Download coordinates as: Palen Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

In the southeast lies multiple sections of Palen State Forest and part of Mount Barney National Park.

[6] In 1877, 15,500 acres (6,300 ha) were resumed from the Melcombe and Palen pastoral runs and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.

[13] It was located on Mount Lindesay Highway (28°18′57″S 152°46′34″E / 28.3157°S 152.7761°E / -28.3157; 152.7761 (Tylerville State School)).

[14] Barney View Lutheran Church was dedicated on Wednesday 16 November 1910 with sermons in both German and English.

[17] The Lutheran Church still owns the land on Barney View Road (now within the boundaries of Palen Creek, 28°16′02″S 152°47′18″E / 28.2672°S 152.7884°E / -28.2672; 152.7884 (Abode Park)) and operates it as a campsite called Abode Park.

It is named after Pastor Armin Bode who was a Lutheran minister in the Parish of Teviotville (which included Barney View) from 1915 to 1969.

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