Brush Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Brush Creek had a population of 39 people.

Geography

The Inglewood – Texas Road enters the locality from the south ( Limevale) and exits to the north-west (

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). The west of the locality is within the Yelarbon State Forest which extends into Glenarbon to the west and into Beebo to the north-east. Texas State Forest is in the south of the locality. Greenup State Forest is in the east of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation.

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. Brush Creek was opened for selection on 17 April 1877; were available. The Brush Creek Provisional School open on 28 March 1927. In 1930 or 1932, it became a part-time provision school along with Greenup Provisional School and Waroo Road Provisional School. Brush Creek school closed in 1932.

Demographics

In the , Brush Creek had a population of 40 people. In the , Brush Creek had a population of 39 people.

Education

There are no schools in Brush Creek. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Inglewood State School (to Year 10) in neighbouring

to the north-west and Texas State School (to Year 10) in

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to the south. There are no nearby schools offering education to Year 12. The alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

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