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Proston is a small town in the south-east of the Australian state of Queensland. The town is located north-west of the state capital, Brisbane and northwest of the South Burnett regions commercial centre, Kingaroy. At the , Proston had a population of 304. The area around Proston is hilly, grassland, grazing country, most of it cleared from the original brigalow scrub that once covered the immediate vicinity. The hilliness of the terrain provides striking panoramic views of the area at several points along the main road.〔(Proston and Lake Boondooma ). South Burnett Tourism.〕 ==History== The town was founded in 1910 with a land ballot that attracted a group of settlers from England. With little access to water, early settlers struggled to maintain a living from the land. The coming of the railway in 1923〔''Red Soil, Wattle and Crows'' Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, February 1976 pp21-39〕 eased some of the early hardships. The construction of the South Burnett Dairy Co-operative Butter Factory in 1934 led to even more growth.〔(Proston – Queensland ). ''The Age''. Retrieved 10 August 2011.〕 The closure of the railway line and Butter Factory in the 1970s threw the area into a long period of slow decline.〔 The creation of the nearby Boondooma Dam in the 1970s by daming the Boyne River provided a source of water for Tarong Power Station and solved Proston's water problems. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Proston, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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