Sheep Station Creek, Queensland

Sheep Station Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

[3] In December 1878, the Queensland Government established a temporary reserve of 21 acres 1 rood (8.6 ha) for a school.

[9][10] In 1942 during World War II, the school was part of a site used for training by the Adelaide Rifles, a military unit of 760 men.

[6] The Sheep Station Creek 2/10th Battalion Memorial to the immediate west of the school (26°52′25″S 152°32′18″E / 26.87364°S 152.53843°E / -26.87364; 152.53843 (Sheep Station Creek 2/10th Battalion Memorial)) commemorates this unit from which 237 men were killed and 319 wounded in the Battle of Milne Bay and the Battle of Buna–Gona.

[6] As at February 2020, the council has invited the Sheep Station Creek Progress Association to submit a formal proposal.