Westwood, Queensland
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Westwood is a town in Central Queensland
, Australia
, 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) south west of the city of Rockhampton
. At the 2006 census
, Westwood and the surrounding area had a population of 253.
The Capricorn Highway
passes through the town, and the intersection with the Leichhardt Highway
is a few kilometres to the southwest. The major industry of the area is cattle grazing.
Westwood is today a handful of houses, a hotel, and a police station. In 1867, the Great Northern Railway [now known as The Central Line] reached the area from Rockhampton, and Westwood became the railhead. The first load of wool was railed from the town on 23 August. The town was meant to be the railhead for only a short time, however, bureaucracy and financial difficulties for the state meant that the next section of the line did not commence construction until 1873. The significance of Westwood declined when the railhead moved further west.
Central Queensland
Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, north to the Mackay Regional...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) south west of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Westwood and the surrounding area had a population of 253.
The Capricorn Highway
Capricorn Highway
The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland. The highway is approximately 560 kilometres long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine...
passes through the town, and the intersection with the Leichhardt Highway
Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway....
is a few kilometres to the southwest. The major industry of the area is cattle grazing.
Westwood is today a handful of houses, a hotel, and a police station. In 1867, the Great Northern Railway [now known as The Central Line] reached the area from Rockhampton, and Westwood became the railhead. The first load of wool was railed from the town on 23 August. The town was meant to be the railhead for only a short time, however, bureaucracy and financial difficulties for the state meant that the next section of the line did not commence construction until 1873. The significance of Westwood declined when the railhead moved further west.