Brooloo, Queensland

Brooloo Queensland
Brooloo Public Hall, established 1915
Brooloo
Coordinates	26.4872°S 152.7008°E / -26.4872; 152.7008 (Brooloo (town centre))
Population	369 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	13.27/km^2 (34.38/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4570
Area	27.8 km^2 (10.7 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	4.8 km (3 mi) SSE of Imbil 15.1 km (9 mi) N of Kenilworth 40.9 km (25 mi) S of Gympie 169 km (105 mi) N of Brisbane
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 2021 census, the locality of Brooloo had a population of 369 people.^[1]

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 (26.4873°S 152.6998°E / -26.4873; 152.6998 (Brooloo railway station)).^[5]

History

The Bluff Provisional School opened in July 1907 under head teacher Samuel B. Bridges.^[6][7] On 1 January 1909, it became The Bluff State School. In May 1915, it was renamed Brooloo State School. It closed in 1970.^[8] It was on the western side of the junction of Mary Valley Road and Moy Pocket Road (26.4918°S 152.7053°E / -26.4918; 152.7053 (Brooloo State School (former))).^[9][10][11]

Brooloo Hall opened in 1915.^[12]

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.^[13]

Demographics

In the 2006 census, the locality of Brooloo and the surrounding area had a population of 333.^[14]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Brooloo had a population of 348 people.^[15]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Brooloo had a population of 369 people.^[1]

Heritage listings

Booloo has one heritage-listed site. It is Brooloo Hall at 3726 Mary Valley Road (26.48566°S 152.70356°E / -26.48566; 152.70356 (Brooloo Hall)).^[12]

Education

There are no schools in Brooloo. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in neighbouring Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil and Gympie State High School (to Year 12) in Gympie to the north.^[16]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brooloo (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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. "Notes and News". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. XXXIX, no. 5102. Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "PERSONAL". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. XXXIX, no. 5154. Queensland, Australia. 13 July 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
8. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
9. "Cooroy" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
10. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m76" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
11. "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land Parcel". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
12. "Brooloo Hall" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
13. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Brooloo (Cooloola Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
15. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brooloo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
16. "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

Further reading

• Imbil School centenary, 1897-1997 : incorporating Bella Junction, Bollier, Borumba Dam & Brooloo Schools, The Centenary Committee, 1997, ISBN 978-0-646-33095-2

External links

• "Town map of Brooloo". Queensland Government. 1982.
• Community website