Greenwood, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Greenwood
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.3366°N 151.7397°W
Pop:34
Postcode:4401
Area:17.4
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Condamine
Fedgov:Groom
Near-N:Silverleigh
Near-Ne:Silverleigh
Near-E:Silverleigh
Near-Se:Kelvinhaugh
Near-S:Kelvinhaugh
Near-Sw:Sabine
Near-W:Acland
Near-Nw:Acland

Greenwood is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Greenwood had a population of 34 people.

Geography

The land is freehold and use for agriculture, predominantly cropping.

The Oakey–Cooyar Road runs through the north-western corner.[2]

History

The first Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland opened at Greenwood circa 1900. However, the Greenwood congregation outgrew the building so it was relocated to Yamsion to become its Evangelican Lutheran Church, where it was officially opened and dedicated on Thursday 18 May 1922.[3]

Greenwood Provisional School opened in 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Greenwood State School. It closed in 1968. It was at 1091 Oakey Cooyar Road .[4]

Greenwood Methodist Church opened on 5 April 1959 at the top of the hill on Oakey-Cooyar Road, becoming the Greenwood Uniting Church after the 1977 amalgamation which formed the Uniting Church in Australia. In 1979, the Greenwood church building was relocated to Goombungee to become the Goombungee Uniting Church, while the former Goombungee Uniting Church became the church hall. On 26 August 2012, the former Greenwood church in Goombungee was decommissioned as a church and sold into private ownership.[5] [6]

Demographics

In the, Greenwood had a population of 40 people.

In the, Greenwood had a population of 34 people.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. Greenwood, Queensland . OpenStreetMap . 18 January 2022.
  3. News: 19 May 1922. DALBY.. 8. The Brisbane Courier. 20,070. Queensland, Australia. 27 February 2021. National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: 1942. Parish of King County of Aubigny. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217064507/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-king-county-of-aubigny-1942.jpg. 17 December 2020. 17 December 2020. Queensland Government. Map.
  5. Web site: Noticeboard outside Goombungee Uniting Church, 6 George Street. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217051755/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/content/directory/full/Goombungee_Uniting_Church_-_Former-9351-3482.jpg. 17 December 2020. 17 December 2020. Churches Australia.
  6. Web site: Goombungee Uniting Church - Former. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217052124/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3482-goombungee-uniting-church-former. 2020-12-17. 2020-12-17. Churches Australia. en-au.