Rodgers Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Rodgers Creek had a population of 15 people.

Geography

The

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway (Australia), national highway located in South East Queensland, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland, I ...

forms a short part of the locality's north-western boundary, entering from the north (

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) and exiting to the north-west ( Greymare / Montrose). The South Western railway line touches along the north-western boundary of the locality; there are no railway stations serving the locality. The watercourse Rodger Creek rises in the south of the locality and flows north through the locality, exiting to the north (Cunningham). 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 with some crop growing around Rodger Creek.

History

The origin of the name is unclear. One story is that it is named after stockman James "Cocky" Rogers; another is that it is named after a boundary rider called Rodgers.

Demographics

In the , Rodgers Creek had a population of 7 people. In the , Rodgers Creek had a population of 15 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rodgers Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Wheatvale State School in neighbouring Wheatvale to the north-east and Warwick West State School in

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to the east. The nearest government secondary school is

Warwick State High School Warwick State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 15 Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and Block A was built from 1914 to 1915. It is also known as Warwick Te ...

, also in Warwick. There are also non-government schools in Warwick.

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