West Prairie, Queensland


West Prairie is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

History

The locality takes its name from the Prairie pastoral run operated by Henry Stuart Russell in 1855. On Buxton's Map of the Darling Downs, 1864, the run is shown in the hands of Russell and Taylor.
In 1877, of land was resumed from the West Prairie pastoral run to establish smaller farms. The land was offered for selection on 24 April 1877.