Majors Creek, Queensland

Majors Creek is a locality split between the City of Townsville and the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Majors Creek
Queensland
Majors Creek
Coordinates19°37′36″S 146°57′28″E
LGA(s)

History

Major's Creek State School opened on 9 February 1934.[3] It closed on 31 December 2009 when enrolments were under 10 students.[4] In 2012, when the school's land and buildings were to sold, a reunion was held at the school to dig up the time capsule buried in 1984 to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary.[5]

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References
  1. "Majors Creek - City of Townsville (entry 44608)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. "Majors Creek - Shire of Burdekin (entry 42308)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  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
  4. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. Fernbach, Nathalie (23 August 2012). "Back to Majors Creek". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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