Eukey

Eukey Queensland
File:Eukey Hall, 2015.JPG Eukey Hall, 2015
Eukey
Coordinates
Population	510
Postcode(s)	4380
Location	17.2 km (11 mi) SSE of Stanthorpe 77 km (48 mi) S of Warwick 234 km (145 mi) SW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Suburbs around Eukey: Mount Tully Storm King Sugarloaf New South Wales Fletcher Eukey New South Wales Ballandean Girraween New South Wales

Eukey is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Eukey had a population of 510 people.

Geography

Eukey is predominantly farming land. Doctors Creek flows to the south-west and ultimately is a tributary of the Severn River. McLaughin Creek flows north and merges with the northward-flowing Quart Pot Creek which continues into Storm King Dam before continuing into Stanthorpe.

Eukey Road commences in neighbouring Ballandean to the south-west and passes through Eukey exiting to the north into Storm King towards Stanthorpe.

Occasionally it snows in Eukey.

History

File:Alexander Sandy Ross of Stanthorpe 1872.tiff

Alexander (Sandy) Ross, 1872

Eukey was originally called Paddock Swamp. In 1872 tin was found in Eukey by Alexander (Sandy) Ross and tin mining commenced in the district. Sandy Ross's land was very wet and so the tin was dredged out by the Paddock Creek Tin Dredging Company.

Eukey State School opened on 25 January 1897 as the Paddock Swamp Provisional School. It became Paddock Swamp State School in 1909 and was renamed Eukey State School in 1916. It closed on 3 April 1964.