Eli Creek

USC22_0007
CREEKS ON EAST COAST NORTH FROM HOOK POINT.
Coolooloi: cypress pine
Toolooro: a louse
Taleerba: small vine
Gerwweea: flying fox
Yurong: rain
Mool-lah: red clay
Ying-ee: soldier crab
Urow-wa: tea-tree
Canang-oor: stomach
Gnarann: cracked bark
Tooreeng: hailstorm
Beeliwa: Casuarina
Wiyarroran: a mountain
Tooleenba: Tooleen - the nautilus
Calarga: sparrow hawk
Noorarr: bream
Teewoorwa: a rock
Tung-ah: Yar-ine-ba: one of the fishes
Eeli: sand crab

USC60_0006
Only on large creek (Eli) flows east into the ocean, but there are many small streams and innumerable soakages , though no small creeks occur north of a point six miles south of Indian Head.

USC60_0009
Along the ocean frontage the slopes carry stunted timber as a rule, but there are notable exceptions to this, including the rich scrub of Eli Creek, several miles inland. Close to the shore many of the slopes carry undergrowth, Pandanus etc. Grey Ironbark of poor development occurs on the eastern slopes, but nowhere else. The dense scrubs are predominantly of Carrol, but only very small areas of rich vine scrubs occur similar to those on the mainland.

USC60_0016
A few place names of the island previously not mentioned are worth recording, but memory serves me ill and many more are known to some authorities on the subject.

Fig Tree - named for tree planted by an only timber- getter
Woongoolver - Place of Trees
Booarady - Clear Water
Garawonga - Place of Pidgeons
Boomigen - Deep Waters
Bogimbah - Home of Homeland
Eurong - Place of camps
Eli (Eliah) - Dirt Creek

USC91_0026
7.2.3. Two lease applications (SML's 127and
129) are located each side of Eli Creek. These would provide the basis for a very extensive mining operation around Eli Creek.

USC91_0088
FIDO embarked on a very expensive and very deliberate project of constructing a boardwalk along Eli Creek to protect this fragile environment which was becoming rapidly degraded and to shame a reluctant and hostile Queensland Government into taking an active role in management of this world treasure.

USC281_0004
For the children, there is freshwater swimming in the creeks and lakes as well as the surf. Eli Creek near Happy Valley is a constant attraction. Sand, surf and unspoilt charm have drawn tourists to Fraser Island in an increading stream over the last decade.

USC297_0002
Homeward on this occasion, we stopped for lunch at Eli Creek, flowing clear and strong. Along its foreshore was FIDO's construction of a timber walkway, assuring visitors that this organization is serious in their intentions to help to control erosion. We observed many areas showing signs of overwear, evidence of being 'loved to death' by tourists.

USC841_0007
( 2) Why were Certificates of Applications issued for four sandmining lease applications on Fraser Island by Queensland Titanium Mines Pty. Ltd, for 1,160 acres at Bogimbah Creek, which were applied for only in December, 1972, when no certificates have yet been issued for applications for sand-mining leases by the Murphyores/Dillingham partnership, which were applied for in September, 1972?
ANSWERS:
(1) Ten. Details are as follows: -
M.L.
Application Area Location Date of
No. acres Application
126 490 North of Lake Wabby 29.9.72
127 900 South of Eli Creek 29.9.72
128 3140 Yankee Jack Creek 29.9.72
129 970 Happy Valley 29.9.72
130 93 North of Lake Wabby 9.10.72
131 320 Bogimbah Creek 20.12. 72
132 320 Bogimbah Creek 20.12.72
133 320 Bogimbah Creek 20. 12. 72
134 200 East of Blackfellow Pt. 20.12.72
136 151 Southern end of Fraser Is 29.5.73