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Spring Bluff
ToowoombaQueensland
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Spring Bluff railway station
Spring Bluff is located in Queensland
Spring Bluff
Spring Bluff
Location in Queensland
Population 6 (2016 census)
 • Density 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Established 1860s
Postcode(s) 4352
Area 1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location 14 km (9 mi) NNE of Toowoomba
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Toowoomba North
Federal Division(s) Groom
Suburbs around Spring Bluff:
Highfields Highfields Cabarlah
Highfields Spring Bluff Murphys Creek
Highfields Ballard Ballard

Spring Bluff is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Spring Bluff had a population of 6 people.

History

The area is named after a railway station in the area. The Spring Bluff railway station located on the boundary with Lockyer Valley Region local government area, was built in the 1860s to allow trains a place to stop during the steep climb from Brisbane to nearby Toowoomba. In 1890, it was named Spring Bluff after the spring water and the sandstone bluff in the area.

The railway station closed in August 1992. The station and its gardens are heritage listed, and are maintained by a trust consisting of the regional councils of Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley along with Queensland Rail, who also operate a cafe at the site. Due to the floods at Spring Bluff and nearby Murphys Creek in early 2011, the station was closed for repairs for several months.

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