Southwood, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 27°46′00″S 149°58′39″E / 27.7666°S 149.9775°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 842.2 km2 (325.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 57 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0677/km2 (0.1753/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4406 | ||||||||||||
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Southwood is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Southwood had a population of 57 people.[1]
The Moonie Highway (State Route 49) runs through from east to south-west.[4]
History
The town of Southwood was surveyed on 19 February 1886 by Fred W. Barlow on the northern banks of the Moonie River within the Wild Horse Paradise pastoral run. A police station and a couple of hotels were established but the town never developed and disappeared after the police station closed in 1911.[2]
By the 1960s, the only thing remaining in the town was the gravestone of Amelia, the wife of Constable Boyle, who died in 1891.[2][5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the locality of Southwood had a population of 84 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Southwood had a population of 57 people.[1]
