Brush Creek, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.5872°S 151.1366°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Established | early 1850s | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 392.0 km2 (151.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 39 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0995/km2 (0.258/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4387 | ||||||||||||
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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]
The Inglewood – Texas Road enters the locality from the south (Limevale) and exits to the north-west (Inglewood).[3][4]
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. Texas State Forest is in the south of the locality. Greenup State Forest is in the east of the locality.[5] Apart from these protected areas, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[5]
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.[6]
The Brush Creek Provisional School open on 28 March 1927. In 1930 or 1932, it became a part-time provision school along with Greenup Provisional School and Waroo Road Provisional School. Brush Creek school closed in 1932.[7][8]
