Goodar is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Goondiwindi Region The Goondiwindi Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia along the state's border with New South Wales. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous l ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Goodar had a population of 65 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the

Barwon Highway The Barwon Highway is one of the shorter state highways of Queensland, Australia. It starts at the Carnarvon Highway in Nindigully, 44 kilometres south of St George, and travels east for about 155 kilometres until it reaches Goondiwindi, wher ...

to the south. The Umbercollie State Forest is in the west of the locality. The South Western railway line enters the locality from the south-east (

Goondiwindi Goondiwindi () is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Goondiwindi had a population of 6,355 people. Geography Goondiwindi is on the MacInt ...

) and exits to the south-west (

Toobeah Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Toobeah had a population of 191 people. Geography Toobeah ...

). The land use is a mixture of dry and irrigated crop growing along with

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from a pastoral run held in the 1840s by James Marks, transferred to Edward G. Cory in August 1849. The Goondiwindi-to- Talwood section of the South Western railway opened on 4 May 1910 with the locality being served by two railway stations: * Callandoon North railway station (now abandoned, ) * Carbuckey railway station (now abandoned, ) In the , Goodar had a population of 65 people.

Education

There are no schools in Goodar. The nearest primary schools are Goondiwindi State School in neighbouring Goondiwindi to the south-east, Lundavra State School in neighbouring Lundavra to the north-west and Kioma State School in Kioma to the west. The nearest secondary school is

Goondiwindi State High School Goondiwindi State High School is located in Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia. It educates students, years 8 to 12, from the local area: Goondiwindi, Yelarbon Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Austra ...

in Goondiwindi.

References

{{Goondiwindi Region Goondiwindi Region Localities in Queensland