Bakers Creek, Queensland

Bakers Creek, Queensland

Bakers Creek is a small town in Queensland, approximately convert|8|km|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. [cite web|url=http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/40106.htm|title=Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial|date=December 2003|accessdate=2008-06-14]

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