Apple Tree Creek is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. It was formerly known as Bodalla, the Dundaburra people of the Northern

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group name from the Gregory River Plum which to first Europeans looked like an apple. Prior to settlement of the Isis District which includes Apple tree Creek, the area was called ''Buth'arth'' translating to ''scrub''. The town was renamed as Apple Tree Creek in 1962. In the , the locality of Apple Tree Creek had a population of 726 people.

Geography

Apple Tree Creek is located north-west of Childers on the

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History

The area was called Buth'arth meaning scrub in Dundaburra language. European settlers entered the district from the 1840s. The initial industries were grazing, sawmilling and then growing sugarcane. Apple Tree Creek Provisional School opened on 28 November 1887. It became Apple Tree Creek State School on 5 July 1897. It closed on 21 December 1969. In 1896, a railway line extending from Childers to

Cordalba Cordalba is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cordalba had a population of 467 people. The town was founded in 1896 and played an important role in the sugar workers strike of 1911 ...

was erected, bypassing

Apple Tree Creek Apple Tree Creek is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Bodalla, the Dundaburra people of the Northern Kabi group name from the Gregory River Plum which to first Europeans looked lik ...

. The Apple Tree Creek cemetery was established in 1896. The Apple Tree Creek Post Office opened around January 1909 (a

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had been open since 1898) and closed in 1975. St Anne's Anglican Church was dedicated on 10 July 1930 by Venerable William Powning Glover, Archdeacon of Toowoomba. It has since closed.

Demographics

In the , the town of Apple Tree Creek had a population of 509 people. In the , the locality of Apple Tree Creek had a population of 639 people. In the , the locality of Apple Tree Creek had a population of 726 people.

Heritage listings

Apple Tree Creek has a number of

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sites, including: *

Apple Tree Creek War Memorial Apple Tree Creek War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Bruce Highway, Apple Tree Creek, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built in 1921 by Andrew Lang Petrie. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register o ...

, Bruce Highway *Apple Tree Creek Cemetery, Drummond Street (near the junction with Gentle Annie Road, )

Education

There are no schools in Apple Tree Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Childers State School in neighbouring Childers to the east and Cordalba State School in

to the north. The nearest government secondary school is

Isis District State High School Isis District State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in the town of Childers, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 417 students and a teaching staff of 42 ...

, also in Childers.

References

External links

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Town map of Apple Tree Creek, 1974
{{authority control Towns in Queensland Wide Bay–Burnett Bundaberg Region Localities in Queensland