title: Fossilbrook
text: # Fossilbrook
  
  Fossilbrook is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Fossilbrook had a population of 5 people.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Tablelands railway line passes through the locality with the locality being served by Lyndbrook railway station (17°50′08″S 144°26′34″E﻿ / ﻿17.8356°S 144.4427°E﻿ / -17.8356; 144.4427﻿ (Lyndbrook railway station)).
  
  ## History
  
  Fossilbrook Provisional School opened in 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Fossilbrook State School. It closed on 1926.
  
  In the 2016 census Fossilbrook had a population of 5 people.
  
  