Woondul, Queensland Explained

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]

Geography

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]

History

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]

Demographics

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

Education

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]

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 2019.
  2. Web site: 12 November 2020 . Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  3. 25 November 2020.
  4. News: TRANSFER OF RUNS.. 20 July 1852. New South Wales Government Gazette. 28 July 2019. 73. New South Wales, Australia. 1115. National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: 1883 . Queensland Run Maps Darling Downs Sketch Map shewing the surveyed and unsurveyed runs . 1 June 2024 . . Map.
  6. Web site: Layers: Locality; Property names . 1 June 2024 . Queensland Globe . Queensland Government.
  7. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 1 June 2024 . Queensland Globe . Queensland Government.