Woondul, Queensland

Woondul is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

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 rising to above sea level.

History

In 1852, the pastoral run Woondul was transferred from Thomas DeLacy Moffat to Henry Stuart Russell. It can be seen as "Woondool" on a map of original pastoral runs on the Darling Downs.
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.

Demographics

The population of Woodul was not separately reported in the nor in the, but was included in census reporting of neighbouring Wattle Ridge.

Education

There are no schools in Woondul. The nearest government primary and secondary school 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.