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 (part of the Richmond–Croydon Road) enters the locality from the south-east (Burleigh), runs north along the locality's eastern boundary, and then cross through the north-eastern corner of the locality, exiting to the north-east (Bellfield).
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.
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