Woopen Creek

Woopen Creek is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Woopen Creek is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Woopen Creek had a population of 141 people.

By 1940, residents of Woopen Creek had agitated for some years to have a school in their district. In November 1941 tenders were called to erect the school. However, the school was not built at this time, probably because the fear of a Japanese invasion in 1942 resulted in the closure of schools in coastal areas and reserving all construction materials exclusively for military purposes. In March 1951 residents made another attempt to establish a school at Woopen Creek. In 1951 the Queensland Government decided relocate the school building from Nerada State School (which closed in 1945) to establish Woopen Creek State School. The school opened on 4 February 1952. It closed on 8 December 1967.In 2005 the Broken Nose Vanilla farm was established, an example of a wider trend of diversifying the agriculture of the Cairns region.In the 2016 census, Woopen Creek had a population of 141 people.