Branch Creek, Queensland

Branch Creek is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Branch Creek had a population of 33 people.

Geography

Branch Creek rises in the north-west of the locality and flows to the south of the locality where it becomes a tributary to Reid Creek, which then continues south to Binjour.

History

The bushranger "the Wild Scotchman" was said to have hidden out in the vicinity of Branch Creek and the adjacent Mungy Station in the mid-1860s. The bushranger was said to have visited the Black Horse Hotel which was on the old Gayndah-Dalgangal road where it passed through Branch Creek.
Branch Creek No. 1 was one of the stations that comprised the pastoral run of Ideraway.
Fontainebleau State School opened at Branch Creek on 16 September 1915. It closed in 1964. It was on a site on the north-eastern side of Binjour Branch Creek Road.

Demographics

In the, Branch Creek had a population of 32 people.
In the, Branch Creek had a population of 33 people.

Education

There are no schools in Branch Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Binjour Plateau State School in neighbouring Binjour to the south and Eidsvold State School in Eidsvold to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Eidsvold State School in Eidsvold to the west, Mundubbera State College in Mundubbera to the south, and Burnett State College in Gayndah to the south-east.