[1] The town is located in the Wide Bay–Burnett area and is 266 kilometres (165 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane.

[8] Brooweena Provisional School opened on 21 March 1904; the first teacher was Eugenie Eveline Hay.

This small building survives to this day as part of the Early Settlers Museum operated by the Woocoo Historical Society.

[11] Elizabeth Mary Thomas née Eaton, formerly Mrs B J Nichols, donated land from the property Clifton for a church and cemetery.

Subscription towards the building fund were made on the understanding that the church was dedicated in the name of St Mary to the memory of Woocoo Shire soldiers killed in action in World War I.

[15] In 1922, the residents of the Woocoo Shire erected a war memorial outside St Mary's Church of England on the Maryborough-Biggenden Road at Teebar (now within Boompa).

[16][17][18][19] A timber mill was established in 1924, ensuring the continuing existence of the town by being its major employer.

[20][21][22] After Robertson Bros Sawmills sold the Brooweena mill to Ken Hall, it was reopened in 2017.

[7] New council chambers were opened in Brooweena on 14 April 1962 by Jack Pizzey, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Isis.