Woondul is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
| Woondul Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Woondul | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°05′00″S 151°03′00″E / 28.0833°S 151.05°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4357 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 116.0 km2 (44.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
editThe north-west of the locality is within the Bulli State Forest and Wondul Range National Park. Apart from these protected areas, there is a small area of crop growing in the east of the locality, but the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.[2]
Mount Trapyard is in the south-east of the locality (28°07′14″S 151°04′45″E / 28.1205°S 151.0792°E) rising to 509 metres (1,670 ft) above sea level.[3][4]
History
editIn 1852, the pastoral run Woondul was transferred from Thomas DeLacy Moffat to Henry Stuart Russell.[5] It can be seen as "Woondool" on a map of original pastoral runs on the Darling Downs.[1][6]
The locality was officially gazetted on 5 April 2012 and is named after the pastoral run.[1]
As at 2021, a pastoral property called Woondul still exists in the area but it is in within the boundaries of the neighbouring locality of Kindon to the south-west.[7]
Demographics
editWoondul was not included as a census district in the 2016 census nor in the 2021 census.
Education
editThere are no schools in Woondul. The nearest government primary and secondary school (to Year 10) is Millmerran State School in Millmerran to the north-east. There are no schools nearby offering secondary schooling to Year 12; the options are distance education and boarding school.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Woondul – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48099)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Trapyard – mountain in Toowoomba Region (entry 35127)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "TRANSFER OF RUNS". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 73. New South Wales, Australia. 20 July 1852. p. 1115. Retrieved 28 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queensland Run Maps Darling Downs Sketch Map shewing the surveyed and unsurveyed runs" (Map). Queensland Government. 1883. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Property names". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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