North Branch is a

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in the

Toowoomba Region The Toowoomba Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local go ...

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, Australia. In the , North Branch had a population of 48 people.

Geography

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 kilometres (3 ...

forms part of the locality's south-east border with Felton South before crossing the locality towards the west where it splits into two branches (). The southern branch remains known as the Condamine River and the northern branch is known as the Condamine River (north branch) and is presumably the origin of the locality name. The two branches rejoin on the boundary of

Cecil Plains Cecil Plains is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cecil Plains had a population of 380 people. Geography Cecil Plains is in the Darling Downs ...

and

Tipton Tipton is an industrial town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It had a population of 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham and southeas ...

() approximately to the north-west. The mountain Woolly Butt is in the north-east of the locality () rising to above sea level. The land use is predominantly crop growing with some

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on native vegetation.

History

In 1877, of land was resumed from the North Branch pastoral run; it was offer for selection on 17 April 1877. The first North Branch State School opened circa 1878 at the North Branch homestead. It was . It closed in 1903. The second North Branch State School opened on 11 November 1926 with an official opening ceremony on Saturday 23 April 1927. The school was on a block of land donated by George Porter, part of a block of land selected by his father Mr J Porter 55 years earlier. The school reused buildings from the closed Spring Valley school and the Waratah school (at The Gap). The school closed on 3 November 1958. The school was at 55 Kincora Road ().

Demographics

In the , North Branch had a population of 39 people. In the , North Branch had a population of 48 people.

Education

There are no schools in North Branch. The nearest government primary schools are Pittsworth State School in neighbouring

Pittsworth Pittsworth is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pittsworth had a population of 3,300 people. Geography Pittsworth township is south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, s ...

to the north-east and Back Plains State School in Back Plains to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Pittsworth State High School, also in Pittsworth, and Clifton State High School in Clifton to the southeast.

Facilities

North Branch Private Cemetery is on Gunbower Road ().

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland