Bakers Creek, Queensland
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Bakers Creek is a small town in Queensland, approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Mackay on the Bruce Highway. Its main industry is a large meat processing plant operated by Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Aust) Pty Ltd.
The Bakers Creek watercourse runs through the township.
In 1943, a USAAF aircraft crashed in the locality, killing 40 of the 41 people on board. The crash is Australia's worst aviation disaster by death toll. A memorial to the disaster was built in 1981 and is located in the grounds of the Bakers Creek Community Hall.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial". December 2003. http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/40106.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
