[3] Pike Creek flows from the north-west to the south-west of the locality, becoming a tributary of the Dumaresq River.

In 1874 Donald Gunn purchased the property and established a sheep stud, which became famous for its wool quality, leading to the export of rams to the United States.

[4] In March 1942 during World War II fearing a Japanese invasion, St Hilda's School evacuated 90 boarders from Southport to the Pikedale homestead.

[8] The Stanthorpe Shire was one such area selected for settlement and around 17,000 acres was set aside in the parishes of Pikedale and Marsh.

Within this wider settlement, a number of locations were named by those returning servicemen in honour of famous battlefields, no doubt including some where they had fought.

Eventually supported by a branch railway line, they included the settlements of Amiens, Messines, Bapaume, Passchendaele, Bullecourt, Pozieres and Fleurbaix.

However, the branch railway line helped in terms of access and a number of Queensland Government enterprises were established.

[1] This Wikipedia article contains material from the Pikedale Soldier Settlement by Brian Randall published by the State Library of Queensland under CC-BY-3.0, accessed on 27 July 2017.