Machine Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Machine Creek had a population of 131 people.

Geography

The locality presumably takes its name from the watercourse Machine Creek which flows through the south-east of the locality. The

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runs along the northern boundary. Butchers Corner is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (). Goat Hill () is in the south-west of the locality and rises to above sea level. The land use is predominantly

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

Machine Creek State School opened on 27 July 1911 under head teacher Olivia Kettle. The school closed on 10 July 1970 due to low student numbers. It was at 540 Mount Larcom Bracewell Road (north-west corner of Ambrose Bracewell Road, ). The school building was later relocated to the

Calliope River Historical Village The Calliope River Historical Village is an open-air museum at 50951 Bruce Highway (but accessed from the side road known as Old Bruce Highway) beside the Calliope River in River Ranch in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. It is opera ...

at River Ranch.

Demographics

In the , Machine Creek had a population of 120 people. In the , Machine Creek had a population of 131 people.

Education

There are no schools in Machine Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Ambrose State School in neighbouring

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to the north and Mount Larcom State School in neighbouring Mount Larcom to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mount Larcom State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring Mount Larcom and

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in West Gladstone to the east.

Geography

History

Demographics

Education

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