Brush Creek, Queensland

Coordinates: 28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.58722°S 151.13667°E / -28.58722; 151.13667
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Brush Creek
Queensland
Brush Creek is located in Queensland
Brush Creek
Brush Creek
Coordinates28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.58722°S 151.13667°E / -28.58722; 151.13667
Population39 (SAL 2021)[1]
Establishedearly 1850s
LGA(s)Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Brush Creek:
Inglewood Coolmunda Coolmunda
Glenarbon Brush Creek Greenup
Beebo Limevale Greenup

Brush Creek is a locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]

History

The locality was named after a pastoral run held in the early 1850s by Thomas Collins, which in turn was believed to be named for the creek flowing through the run.[2]

Brush Creek was opened for selection on 17 April 1877; 21 square miles (54 km2) were available.[3]

The Brush Creek Provisional School open on 28 March 1927. In 1930 it became a part-time provision school along with Greenup Provisional School and Waroo Road Provisional School. Brush Creek school closed in 1932.[4]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brush Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Brush Creek – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47799)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0