Type: | suburb |
Woondul | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -28.0833°N 151.05°W |
Postcode: | 4357 |
Area: | 116.0 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 35.4 |
Dir1: | SW |
Location1: | Millmerran |
Dist2: | 78.9 |
Dir2: | SW |
Location2: | Pittsworth |
Dist3: | 117 |
Dir3: | SW |
Location3: | Toowoomba CBD |
Dist4: | 244 |
Dir4: | WSW |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Toowoomba Region |
Stategov: | Southern Downs |
Fedgov: | Maranoa |
Near-N: | Millmerran Woods |
Near-Ne: | Bringalily |
Near-E: | Bringalily |
Near-Se: | Bringalily |
Near-S: | Bybera |
Near-Sw: | Kindon |
Near-W: | Bulli Creek |
Near-Nw: | Wattle Ridge |
Woondul is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
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.
Mount Trapyard is in the south-east of the locality (-28.1205°N 151.0792°W) rising to above sea level.[2] [3]
In 1852, the pastoral run Woondul was transferred from Thomas DeLacy Moffat to Henry Stuart Russell.[4] It can be seen as "Woondool" on a map of original pastoral runs on the Darling Downs.[5]
The locality was officially gazetted on 5 April 2012 and is named after the pastoral run.
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.[6]
Woondul was not included as a census district in the nor in the .
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.[7]