Goodwood is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Goodwood had a population of 155 people.

Geography

The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-west (Buxton) and runs immediately east and parallel with Goodwood's eastern boundary, exiting to the north-east ( Kinkunda). The locality is served by Kinkuna railway station () and

Goodwood railway station Goodwood railway station is a commuter railway station and the junction station for the Belair, Seaford and Flinders lines. The Belair line diverges south-east towards Millswood, while the Seaford and Flinders lines diverge south-west towa ...

(). Part of the Burrum Coast National Park is in the east of the locality extending into neighbouring Kinkuna and Woodgate to the north-east and east. Apart from this protected area, the land use varies from

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

farming in the north of the locality,

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

in the west of the locality, residential use and crop growing in the south of the locality, with

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation in the centre of the locality.

History

Goodwood sugar mill was established in 1885, the first

sugar mill A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar. Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into (refined) white sugar. The term is also used to refer ...

to be built in the Isis district and resulted in the creation of the Goodwood community. It was sold in 1916 and closed in 1917 with the sugarcane then being processed at the Fairymead sugar mill. Goodwood Provisional School opened on 18 October 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Goodwood State School.

Demographics

In the , Goodwood had a population of 175 people. In the , Goodwood had a population of 155 people.

Education

Goodwood State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1802 Goodwood Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 45 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). As Goodwood State School is located in the south of the locality, Alloway State School in

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to the north also serves the locality. The nearest government secondary schools are

Isis District State High School Isis District State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in the town of Childers, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 417 students and a teaching staff of 42 ...

in Childers to the south-west and

Bundaberg State High School Bundaberg State High School is a heritage-listed Queensland State High Schools, state high school and technical college at 37 Maryborough Street, Bundaberg South, Queensland, Bundaberg South, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. ...

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. There are also a number of non-government schools in Bundaberg and Childers.

References

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