Bamboo Creek, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Bamboo Creek is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Bamboo Creek had a population of 88 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-east by the north branch of the watercourse Bamboo Creek and to east and partly to the south by south branch of Bamboo Creek. The creek is a tributary of the South Johnstone River.
The land use is agricultural and split between crop growing and grazing on native vegetation. The predominant crop is sugarcane, grown mostly in the north and east of the locality.
History
Large crocodiles have been seen and caught in the watercourse Bamboo Creek over the years.
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Bamboo Creek had a population of 94 people.
In the 2021 census, Bamboo Creek had a population of 88 people.
Education
The nearest government primary schools are Goondi State School in neighbouring Goondi Bend to north-east and Mundoo State School in neighbouring Wangan to the south-east.
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