page_title: Proston
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Proston / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Proston Lutheran Church, ca. 1954.
context_page_description: Proston is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Proston had a population of 379 people.
  Proston is the historic Lake Boondooma township with a business district, residences and farms
context_section_description: The town's name is taken from a pastoral run name, which in turn was a corruption of an Aboriginal word (possibly from the Waka language) meaning kurrajong tree.
  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 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 Provisional School (also known as the Proston Construction Camp School) opened on 9 July 1917 to provide schooling for the children of the workers constructing the Proston railway line. It closed on 31 July 1918. Although named Proston, the school name reflects the name of the railway line than its actual location. It is believed the school may have been closer to present day Hivesville than present day Proston.
  The current Proston State School opened on 24 July 1924 as a primary school. In 1965 it expanded to include secondary education to Year 10. In 1977 it expanded to include a preschool.
  Shepherd Memorial Anglican Church of St Peter was dedicated on 3 March 1939 by the Most Reverend John William Charles Wand. Its closure in circa 2015 was approved by Bishop Cameron Venables.
  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 damming the Boyne River provided a source of water for Tarong Power Station and solved Proston's water problems.
  The Proston public library opened in 1994.
  At the 2006 census, Proston had a population of 304.
caption: Proston Lutheran Church, ca. 1954
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