Kelsey Creek
Queensland
Kelsey Creek is located in Queensland
Kelsey Creek
Kelsey Creek
Coordinates20°26′17″S 148°30′28″E / 20.4380°S 148.5077°E / -20.4380; 148.5077 (Kelsey Creek (centre of locality))
Population123 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.327/km2 (3.437/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4800
Area92.7 km2 (35.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Kelsey Creek:
Crystal Brook Crystal Brook Proserpine
Dittmer Kelsey Creek Breadalbane
Pauls Pocket Silver Creek
Gunyarra		 Goorganga Plains

Kelsey Creek is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Kelsey Creek had a population of 123 people.[1]

History

Kelsey Creek Provisional School opened on 30 January 1895. On 1 January 1909, it became Kelsey Creek State School. It closed in 1963.[3]

In the 2016 census, Kelsey Creek had a population of 123 people.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kelsey Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Kelsey Creek – locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 49379)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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