Banks Creek, Queensland

Banks Creek
Queensland

England Creek Banks Creek Road, 2014

Postcode(s)

4306

Location

35 km (22 mi) SE of Esk
29 km (18 mi) NW of Brisbane

LGA(s)

State electorate(s)

Federal Division(s)

Suburbs around Banks Creek:
England Creek	England Creek	Mount Nebo
England Creek	Banks Creek	Lake Manchester
Fernvale	Lake Manchester	Lake Manchester

Banks Creek is a rural locality split between the City of Brisbane and Somerset Region in Queensland, Australia.^[1]^[2] The locality is also split for the purposes of state and federal elections.

Geography

Savages Crossing, 2014

The locality takes its name from the creek of the same name which flows though the locality into the Brisbane River at Savages Crossing (27°26′38″S 152°40′13″E / 27.44385°S 152.67032°E / -27.44385; 152.67032 (Savages Crossing)), where Banks Creek Road has a bridge over the Brisbane River. Banks Creek Road is the main route through the locality.

The Brisbane River forms the south-western boundary of the locality.

History

A sawmill was built in the district in 1911.^[3]

In 1927, flooding of the Brisbane River cut a deep channel in the river where Banks Creek Road crossed the river. A low-level bridge was built by Mr Davidson, junior, to enable traffic to cross.^[4]

In the 1930s, Banks Creek became known for its high-quality Cavendish bananas.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Banks Creek (Brisbane) (entry 41381)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Banks Creek (Somerset) (entry 44834)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Local Government.". The Queensland Times (National Library of Australia). 12 June 1911. p. 6 Edition: daily. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
↑ "DALBY.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 26 July 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
↑ "FERNVALE BANANAS.". The Queensland Times (National Library of Australia). 24 December 1935. p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
↑ "FERNVALE.". The Queensland Times (National Library of Australia). 28 March 1940. p. 2 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

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Suburbs of the City of Brisbane, Queensland

North side	Albion Alderley Ascot Aspley Bald Hills Banyo Boondall Bowen Hills Bracken Ridge Bridgeman Downs Brighton Brisbane Airport Brisbane CBD Carseldine Chermside Chermside West Clayfield Deagon Eagle Farm England Creek Enoggera Everton Park Ferny Grove Fitzgibbon Fortitude Valley Gaythorne Geebung Gordon Park Grange Hamilton Hendra Herston Kedron Kelvin Grove Keperra Lutwyche McDowall Mitchelton New Farm Newmarket Newstead Northgate Nudgee Nudgee Beach Nundah Pinkenba Sandgate Shorncliffe Spring Hill Stafford Stafford Heights Taigum Teneriffe Upper Kedron Virginia Wavell Heights Wilston Windsor Wooloowin Zillmere

West side	Anstead Ashgrove Auchenflower Banks Creek Bardon Bellbowrie Brookfield Carole Park Chapel Hill Chelmer Chuwar Corinda Darra Doolandella Durack Ellen Grove Enoggera Reservoir Fig Tree Pocket Forest Lake Graceville Heathwood Inala Indooroopilly Jamboree Heights Jindalee Karana Downs Kenmore Kenmore Hills Kholo Lake Manchester Middle Park Milton Moggill Mount Coot-tha Mount Crosby Mount Ommaney Oxley Pallara Paddington Petrie Terrace Pinjarra Hills Pullenvale Red Hill Richlands Riverhills St Lucia Seventeen Mile Rocks Sherwood Sinnamon Park Sumner Taringa The Gap Toowong Upper Brookfield Wacol Westlake Willawong

South side	Acacia Ridge Algester Annerley Archerfield Berrinba Burbank Calamvale Coopers Plains Drewvale Dutton Park Eight Mile Plains Fairfield Greenslopes Highgate Hill Holland Park Holland Park West Karawatha Kuraby Larapinta Macgregor Mackenzie Mansfield Moorooka Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt East Nathan Parkinson Robertson Rochedale Rocklea Runcorn Salisbury South Brisbane Stretton Sunnybank Sunnybank Hills Tarragindi Tennyson Upper Mount Gravatt West End Wishart Woolloongabba Yeerongpilly Yeronga

East side	Balmoral Belmont Bulimba Camp Hill Cannon Hill Capalaba West (defunct) Carina Carina Heights Carindale Chandler Coorparoo East Brisbane Gumdale Hawthorne Hemmant Kangaroo Point Lota Lytton Manly Manly West Morningside Murarrie Norman Park Port of Brisbane Ransome Seven Hills Tingalpa Wakerley Wynnum Wynnum West

Moreton Bay	Bulwer Cowan Cowan Kooringal Moreton Island

Towns and localities in the Somerset Region, West Moreton, South East Queensland

Atkinsons Dam Avoca Vale Banks Creek Biarra Borallon Braemore Brightview Bryden Buaraba Caboonbah Clarendon Coal Creek Colinton Cooeeimbardi Coolana Coominya Cressbrook Crossdale Dundas England Creek Esk Eskdale Fairney View Fernvale Fulham Glamorgan Vale Glen Esk Glenfern Gregors Creek Haigslea Harlin Hazeldean Ivory Creek Jimna Kilcoy Kingaham Lake Manchester Lake Wivenhoe Lark Hill Linville Lockrose Lower Cressbrook Lowood Marburg Minden Monsildale Moombra Moore Mount Archer Mount Beppo Mount Byron Mount Hallen Mount Kilcoy Mount Stanley Mount Tarampa Murrumba Ottaba Patrick Estate Prenzlau Redbank Creek Rifle Range Royston Sandy Creek Scrub Creek Sheep Station Creek Somerset Dam Split Yard Creek Tarampa Toogoolawah Vernor Villeneuve Wanora Westvale Winya Wivenhoe Hill Wivenhoe Pocket Woolmar Yimbun

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Coordinates: 27°23′S 152°45′E / 27.383°S 152.750°E / -27.383; 152.750

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