Punchs Creek is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Punchs Creek had a population of 35 people.
Geography The creek Punch Creek enters the locality from the south (Stonehenge) and exits to the north (Tummaville).
The land use is crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation.
History The locality is presumably named after the creek, which, in turn, was named after a horse in William John Castle's horse team.
Punch's Creek Provisional School opened on 1 February 1897. It closed on 31 December 1901 due to low student numbers.
Demographics In the , Punchs Creek had a population of 43 people.
In the , Punchs Creek had a population of 35 people.
Education There are no schools in Punchs Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Millmerran State School in neighbouring Millmerran to the north-west, Leyburn State School in Leyburn to the east, and Brookstead State School in Brookstead to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Millmerran State School (to Year 10) and Pittsworth State High School (to Year 12) in Pittsworth to the north-east. However, Pittsworth State High School may be too distant for some students in southern Punchs Creek for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.
There is also a Catholic primary school in Millmerran.
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Further reading
— includes Canning Creek State School, Clontarf State School, Glenside State School, Mount Emlyn State School, Punch's Creek State School, Yandilla Provisional School — via State Library of Queensland