Greenwood Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°20′12″S151°44′23″E / 27.3366°S 151.7397°E Coordinates: 27°20′12″S151°44′23″E / 27.3366°S 151.7397°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 40 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 2.30/km2 (6.0/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4401 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Greenwood is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Greenwood had a population of 40 people. [1]
The land is freehold and use for agriculture, predominantly cropping. [3]
The Oakey–Cooyar Road runs through the north-western corner. [4]
The first Evangelical Lutheran Church in Queensland opened at Greenwood circa 1900. However, the Greenwood congregation outgrew the building so it was relocated to Yamsion to become its Evangelican Lutheran Church, where it was officially opened and dedicated on Thursday 18 May 1922. [5]
Greenwood Provisional School opened on 1907. On 1 January 1909, it became Greenwood State School. It closed in 1968. [6] It was at 1091 Oakey Cooyar Road ( 27°20′16″S151°43′45″E / 27.3379°S 151.7293°E ). [7] [8]
Greenwood Methodist Church opened on 5 April 1959 at the top of the hill on Oakey-Cooyar Road, becoming the Greenwood Uniting Church after the 1977 amalgamation which formed the Uniting Church in Australia. In 1979, the Greenwood church building was relocated to Goombungee to become the Goombungee Uniting Church, while the former Goombungee Uniting Church became the church hall. On 26 August 2012, the former Greenwood church in Goombungee was decommissioned as a church and sold into private ownership. [9] [10]
In the 2016 census, Greenwood had a population of 40 people. [1]
Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Oakey had a population of 4,705 people.
Peranga is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Peranga had a population of 85 people.
The Cooyar railway line was a branch line in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The small town of Cooyar is about halfway to Kingaroy in the South Burnett Region. A plan to connect Kingaroy to the south via Cooyar did not eventuate and left Cooyar at the terminus of a branch line running from Oakey west of Toowoomba. It was opened on 28 April 1913 after previous stages to Kulpi and Peranga opened on 29 April 1912 and 4 November 1912 respectively. The line was partially closed beyond Acland on 1 May 1964, with the last segment closed on 8 December 1969.
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Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous 58.8 kilometres (36.5 mi) road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road . It provides an alternate route between the Warrego Highway and the New England Highway, bypassing Toowoomba.
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