Split Yard Creek is a rural

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in the

Somerset Region The Somerset Region is a local government area located in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, northwest of the City of Brisbane. The region is centred on the town of Esk, which also serves as the council seat. Somer ...

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, Australia. In the , Split Yard Creek had a population of 31 people.

Geography

The locality is triangular in shape, wide at the north and narrow at the south. Lake Wivenhoe, impounded by the

Wivenhoe Dam Wivenhoe Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a concrete spillway across the Brisbane River in South East Queensland, Australia. The dam takes it names from the local Wivenhoe Pocket rural community. The dam wall is located abou ...

, loosely forms the western boundary, noting that the extent of the lake varies with the amount of water held by the dam. The Wivenhoe Somerset Road enters the locality from the south ( Wivenhoe Pocket), forms part of the southern boundary of the locality and then heads north-west through the locality running parallel and east of Lake Wivenhoe north-western corner of the locality where it exits to Dundas. Splityard Creek Dam 2

Splityard Creek Dam The Splityard Creek Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Pryde Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The sole purpose of the dam is for the generation of hydroele ...

is to the immediate east of the Wivenhoe Somerset Road (). It provides water for the

pumped-storage hydroelectric Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing (electrical power), load balancing. A PSH system stores energy i ...

Wivenhoe Power Station The Wivenhoe Power Station is situated between the Splityard Creek Dam and Lake Wivenhoe in the locality of Split Yard Creek, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. The Splityard Creek Dam is located in hills adjacent to Lake Wivenhoe and is ...

located between the higher-level Splityard Creek Dam and the lower-level Wivenhoe Dam (). The locality of Split Yard Creek has the following mountains: * Hernandia Hill in the north-west of the locality (), rising to above sea level * Mount England (also known as Mount Sampson) on the south-eastern boundary of the locality with England Creek (), * Mount Baxter in the south of the locality (), The

D'Aguilar National Park D'Aguilar National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It contains the D'Aguilar Range and is located along the northwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area. The park is traversed by the winding scenic Mount Nebo Road and Mount Glo ...

is in the north of the locality extending into neighbouring Dundas to the north and beyond. Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation with some

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housing.

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the watercourse Split Yard Creek which flows through the locality ().

Demographics

In the , Split Yard Creek had a population of 37 people. In the , Split Yard Creek had a population of 31 people.

Education

There are no schools in Split Yard Creek. The nearest government primary school is Fernvale State School in Fernvale to the south. The nearest government secondary school is

Lowood State High School Lowood State High School is a band 10 state high school in Lowood (Queensland, Australia), located 32 km north-west of Ipswich, an area administered by the council of Somerset. Administration The school's founding principal was Peter Whitelaw ...

Lowood Lowood is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Lowood had a population of 4,082 people. Geography The town is on the Brisbane River, west of th ...

to the south-west.

Attractions

There is a public carpark with access to the Splityard Creek Lookout at the Splityard Creek Dam.

References

{{Somerset Region Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland