[3] It is named for the Gum Creek pastoral property, which originally extended from Farrell Flat to Mount Bryan, with the homestead being located in the Gum Creek locality.

[5] A Primitive Methodist church opened at "Iron Mine, Gum Creek" in October 1871, built by J.

[6] A Sunday school at Ironmine Methodist Church, as it came to be known, was built in 1923.

[10] Prior to this, a day school was reported as being run by a Mr. Rogers in the Gum Creek Chapel during the 1870s.

[11] The later school building survives today, though is in a derelict state.