Brooloo, Queensland

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Brooloo
Queensland
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Brooloo Public Hall, established 1915
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Brooloo
Coordinates 26°29′14″S152°42′03″E / 26.4872°S 152.7008°E / -26.4872; 152.7008 (Brooloo (town centre)) Coordinates: 26°29′14″S152°42′03″E / 26.4872°S 152.7008°E / -26.4872; 152.7008 (Brooloo (town centre))
Population348 (2016 census locality) [1]
 • Density12.52/km2 (32.42/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4570
Area27.8 km2 (10.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Gympie Region
State electorate(s) Gympie
Federal division(s) Wide Bay
Localities around Brooloo:
Imbil Bollier Bollier
Imbil Brooloo Moy Pocket
Imbil Kenilworth Kenilworth

Brooloo is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Brooloo had a population of 348 people. [1]

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Geography

The town is located in the hinterland behind the Sunshine Coast, 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane.

Mary Valley Road enters the locality from the north-west (Imbil), passes through the town (in the north of the locality), and then exits to the south-east Kenilworth. [4]

Brooloo railway station is an abandoned railway station on the now-closed Mary Valley railway line ( 26°29′14″S152°41′59″E / 26.4873°S 152.6998°E / -26.4873; 152.6998 (Brooloo railway station) ). [5]

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. [6]

Brooloo Hall opened in 1915. [7]

Brooloo Post Office opened by June 1915 (a receiving office had been open from March 1914). In 1922 the Brooloo Rail office was renamed Brooloo and replaced the previous office. It closed in 1972. [8]

In the 2006 census census Brooloo and the surrounding area had a population of 333. [9]

In the 2016 census the locality of Brooloo had a population of 348 people. [1]

Heritage listings

Booloo has one heritage-listed site. It is Brooloo Hall at 3726 Mary Valley Road ( 26°29′08″S152°42′13″E / 26.48566°S 152.70356°E / -26.48566; 152.70356 (Brooloo Hall) ). [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brooloo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Brooloo – town in Gympie Region (entry 4688)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Brooloo – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46310)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Railway stations and sidings – Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  7. 1 2 "Brooloo Hall" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Brooloo (Cooloola Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

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