Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia.

The earliest archaeological evidence for Aboriginal habitation of Tasmania is from the valley of the Forth River, 35000 years before the present.

[5] Prior to European settlement, Mole Creek, along with much of the surrounding area, was part of the lands of the Pallittorre Aboriginal tribe.

[8] During the 1820s, the Van Diemen's Land Company cut a stock route from Deloraine to Emu Bay (now known as Burnie) via Chudleigh and Mole Creek.

Prior to this cattlemen had run cattle and built stockman's huts on the land west of Westbury.

[9] A systemic exploration of Mole Creek and the area west was conducted in 1826 by Edward Curr, Joseph Fossey and Henry Hellyer.

[10] Mole Creek was originally a mixture of tall forest, plains and boggy marsh.

[7] Settlers in the early 19th century cleared the land largely using fire and the ring barking of trees.

[7] The name Mole Creek comes from a nearby stream, recorded as early as the Land Commissioner's reports' maps from 1826-28.

[17] Lime kilns were built at Mole Creek in the late 19th century, taking advantage of the extensive limestone in the area.

[19] Edward Charles James, who had obtained a lease on King Solomon's Cave, built what is now the Mole creek hotel over 1907-8 as a 30-room guest house.

[23] Electricity, supplied by the Hydroelectric Commission, reached Mole Creek in 1936 and street lighting was installed soon after.

[24] Construction of a memorial hall began at the end of 1950,[25] funded by a state government grant of 1000 pounds.

It ran 20.4 kilometres (12.7 mi)[30] to Mole Creek, through Chudleigh, from a junction near Deloraine on the Western Line.

[32] Throughout its existence, it carried mostly timber destined for the paper mill at Burnie and, in later days, woodchips for Bell Bay.

[34] Construction began on the Methodist (Wesleyan) church, on donated land, and an associated cottage in late 1876.

St Colombia's Anglican church was built in Mole Creek and dedicated in September 1902 by Bishop Henry Montgomery and Gilbert White, a missionary.

[2] The Mole Creek-Chudleigh karst is an area underlain by limestone with underground streams, sinkholes and caves.

[52] The average rainfall of 1,125 millimetres (44.3 in)[note 3] is significantly higher than parts of the Meander Valley Council area further to the east.

[60] The main industries in the area are forestry, farming, limestone mining and the R Stephen's honey factory.

[64] Trowunna Wildlife Park is a 65-acre (26 ha) private sanctuary a short distance on the main road towards Chudleigh.

Other animals at the park include spotted-tail quolls, eastern quolls, wombats, grey kangaroos, red-necked wallabies, pademelons, potoroos, bettongs, bandicoots, pygmy possums, wedge-tailed eagles, brown falcons, goshawks, owls, green rosellas, black swans, ducks, honeyeaters, wrens and robins.

[71] Mole Creek has a hotel, established in 1907, a guest house and restaurant, a swimming pool and adjacent community hall, supermarket, service station, post office and a church.

[72] Mole Creek is in the Meander Valley Council local government area,[73] the Division of Lyons—for the state house of assembly and the federal house of representatives—[74] and the state legislative council electoral division of Western Tiers.

[75] At the 2011 census, Mole Creek's statistical area—covering 217.2 square kilometres (83.9 sq mi)—had a population of 609[76] though the town itself had only 230.