Brooloo is a rural town and
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Gympie Region,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , the locality of Brooloo had a population of 348 people.
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Geography
The town is located in the hinterland behind the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to:
* Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...
, north of the state capital, Brisbane
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.
Mary Valley Road
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People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
enters the locality from the north-west (Imbil
Imbil is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Imbil had a population of 924 people.
Geography
Imbil is in the Wide Bay–Burnett district in the Mary River valley, north of the state capital, Brisb ...
), passes through the town (in the north of the locality), and then exits to the south-east Kenilworth
Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Warwick (district), Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on Finham Brook, a ...
.
Brooloo railway station is an abandoned railway station on the now-closed Mary Valley railway line ().
History
The Bluff Provisional School opened in July 1907. On 1 January 1909 it became The Bluff State School. In May 1915 it was renamed Brooloo State School. It closed in 1970.
Brooloo Hall opened in 1915.
Brooloo Post Office opened by June 1915 (a receiving office
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had been open from March 1914). In 1922 the ''Brooloo Rail'' office was renamed ''Brooloo'' and replaced the previous office. It closed in 1972.
In the Brooloo and the surrounding area had a population of 333.
In the the locality of Brooloo had a population of 348 people.
Heritage listings
Booloo has one heritage-listed site. It is Brooloo Hall at 3726 Mary Valley Road ().
References
Further reading
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External links
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Community website
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Towns in Queensland
Localities in Queensland
Gympie Region