Mosquito Creek is a rural
locality
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in the
Goondiwindi Region
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Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Mosquito Creek had a population of 8 people.
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Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-east by the ridgeline of the Herries Range ().
History
St George Richard Gore
St. George Richard Gore (26 March 1812 – 16 August 1871) was a grazier and politician in colonial Queensland, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and, later, the Queensland Legislative Council.
Early life
Gore was born in Dubl ...
registered a pastoral run under the name Mosquito Creek in 1847, which gave its name to the creek and then to the locality.[
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Demographics
In the , Mosquito Creek had a population of 17 people.
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
Education
There are no schools in Mosquito Creek. The nearest primary schools are Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the north-east and Inglewood State School in neighbouring Inglewood Inglewood may refer to:
Places
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to the south-west. The nearest secondary schools are Inglewood State School in Inglewood and Millmerran State School in Millmerran
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to the north, but these schools only offer secondary schooling to Year 10. The nearest secondary schools offering schooling to Year 12 are Clifton State High School in Clifton to the north-east and Warwick State School in Warwick to the east, but they are sufficiently distant that distance education
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or boarding schools are other options.
References
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Goondiwindi Region
Localities in Queensland