| Brush Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Brush Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.5872°S 151.1366°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 39 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0995/km2 (0.258/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | early 1850s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4387 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 392.0 km2 (151.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Goondiwindi Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Brush Creek is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Brush Creek had a population of 39 people.[1]
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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]
Road infrastructure
The Inglewood – Texas Road runs through from north to south.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Brush Creek had a population of 40 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Brush Creek had a population of 39 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brush Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Brush Creek – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47799)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Brush Creek, Queensland (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brush Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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