South Talwood, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
South Talwood
State:qld
Coordinates:-28.6191°N 149.2969°W
Pop:101
Postcode:4496
Area:793.5
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:107
Dir1:W
Location1:Goondiwindi
Dist2:113
Dir2:SE
Location2:St George
Dist3:319
Dir3:WSW
Location3:Toowoomba
Dist4:450
Dir4:WSW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Goondiwindi Region
Stategov:Southern Downs
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:North Talwood
Near-Ne:Bungunya
Near-E:Bungunya
Near-Se:Boomi (NSW)
Near-S:Mungindi (NSW)
Near-Sw:Mungindi
Near-W:Daymar
Near-Nw:Weengallon

South Talwood was a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It was on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. It was west of Goondiwindi. In the, South Talwood had a population of 101 people.

On 17 May 2024, the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities of North Talwood and South Talwood into a single locality called Talwood (with the town of Talwood as its main urban area).[2] [3] [4]

Geography

The locality was mostly bounded to the north by the South-Western railway line which entered the locality from the north-east (Bungunya) and exited to the west (Daymar) and by the New South Wales border to the south.

There were two railway stations within South Talwood on the South-Western railway line:

The land use was a mix of dry and irrigated cropping as well as grazing on native vegetation.

History

Maraweka Provisional School opened on 16 July 1922 as half-time provisional school (meaning a single teacher was shared between the two schools) in conjunction with Noralvera Provisional School which opened on 24 July 1922. Both schools were closed by early 1926.

Demographics

In the, South Talwood had a population of 95 people.

In the, South Talwood had a population of 101 people.

Education

At the time of its amalgmation, there were no schools in South Talwood. The nearest primary schools were Talwood State School in neighbouring North Talwood to the north and Thallon State School in Thallon to the west. The nearest secondary schools were some distance away: St George State High School in St George to the north-west and Goondiwindi State High School in Goondiwindi to the east. Distance education and boarding schools were other options.

Notes and References

  1. 6 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Current proposals and decisions Place names . 2024-07-20 . Environment, land, and water . Queensland Government.
  3. Web site: 29 September 2023 . Proposed locality: Talwood, Goondiwindi Region (shows boundaries of North Talwood and South Talwood) . 20 July 2024 . Environment, land and water . Queensland Government.
  4. Web site: 17 May 2024 . Locality of Talwood within the Goondiwindi Local Government Area . 20 July 2024 . Environment, land and water . Queensland Government.
  5. Web site: 27 August 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.