Woodbury is a coastal

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in the

Livingstone Shire The Shire of Livingstone is a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate north and east of the regional city of Rockhampton. The shire, administered from the coastal to ...

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, Australia. In the , Woodbury had a population of 514 people.

History

Woodbury Provisional School opened in 1923. It closed in 1925.

Demographics

In the , Woodbury had a population of 434 people. In the , Woodbury had a population of 514 people.

Education

There are no schools in Woodbury. The nearest government primary school is Farnborough State School in neighbouring Farnborough to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Yeppoon State High School in

Yeppoon Yeppoon () is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. Yeppoon is renowned for its beaches, tropical climate, and the islands out on the bay. Located from the city of Rockhampton, Yeppoon is the seat of ...

to the south. There are also non-government schools in Yeppoon and its suburbs.

Attractions

Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary is at 9 Stones Road (). It aims to rehabilitate sick, injured or orphaned native animals so they can be returned to the wild. If an animal cannot be returned to the wild, it remains at the sanctuary to educate visitors about that species. The animals include

koalas The koala (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family '' Phascolarctidae''. Its closest living re ...

kangaroos Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use, the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey ...

crocodiles Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term "crocodile" is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant member ...

, and

cassowaries Cassowaries (; Biak language, Biak: ''man suar'' ; ; Papuan_languages, Papuan: ''kasu weri'' ) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'', in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites, flightless birds without a keel (bird a ...

Facilities

Woodbury Water Treatment Plant is 172 Byfield Road (). It is one of two water treatment plants operated by the Livingstone Shire Council to provide a safe water supply to the shire.

References

{{Shire of Livingstone Shire of Livingstone Localities in Queensland