Torrens Creek

Download coordinates as: Torrens Creek is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, Queensland, Australia.

[4][5] The creek of the same name arises in the Great Dividing Range, flowing southward to the Thomson River system to eventually run into Lake Eyre.

In 1865, the managers of Tower Hill cattle station, Llewellyn Meredith and Robert McNeely were killed by Aboriginal people at the Fisheries.

In 1890, the manager of Aberfoyle station removed tonnes of giant golden perch and burnt them to keep the waterhole clear.

[12][13][14][15][16] The Great Northern Railway reached Torrens Creek in 1885, at which time it became the supply centre for a large district.

There is a cairn and plaque erected by Torrens Creek residents to honour the district's most famous mailman, Jack Blunt, who served from 1931 to 1954.

[18][7] In 1942 a large World War II ammunition dump, associated with the Battle of the Coral Sea,[6] exploded when a fire lit by American and Australian soldiers to create a firebreak got out of control.