Groomsville is a rural

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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 ...

on the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generall ...

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, Australia. In the , Groomsville had a population of 113 people. The area remains undeveloped.

Geography

Part of the eastern and southwest boundary is marked by Cooby Creek. The creek flows into and out of

Cooby Dam The Cooby Dam is a rockfill embankment dam with an ungated spillway across the Cooby Creek, a tributary of Condamine River, at Groomsville in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water s ...

which occupies the southern extremities of Groomsville.

Road infrastructure

The Pechey-Maclagan Road runs through from north-east to north-west, while Groomsville Road runs to the south-east.

History

Jericho Estate Provisional School opened on 29 May 1906. In 1908 it was renamed Groomsville Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Groomsville State School. The school closed in 1951.

Education

There are no schools in Groomsville. The nearest primary schools are in

Goombungee Goombungee is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Goombungee had a population of 1,026 people. Geography Goombungee is 35 km north-west of Toowoomba in the Darling Downs. The ...

Geham Geham is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Geham had a population of 489 people. Geography The New England Highway passes through Geham. The northwest boundary is aligned with Cooby Creek. Climate The ...

and Crows Nest. The nearest secondary school is in Crows Nest (up to Year 10). For Years 11 and 12, the nearest secondary school is in Highfields.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland