Cornish Creek is a former rural

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in the

Barcaldine Region The Barcaldine Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which had existed for over a century. It has an estimated operating budget of ...

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, Australia. In the , Cornish Creek had a population of 16 people. On 22 November 2019 the

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decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns:

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Aramac Aramac is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Aramac had a population of 372 people. Geography Aramac is located north of Barcaldine, Queensl ...

, Barcaldine,

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and

Muttaburra Muttaburra is an outback town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. Muttaburra was the discovery site of the ''Muttaburrasaurus'', one of Australia's most famous dinosaurs. In the , t ...

. Most of Cornish Creek was incorporated into Muttaburra, except for a small part of eastern Cornish Creek which was incorporated into Aramac.

Geography

The Thomson River forms the south-western boundary of the locality. Cornish Creek flows through the locality from east ( Upper Cornish Creek) to west ( Tablederry) where it becomes a tributary to the Thomson River. All watercourses in the locality flow into the

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. The Muttaburra Aramac Road enters the locality from the west (

) and passes through the locality exiting to the south (

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). Crossmoor Road enters the locality from the south-west (Muttaburra) and has its junction with the Muttaburra Aramac Road within the locality. The principal land use is

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History

Cornish Creek is part of the traditional tribal lands of the

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(also known as Yiningay, Muttaburra, Tateburra, Yinangay, Yinangi) is an

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spoken by the Iningai people. The Iningai language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the

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and

, particularly the towns of

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, Barcaldine,

and

as well as the properties of Bowen Downs and catchments of Cornish Creek and Alice River. The locality is named after the creek, which was in turn named in 1860 by explorer

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after his business partner Edward Cornish.

Heritage listings

Cornish Creek has a number of

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sites, including: * Mount Cornish Homestead

Education

The nearest primary schools are in Muttaburra and

. The nearest secondary schools are in Aramac (to Year 10 only) and in Winton,

and Barcaldine (all to Year 12).

References

{{Barcaldine Region Barcaldine Region Former localities in Queensland