Woondul, Queensland
Suburb of Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia
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Woondul is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]
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| Coordinates: 28.0833°S 151.05°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 116.0 km2 (44.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4357 | ||||||||||||
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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.[2]
Mount Trapyard is in the south-east of the locality (28.1205°S 151.0792°E) rising to 509 metres (1,670 ft) above sea level.[3][4]
History
In 1852, the pastoral run Woondul was transferred from Thomas DeLacy Moffat to Henry Stuart Russell.[5] It can be seen as "Woondool" on a map of original pastoral runs on the Darling Downs.[1][6]
The locality was officially gazetted on 5 April 2012 and is named after the pastoral run.[1]
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.[7]
Demographics
The population of Woodul was not separately reported in the 2016 census nor in the 2021 census, but was included in census reporting of neighbouring Wattle Ridge.[8][9]
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 alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[10]
