Type: | suburb |
Brush Creek | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -28.5872°N 151.1366°W |
Pop: | 39 |
Established: | early 1850s |
Postcode: | 4387 |
Area: | 392.0 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Lga: | Goondiwindi Region |
Stategov: | Southern Downs |
Fedgov: | Maranoa |
Brush Creek is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Brush Creek had a population of 39 people.
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.
The Inglewood – Texas Road runs through from north to south.[2]
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.[1]
Brush Creek was opened for selection on 17 April 1877; 21sqmi 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.
In the, Brush Creek had a population of 40 people.
In the, Brush Creek had a population of 39 people.