Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.

It is the closest supporting township to Lake Boondooma and has a variety of shops including post office, grocery store (SPAR), pub (Golden Spurs), chemist, medical centre, hardware, cafe, and clothing store.

The area around Proston is hilly, grassland, grazing country, most of it cleared from the original brigalow scrub that once covered the immediate vicinity.

[4] The surrounding rural area was settled in 1910 with a land ballot that attracted a group of settlers from England.

The price was seventeen shillings and sixpence an acre, payable to the Queensland Lands Department over thirty-three years in annual installments, at an interest rate of three percent.

It closed on 31 July 1918 and operated out of a tent along various locations along the railway line as it was constructed and gradually moved west.

There was no school at Stalworth, however that district became known for a local hall where dances and social functions were held and there was also a butter factory there for a short time as well.

[9] Shepherd Memorial Anglican Church of St Peter was dedicated on 3 March 1939 by the Most Reverend John William Charles Wand.

[19] The closure of the railway line and Butter Factory in the 1970s threw the area into a long period of slow decline.

[28] Proston has a hotel, convenience store (SPAR), café, post office, hardware, police station, ambulance and voluntary fire brigade service.

[citation needed] The South Burnett Regional Council operates a library in Proston at 34 Blake Street.

[citation needed] The Proston branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA hall at 37 Rodney Street.

[32] The hilliness of the terrain provides striking panoramic views of the area at several points along the main road.

[34] The dam offers caravan, camping, bunkhouse and cabin accommodation on the lake's foreshores along with tennis courts, modern amenities blocks, a central kiosk and extensive landscaped picnic and BBQ areas.

The entire structure was built from second hand materials by Harold Douglas and designed as an exact replica of his childhood home in Sidcup, Kent.

[citation needed] The Proston Show and Campdraft is held every March at the Showgrounds just on the western outskirts of town.