Thanes Creek is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people. Geography The locality is just north of the Cunningham Highway about west of Warwick. History The locality was named after the creek, which was in turn named after John Thane, a pioneer pastoralist of the Ellangowan Run, who drowned in the Condamine River in 1844. Thanes Creek Presbyterian Church opened on Sunday 20 October 1901. In the Thanes Creek had a population of 30 people. Gold mining and fossicking Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area. References Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland