Lockyer Creek

Lockyer
Lower Lockyer Creek, 2011
Lockyer Creek is located in Queensland
Lockyer Creek
Location of the Lockyer Creek mouth in Queensland
EtymologyEdmund Lockyer
Location
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionSouth East Queensland
CitiesHelidon, Grantham, Gatton
Physical characteristics
SourceGreat Dividing Range
 • locationMain Range National Park
 • coordinates27°28′6″S 152°5′19″E / 27.46833°S 152.08861°E / -27.46833; 152.08861
 • elevation216 m (709 ft)
Mouthconfluence with the Brisbane River
 • location
near Wivenhoe Pocket
 • coordinates
27°24′59″S 152°36′20″E / 27.41639°S 152.60556°E / -27.41639; 152.60556
 • elevation
37 m (121 ft)
Length113 km (70 mi)
Basin size3,032 km2 (1,171 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemBrisbane River
Tributaries 
 • leftBuaraba Creek, Redbank Creek (Queensland), Sheep Creek (Queensland), Alice Creek (Queensland), Murphy's Creek
 • rightPlain Creek, Laidley Creek, Sandy Creek (Queensland), Tenthill Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek (Queensland), Gatton Creek
National parkMain Range National Park
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The Lockyer Creek is a creek in South East Queensland, Australia. A tributary of the Brisbane River, the creek is a major drainage system in the Lockyer Valley. Rising on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the creek flows generally north-easterly for more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) before it reaches its confluence with the Brisbane River north-northeast of Lowood, and downstream from the Wivenhoe Dam. The creek is named after Edmund Lockyer.[2]

  1. ^ "Map of Lockyer Creek, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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