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Brookstead is a rural town and
The town is located in the south-west of the locality. The North Branch of the
Town map of Brookstead, 1976
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locality
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in the Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyo ...
, Queensland
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, Australia. In the , Brookstead had a population of 217 people.
Geography
The town is located in the south-west of the locality. The North Branch of the Condamine River
The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometers (31 ...
forms the western boundary of the locality. The land is flat freehold farmland (approx 400 metres above sea level) and is used to grow crops, such as sorgum, corn and wheat.
St Ronans is a neighbourhood in the west of the locality ().
The Gore Highway
The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as National ...
traverses the locality from the south-east to the south-west slightly bypassing the town. At the bypass is the junction with the Brookstead Norworth Road which exits the locality through the north-west. The Millmerran railway line
The Millmerran railway line is a 71 kilometre long branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.
History
The Queensland Parliament approved a railway line to link Pittsworth with the east via the Southern railwa ...
also traverses from the south-east to the south-west through the locality, passing through the town, which is serviced by the Brookstead railway station ().
History
The name ''Brookstead'' is derived from ''brook'' indicating ''creek/watercourse'', and ''stede'' (Dutch) or ''stadt'' (German) indicating ''place'', together meaning a ''creek-side camping place''. Brookstead State School open on 25 January 1915. The foundation stone ceremony for St Matthews Anglican Church was held on Sunday 26 August 1923 with Archdeacon Osborne officiating. The church was opened and dedicated by the Venerable Alfred Davies on 30 March 1924. Its closure in circa 2014 was approved byBishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
Cameron Venables.
In the , Brookstead had a population of 217 people.
Education
Brookstead State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 30 Ware Street (). In 2016, the school had enrolment of 32 children with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with 5 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Brookstead. The nearest is Pittsworth State High School inPittsworth
Pittsworth is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pittsworth had a population of 3,294 people.
Geography
Pittsworth township is south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, sout ...
to the east.
References
Further reading
*External links
Town map of Brookstead, 1976
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