Cannon Creek, Queensland (Scenic Rim Region)

Cannon Creek is a locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Not to be confused with Cannon Creek, Queensland (Southern Downs Region).

Cannon Creek Queensland
Cannon Creek
Coordinates	28.0777°S 152.7344°E / -28.0777; 152.7344
Population	78 (2016 census)[1]
LGA(s)	Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)	Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Cannon Creek: Milford Allandale Allandale Bunburra Cannon Creek Kooralbyn Coochin Maroon Knapp Creek

History

St John's Anglican Church was dedicated on 18 November 1911 by Venerable Henry Le Fanu, the Archdeacon of Toowoomba. It closed circa 1952.[3]

Cannon Vale State School opened on 19 March 1917. It closed on 1956.[4]

Cannon Creek was in Shire of Boonah until it was amalgamated into Scenic Rim Region in 2008.[2]

Demographics

Cannon Creek has a population of 78 at the 2016 census. The locality contains 39 households, in which 47.4% of the population are males and 52.6% of the population are females with a median age of 51, 13 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,562, $124 above the national average.[1]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cannon Creek". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. "Cannon Creek - locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 45123)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
3. "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

Further reading

• A brief history on 'closed' schools in Albert and Christmas Creek Valley, Cannon Creek and Bromelton, Historical Society of Beaudesert, 2012