Brush Creek, Queensland

Brush Creek
Queensland
Brush Creek is located in Queensland
Brush Creek
Brush Creek
Coordinates28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.5872°S 151.1366°E / -28.5872; 151.1366 (Brush Creek (centre of locality))
Population39 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.0995/km2 (0.258/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

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]

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

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brush Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ Brush Creek, Queensland (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brush Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata