Saxby, Queensland


Saxby is an outback rural locality in the Shire of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. In the, Saxby had a population of 35 people.

Geography

Express Creek loosely forms part of the south-eastern and southern boundary of the locality.
The Saxby River rises in the north-east of the locality, briefly flows through neighbouring Victoria Vale to the north before re-entering the locality in the north-east and then flowing south-west through the locality, exiting the locality through the south-western corner into Cambridge.
The Richmond–Woogar Road enters the locality from the south-east, runs north along the locality's eastern boundary, and then cross through the north-eastern corner of the locality, exiting to the north-east.
As at 2025, the Saxby Downs pastoral station occupies roughly the west half of the locality and extends into neighbouring Malpas-Trenton.
The land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation.

History

Saxby Downs pastoral station has existed since at least 1877. In 1893, an artesian bore struck water at.

Demographics

In the, Saxby had a population of 12 people.
In the, Saxby had a population of 35 people.

Education

There are no schools in Saxby, nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.