Apple Tree Creek, Queensland


Apple Tree Creek is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Bodalla but was renamed in 1962. In the, Apple Tree Creek had a population of 639 people.

Geography

Apple Tree Creek is located 6 km north-west of Childers on the Isis Highway.

History

European settlers entered the district from the 1840s. The initial industries were grazing, sawmilling and then growing sugarcane.
Apple Tree Creek Provisional School opened on 28 November 1887. It became Apple Tree Creek State School on 5 July 1897. It closed on 21 December 1969.
In 1896 a railway line extending from Childers to Cordalba was erected, bypassing Apple Tree Creek.
The Apple Tree Creek cemetery was established in 1896.
The Apple Tree Creek Post Office opened around January 1909 and closed in 1975.
St Anne's Anglican Church was dedicated on 10 July 1930 by Venerable William Powning Glover, Archdeacon of Toowoomba. It has since closed.
At the, Apple Tree Creek had a population of 509.

Heritage listings

Apple Tree Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: