Broxburn is a rural

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in the Toowoomba Region,

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, Australia. In the Broxburn had a population of 153 people.

Geography

The northwest boundary follows 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 ...

. Close to the northern boundary is 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 ...

with now-abandoned Greenhills railway station formerly serving the locality (). The land use is a mixture of crop growing and

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation.

History

The Broxburn Provisional School opened on 13 June 1898. In 1909, it became Broxburn State School. It closed in 1959. It was on the Pittsworth Felton Road (), now just within the boundaries of Pittsworth. Wilga View State School opened on 4 July 1938 and closed in 1959. In the Broxburn had a population of 153 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including: * Albion Park () * Dalhiem Park () * East Lynne () * Glenhaven () * Greystones () * Helgar Park () * Highland View () * Hulilou () * Nevertire () * Peppertree () * Rockmount () * Rogar Park () * Tullawood ()

Education

There are no schools in Broxburn. The nearest government primary schools are Pittsworth State School in neighbouring Pittsworth to the west and Southbrook Central State School in neighbouring Southbrook to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Pittsworth State High School in Pittsworth.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland