| 词条 | Bakers Creek, Queensland |
| 释义 |
| type = town | name = Bakers Creek | state = qld | image = | caption = | postcode = 4740 | area = 22.2 | pop = 770 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | est = | elevation = | pushpin_label_position= left | coordinates = {{coord|-21.2203|149.1466|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | lga = Mackay Region | stategov = Mirani | fedgov = Capricornia | dist1 = 8 | dir1 = S | location1 = Mackay | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | near-n = Ooralea | near-ne = Paget | near-e = Paget | near-se = Mcewens Beach | near-s = Rosella | near-sw = Sandiford | near-w = Te Kowai | near-nw = Racecourse }}Bakers Creek is a town and a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] At the 2006 census, Bakers Creek had a population of 770.[3] GeographyBakers Creek is located {{convert|8|km|mi}} south of Mackay. The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line traverse the locality from south to north, passing the town which is served by the Bakers Creek railway station with a second railway station Dundula in the north of the locality. The Dundula railway station was named on 30 October 1913 by the Queensland Railways Department as an Aboriginal word meaning eucalypt tree.[4] In turn, the surrounding neighbourhood and also the school are named Dundula.[5] The land in Bakers Creek is flat and low-lying (under 10 metres above sea level) and is well-watered by the watercourse Bakers Creek which flows into the Coral Sea. To the north of mouth of the creek is the Bakers Creek Conservation Park.[5] The land is predominantly used for growing sugarcane and there is a network of cane tramways to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.[5] HistoryThe locality was named after the creek, which in turn was named after John T. Baker, a customs officer in Mackay in 1863.[6][7] Dundula State School opened on 28 August 1922 with 37 children enrolled on the first day, with 45 enrolled by the end of 1922. The first headmaster was Courtney Hoffman.[8][9] Bakers Creek Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open since 1909) and closed in 1979.[10] In 1943, a USAAF aircraft crashed in the locality, killing 40 of the 41 people on board. The Bakers Creek air crash is Australia's worst aviation disaster by death toll. A memorial to the disaster was built in 1981 and is located in the grounds of the Bakers Creek Community Hall.[11] In 1964 the Queensland Government built a meatworks. In 1978 it was sold to Thomas Borthwick & Sons who enlarged the facility. It was purchased by NH Foods in 1994 but continues to trade as Thomas Borthwick & Sons.[12] EconomyThe main industry is a large meat processing plant operated by Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Aust) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of NH Foods. Cattle are obtained from the Central Highlands and Coalfields through to the Atherton Tablelands, North Western Districts onto the Gulf of Carpentaria. The plants supplies the domestic market as well as export markets including Chin Europe Union, Japan, the Middle East, and the United States of America. The plant is certified to produce halal meat.[12] EducationDundula State School is a primary (P-6) school for boys and girls operated by the Queensland Government at 1 Main Street. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 48 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[13] References1. ^{{cite QPN|1272|Bakers Creek|town in Mackay Region|accessdate=5 August 2017}} 2. ^{{cite QPN|46756|Bakers Creek|locality in Mackay Region|accessdate=5 August 2017}} 3. ^1 {{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL302800|name=Bakers Creek (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=1 April 2011|quick=on}} 4. ^{{Cite QPN|10845|Dundula|neighbourhood in Mackay Region|accessdate=6 October 2017}} 5. ^1 2 {{Queensland Globe|accessdate=6 October 2017}} 6. ^{{cite QPN|46756|Bakers Creek|accessdate=20 March 2014}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1296106 |title=THE GAZETTE. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=23 March 1868 |accessdate=20 March 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=D-F|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/celebrations/dates/d.html|work=Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=20 March 2014}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=History |url=http://dundulass.eq.edu.au/wcms/index.php/our-school15/history42 |publisher=Dundula State School |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320112549/http://dundulass.eq.edu.au/wcms/index.php/our-school15/history42 |archivedate=20 March 2014 |df=dmy }} 10. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 10 May 2014}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/40106.htm|title=Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial|date=December 2003|accessdate=2008-06-14}} 12. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.nh-foods.com.au/facilities/thomas-borthwick-sons/|title=Thomas Borthwick & Sons|last=|first=|date=|website=NH Foods Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=6 October 2017}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://dundulass.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report-2016.pdf|title=Annual Report 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=Dundula State School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006055955/https://dundulass.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report-2016.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2017|dead-url=no|access-date=6 October 2017}} Further reading
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