Southbrook is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] Previously under a pastoral run of Eton Vale,[5] the area was further developed in the 1880s when it was used for dairying and cropping.

[6] The name has been attributed to be self-explanatory: a running brook or stream.

[8] The first head teacher was George Henry Cooke, from 1 September 1882 to 10 August 1884.

Whilst celebrating their fifty years golden jubilee with 22 students,[8] the school was closed in 1948.

[11][4] Circa 1902, the town had a store, a hotel, and two cheese factories.

[6] St Mary’s Anglican Church was dedicated on 30 July 1904 by Venerable A.E.

[13] Elville State School opened on 31 October 1910 with an initial 35 students.