Baffle Creek, Queensland


Baffle Creek is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Baffle Creek had a population of 155 people.
The neighbourhood of Wartburg is within the locality.

Geography

Baffle Creek forms the southern and south-western boundaries.

History

The area on Baffle Creek was first settled in 1908 by Prussian and German immigrants who were recruited by Apostle. H. F. Niemeyer of the Apostolic Church of Queensland in Hatton Vale near Ipswich. The government land orders they had expected to receive were not available, so they had to wait for six months living on a hill that they called Wartburg meaning waiting place.
In 1911, a sugar mill was built by Albert Kleinschmidt. The mill produced brown sugar which was taken elsewhere for further refining. The mill was closed in 1919 as it was not a successful venture.
Wartburg State School opened on 11 August 1913.
In 1921, a shop storeroom off the Coast Road was remodelled to become St Paul's Lutheran Church. It was officially opened on Sunday 17 July 1921. It was from Rosedale near the Baffle Creek. It is on the south-western corner of the Coast Road and Bayfield Road leading to the creek. The church bell was installed in 1923. The church was enlarged and the bell tower was remodelled in 1947.
On 26 November 2018, the Queensland Government ordered the evacuation of Baffle Creek, Deepwater and Rules Beach due to a "dangerous and unpredictable" bushfire wide and covering with flames of high during an extreme heatwave.

Demographics

In the, Baffle Creek had a population too low to separately report and was aggregated with the neighbouring locality of Deepwater which had a combined population of 548 people.
In the, Baffle Creek had a population of 156 people.
In the, Baffle Creek had a population of 155 people.

Heritage listings

Baffle Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
  • Baffle Creek Sugar Mill, Coast Road
  • St Pauls's Lutheran Church, Coast Road

Education

Wartburg State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 585 Coast Road in Baffle Creek. In 2013, the school had 55 students and 4 teachers. In 2023, the school had 19 students.
There are no secondary schools in Baffle Creek. The nearest government secondary school is Rosedale State School in neighbouring Rosedale to the south.