Brush Creek, Queensland

Brush Creek is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Brush Creek had a population of 40 people.[1]

Brush Creek
Queensland
Brush Creek
Coordinates28.5872°S 151.1366°E / -28.5872; 151.1366 (Brush Creek (centre of locality))
Population40 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.102/km2 (0.26/sq mi)
Establishedearly 1850s
Postcode(s)4387
Area392.0 km2 (151.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
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

Geography

The west of the locality is within the Yelarbon State Forest which extends into Glenarbon to the west and into Beebo to the north-east.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

In the 2016 census, Brush Creek had a population of 40 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brush Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Brush Creek – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47799)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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