Woodridge is a town and suburb in the

City of Logan Logan City is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also bor ...

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, Australia. In the , the suburb of Woodridge had a population of 12,579 people. Woodridge was home to a major timber reserve.

Geography

Booran is a neighbourhood with the suburb (). It was the site of the historic town of Booran, which was bounded by the (then) South Coast railway line (now the

Gold Coast railway line The Gold Coast railway line is an interurban railway line operated by Queensland Rail in Queensland, Australia, connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. The line currently includes stops at 17 stations. In 2021, a journey from Central stat ...

) to the west, Victoria Street to the north, North Street to the east and Bruce Street to the south.

History

In 1888, a town of Booran was surveyed following the construction of the South Coast railway line. The name ''Booran'' comes from the

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word ''buran'' meaning ''wind''. On 7 March 1889 the

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auctioned 30 building allotments in the new town. There were more land sales in Booran in December 1889. The name Woodridge is derived from an informal name given to a property owned by Octavius Stubbs. When the

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opened a platform to the public in early 1917 they selected Woodridge for the station name and later that year the name was recognised by the post office. Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Woodridge was once part of the

Shire of Tingalpa The Shire of Tingalpa was a local government area in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from Mount Cotton, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949. ...

. Woodridge Provisional School opened on 20 May 1924 with 21 students and Miss Dorothy Tuke as the first teacher. In 1932 it relocated to the current site and became Woodridge State School. This school is now within the suburb of . Logan Central. St James' Anglican Church at 1 Charles Avenue () opened circa 1954. It closed on 1 March 2002. St Paul's Catholic School opened in January 1969. Woodridge North State School opened on 28 January 1969. Woodridge Opportunity School opened on 1 January 1972 and was renamed Logan City Special School circa 1997. This school is now within the suburb of .Logan Central. Woodridge State High School opened on 1 February 1972. This school is now within the suburb of .Logan Central. Harris Fields State School opened on 1 January 1975. In 1985 the suburb of Logan Central was created, consisted only of the "Logan City Council Administration Centre and contiguous Council properties", — includes a map but it was subsequently enlarged with land taken away from both Woodridge and Kingston. In the , the suburb of Woodridge had a population of 12,787, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Woodridge population was 30 years, 7 years below the Australian median. 54% of people living in Woodridge were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 9.1%, England 2.6%, Samoa 2.1%, Burma 1.6%, India 1.5%. 62.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.3% Samoan, 1.7% Arabic, 1.2% Hindi, 1.1% Karen, 1.1% Tongan. In the , the suburb of Woodridge had a population of 12,579 people. In 2021, it was announced that homes in Woodridge would be demolished for the Gold Coast Logan Faster Rail project. The project includes increasing the rail corridor from two to four tracks and straightening a section in preparation for the

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Education

Woodridge North State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Arthur Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 538 students with 42 teachers (39 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Harris Fields State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Oct-38 Smith Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 543 students with 40 teachers (36 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. St Paul's School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 3 St Paul's Drive (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 310 students with 32 teachers (26 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). Due to changes in suburb boundaries, Woodridge State School, Logan City Special School and Woodridge State High School are now within the neighbouring suburb of Logan Central to the south.

Transport

The Woodridge

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

is part of the

Queensland Rail City network The Queensland Rail Citytrain network, provides urban, suburban and interurban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia. History The first railway in Queensland did not run to Brisbane, but ran from Ipswich to ...

and located within the connecting Logan Central business district. It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Trinder Park railway station Trinder Park railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Logan suburb of Woodridge. 1985 Trinder Park collision On 23 March 1985, two EMUs collided head-on near Trinder Park. A train driver and a p ...

also provides access to regular

services to Brisbane and

Beenleigh Beenleigh is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Beenleigh had a population of 8,252 people. A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenl ...

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