Apple Tree Creek Queensland |
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Apple Tree Creek Hotel
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Coordinates | 25°13′29″S 152°14′08″E / 25.22472°S 152.23556°ECoordinates: 25°13′29″S 152°14′08″E / 25.22472°S 152.23556°E |
Population | 509 (2011 census) |
Postcode(s) | 4660 |
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LGA(s) | Bundaberg Region |
State electorate(s) | Burnett |
Federal Division(s) | Hinkler |
Apple Tree Creek is a town and a locality in the Bundaberg Region local government area in central Queensland, Australia. It is located 6 km north-west of Childers on the Isis Highway. It was formerly known as Bodalla but was renamed in 1962.
At the 2011 census, Apple Tree Creek had a population of 509.
In 1887 Apple Tree Creek School was opened (which closed in 1969) and then later in 1896 a railway line extending from Childers to Cordalba was erected, bypassing Apple Tree Creek. The Apple Tree Creek Post Office opened around January 1909 (a receiving office had been open since 1898) and closed in 1975.
Apple Tree Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: