Saxby, Queensland
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 Sinking an artesian bore on Saxby Downs Station, circa 1893 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 19°53′25″S 142°39′58″E / 19.8902°S 142.6661°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3,333.4 km2 (1,287.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 35 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.01050/km2 (0.0272/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4822 | ||||||||||||
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Saxby is an outback rural locality in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Saxby had a population of 35 people.[1]
Express Creek loosely forms part of the south-eastern and southern boundary of the locality.[3]
The Saxby River rises in the north-east of the locality, briefly flows through neighbouring Victoria Vale to the north before re-entering the locality in the north-east and then flowing south-west through the locality, exiting the locality through the south-western corner into Cambridge.[4]
The Richmond–Woogar Road (part of the Richmond–Croydon Road) enters the locality from the south-east (Burleigh), runs north along the locality's eastern boundary, and then cross through the north-eastern corner of the locality, exiting to the north-east (Bellfield).[5][6]
As at 2025, the Saxby Downs pastoral station occupies roughly the west half of the locality and extends into neighbouring Malpas-Trenton.[7]
The land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation.[8]
History
Saxby Downs pastoral station has existed since at least 1877.[9] In 1893, an artesian bore struck water at 700 feet (210 m).[10]
