Lockyer Creek

Lockyer
Lower Lockyer Creek, 2011
Location of the Lockyer Creek mouth in Queensland
Etymology	Edmund Lockyer
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	South East Queensland
Cities	Helidon, Grantham, Gatton
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	Main Range National Park
• coordinates	27°28′6″S 152°5′19″E / 27.46833°S 152.08861°E / -27.46833; 152.08861
• elevation	216 m (709 ft)
Mouth	confluence 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)
Length	113 km (70 mi)
Basin size	3,032 km2 (1,171 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Brisbane River
Tributaries
• left	Buaraba Creek, Redbank Creek (Queensland), Sheep Creek (Queensland), Alice Creek (Queensland), Murphy's Creek
• right	Plain Creek, Laidley Creek, Sandy Creek (Queensland), Tenthill Creek, Ma Ma Creek, Flagstone Creek (Queensland), Gatton Creek
National park	Main Range National Park
[1]

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]