Allan

Allan is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Allan is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Sandy Creek. In the 2016 census, Allan had a population of 87 people.

The locality is probably named after William Allan, an early settler, when the railway station was opened in 1904. Another theory is that it is named after botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham. The district was formerly known as Sandy Creek after the local creek.A number of hotels were built at Sandy Creek in 1866. Adam Smith built the Darling Downs Hotel (locally known as the Sandy Creek Pub) in 1875. It operated as a coach stop for changing horses from 1880 until the railway opened in 1904. In the 1920s, the old Darling Downs Hotel was replaced with the current building.Sandy Creek Provisional School on 13 May 1872. The school and residence were built by W. Wallace and H. Marshall for £304/10/0. In 1929 it became Allan State School. It closed in December 1967.St Matthew's Anglican Church was opened on 17 November 1901. It closed in 1969 and the church building was relocated to the Slade School in Warwick.The South Western railway opened from Warwick to Thane on 1 July 1904 with Allan railway station (28.1987°S 151.9497°E? / -28.1987; 151.9497? (Allan railway station (former))) serving the local area. As at December 2019, Allan railway station is designated as an abandoned railway station.

The Sandy Creek Raceway of the Warwick Kart Club is at 335 Sandy Creek Road (28.1846°S 151.9480°E? / -28.1846; 151.9480? (Warwick Kart Club)).