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Woondul, Queensland

Coordinates: 28°05′00″S 151°03′00″E / 28.0833°S 151.05°E / -28.0833; 151.05 (Woondul (centre of locality))
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Woondul
Queensland
Woondul is located in Queensland
Woondul
Woondul
Coordinates28°05′00″S 151°03′00″E / 28.0833°S 151.05°E / -28.0833; 151.05 (Woondul (centre of locality))
Postcode(s)4357
Area116.0 km2 (44.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Woondul:
Wattle Ridge Millmerran Woods Bringalily
Bulli Creek Woondul Bringalily
Kindon Bybera Bringalily

Woondul is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

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The 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 / -28.1205; 151.0792 (Mount Trapyard)) rising to 509 metres (1,670 ft) above sea level.[3][4]

History

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In 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

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Woondul was not included as a census district in the 2016 census nor in the 2021 census.

Education

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There 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Woondul – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48099)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Mount Trapyard – mountain in Toowoomba Region (entry 35127)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Queensland Run Maps Darling Downs Sketch Map shewing the surveyed and unsurveyed runs" (Map). Queensland Government. 1883. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Layers: Locality; Property names". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2024.