Pheasant Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Pheasant Creek had a population of 48 people.

Geography

The

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runs along part of the eastern boundary. The locality takes its name from the watercourse Pheasant Creek which rises in the south-west of the locality and flows through the locality, exiting to the north-east ( Westwood). The creek in turn was named after the hundreds of scrub turkeys (called "pheasants" by the local people) that inhabited the creek banks. Early settlers ate the birds. Pheasant Creek has the following mountains: * Mount Wheal (), rising to above sea level * Mount Spencer (), The land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing.

History

Pheasant Creek Provisional School opened circa 1919, but closed circa 1921. It was a tent school, which was relocated to Benarabin. After much local lobbying, in 1925, a new school building was erected and opened as Pheasant Creek State School, but it had closed by 1928 with the building proposed to be relocated to

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. Lobbying for a school resumed in 1936. In April 1940, tenders were called for a new school building (possibly funded by the local community), which opened on 29 October 1940. It closed permanently in 1967. It was on the western side of Grantleigh Pheasant Creek Road ().

Demographics

In the , Pheasant Creek had a population of 48 people. In the , Pheasant Creek had a population of 48 people.

Education

There are no schols in Pheasant Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Wowan State School in neighbouring

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to the south-east, Westwood State School in neighbouring Westwood to the north-east, and Gogango State School in neighbouring

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to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Mount Morgan State High School in Mount Morgan to the north-east. However, for students in some parts of Pheasant Creek, it would be too distant for a daily commute and the alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Banana Shire of Banana Localities in Queensland