Westbrook

Westbrook is a town and locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

Westbrook is a town and locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the town recorded a population of 3,885.

The name Westbrook comes from the name of the Westbrook pastoral run named by John 'Tinker' Campbell, a pastoralist and merchant, in 1841.In 1877, 11,500 acres (4,700 ha) of land was resumed from the Westbrook pastoral run to establish smaller farms. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1877.Bunker's Hill State School opened on 1 January 1899 under head teacher Walter Richmond.Westbrook Reformatory School for Boys opened on 5 May 1900, having been relocated from Lytton Hill on the orders of Colonel George Arthur French, Commandant of the newly created Queensland Defence Force. On 30 October 1919, it was renamed Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook to have a "positive 'moral effect' on the boys". On 26 May 1966 it was renamed Westbrook Training Centre. Around 1987 Westbrook it was renamed Westbrook Youth Detention Centre. It closed on 30 June 1994.Westbrook Presbyterian Church was officially opened on Sunday 15 June 1902 by Reverend Robert Henry Roberts. Reverend Joseph Lundie and Messrs Munro and Robertson, all of Toowoomba, donated the 1-acre (0.40 ha) site, while Frederick George Gray Couper of Westbrook Station gifted the building. Prior to the opening of the church, Presbyterian worship had been held in the home of Mr and Mrs Hugh Campbell.

Westbrook Crossing State School opened on 9 February 1910, but changed its name to Westbrook State School. It was officially opened by James Tolmie and Thomas Robert Roberts, the two Members of the Queenland Legislative Assembly for Drayton and Toowoomba. The school closed on 6 July 1969.On Sunday 20 February 1920 Reverend Father Fouhy opened a Catholic Church in Westbrook, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the railway crossing on the main Westbrook Road. The architects were James Marks and Son of Toowoomba and it was built by H. Andrews.

On 25 April (Anzac Day) 1922, the Westbrook War Memorial was unveiled by Littleton Groom, the then Attorney-General for Australia and Member for the Darling Downs. The memorial commemorates the service of 47 local men in World War I and is located at Main Street in front of the Westbrook Hall (27.609195°N 151.866870°E? / 27.609195; 151.866870? (Westbrook War Memorial)).The town has grown to become a satellite suburb of Toowoomba and is now one of the fastest growing areas of the city, and is home to many of its workers.