Brush Creek, Queensland
| Brush Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Brush Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.58722°S 151.13667°ECoordinates: 28°35′14″S 151°08′12″E / 28.58722°S 151.13667°E | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Goondiwindi Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Brush Creek is a locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
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.[1]
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.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Brush Creek - locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 47799)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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