age of the Kobble Creek population was 39 years of age, two years above the Australian average. 77.8% of people living in Kobble Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, South Africa 0.8%, Canada 0.6%, Cyprus 0.6%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% German, and 0.6% American Languages. In the , Kobble Creek had a population of 632 people. In the , Kobble Creek had a population of 654 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kobble Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Dayboro State School in

to the north and Mount Samson State School in Mount Samson to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Bray Park State High School in Bray Park to the east.

References

External links

* {{City of Moreton Bay Suburbs of the City of Moreton Bay Localities in Queensland