Brooweena

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Brooweena is a miniscule town 304 km north-west of Brisbane and 49 km west of Maryborough.

It was the opening of the railway station in 1889 which was the cause of this town’s emergence. As early as 1892 there was a butchers shop to supply the railway workers. Shortly afterwards the first residence, appropriately the stationmaster's cottage, was built. And then, the most important event that was to ensure the town's continuing existence was in 1924 when the local sawmill was built.

Brooweena now boasts a historical museum which is almost as large as the town itself.
The Woocoo Historical Society managed to produce a 278 page book (there are more pages in the book than people in the town!) during 1988 called Pioneers and Progress: A History of Division One, Shire of Woocoo, Queensland. An excellent insight into the history of the area.