| Type: | suburb |
| North Deep Creek | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -26.093°N 152.6902°W |
| Pop: | 388 |
| Postcode: | 4570 |
| Area: | 36.7 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Lga: | Gympie Region |
| Stategov: | Gympie |
| Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
| Near-N: | Anderleigh |
| Near-Ne: | Downsfield |
| Near-E: | Ross Creek |
| Near-Se: | Veteran |
| Near-S: | Banks Pocket |
| Near-Sw: | Tamaree |
| Near-W: | Corella |
| Near-Nw: | Curra |
North Deep Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, North Deep Creek had a population of 388 people.
Butlers Knob is a mountain in the northernmost part of the locality (-26.0565°N 152.6916°W), rising to above sea level.[2] [3] It may be named after early selector James William Butler who purchased land to the north-east of the mountain (portion 855, parish of Goomboorian as recorded on plan M37395) on 12 February 1877.[4]
Deep Creek (North Branch) rises in the north-east of the locality and meanders south and exits to the south-east (Veteran), from where it continues to meander south until it crosses into the locality of East Deep Creek where it beomes a tributary of Deep Creek.
The Bruce Highway passes through the southern part of the locality, entering from the south-east (Veteram) and exiting to the south-west (Tamaree), but it does not provide access to the locality. The main artery through the locality is North Deep Creek Road which enters from the south-east (Veteran) and winds its way north through the locality exiting to the north (Anderleigh).[5]
The Gympie National Park occupies the north-east and south-east of the locality with the Gympie State Fores in the east. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation, rural residential housing, production forestry, and some crop growing.[6]
North Deep Creek Provisional School opened in 1921. By 1924, it had become North Deep Creek State School. It closed in 1967. It was at 256 Young Road .[7] [8] [9]
In the, North Deep Creek had a population of 392 people.
In the, North Deep Creek had a population of 388 people.
There are no schools in North Deep Creek. The nearest government primary school is Chatsworth State School in Chatsworth to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are James Nash State High School and Gympie State High School, both in Gympie to the south.[10]