Running Creek

Running Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

Running Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Running Creek had a population of 147 people. It borders New South Wales.

Timber was an important early industry in the area. There were sawmills at Running Creek and Glenapp. These sawmills no longer exist.Glenapp Provisional School opened on 19 August 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Glenapp State School. It closed on 9 December 1960. It was located on the eastern side of Running Creek Road south of the junction with Spring Creek Road (28.2656°S 152.9109°E? / -28.2656; 152.9109? (Glenapp State School (former))).The Beaudesert Shire Tramway operated between Beaudesert to Rathdowney and Lamington from 1903 to 1944. It had a stop in Running Creek called Dulbolla station (28.2142°S 152.8828°E? / -28.2142; 152.8828? (Dulbolla tramway station)).The Glenapp railway signal box is located on the eastern side of the Brisbane-to-Sydney railway line at Running Creek (28.2845°S 152.9057°E? / -28.2845; 152.9057? (Glenapp railway signal box)). The hut was established in 1930 and is only one of a few remaining intact in the country. Having been made redundant due to automation, it was proposed to demolish the Glenapp signal box in 2007. However, the "Glenapp boys" Den and Rob Sibson, who had grown up in the Glenapp community, decided to rescue and restore the signal box as a small museum. The Glenapp railway siding was relocated to the Rathdowney Historical Museum.Telemon Environment Park which later became known as Mount Chinghee National Park was first gazetted in 1994.In the 2011 census, Running Creek and surrounding localities had a population of 463 people.In the 2016 census Running Creek had a population of 147 people.