Windeyer, Queensland

Windeyer is a rural locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Windeyer had a population of 29 people.

Geography

The Dawson Developmental Road enters the locality from the east and exits to the south, where it joins the Landsborough Highway within the town of Tambo.
The Great Dividing Range forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality with the locality being within the Lake Eyre drainage basin, and more specifically within the catchments of the Barcoo River and Cooper Creek.
Windeyer has the following mountains :

Mount Solitary near the northern boundary of the locality, rising to above sea level
Mount Birkhead in the north of the locality
Mount Windeyer in the centre of the locality
Mount Blunt in the south of the locality

The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

Sir Thomas Mitchell mapped the area in 1846 naming Mount Windeyer, Mount Birkhead, and Mount Blunt.

In the, Windeyer had a population of 25 people.
In the, Windeyer had a population of 29 people.

There are no schools in Windeyer. Tambo State School offers Kindergarten to Year 10 in neighbouring Tambo to the south, but not all students in Windeyer would be able to access this school due to distance. There are no schools offering education to Year 12 nearby. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.