Where is Woodford, Queensland located?

Woodford is located in Queensland, Australia, at approximate coordinates -26.9547°, 152.7777°.

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Woodford

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Woodford

Elevation131 m

Coordinates-26.95°, 152.78°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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Elevation

131 m

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Overview

Woodford is a rural town and locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The town is noted for the Woodford Folk Festival that takes place over the New Year holidays. In the 2021 census, the locality of Woodford had a population of 4,022 people.

History & geography

History

Duungidjawu (also known as Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and City of Moreton Bay, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore. Dalla (also known as Dalambara and Dallambara) is a language of the Upper Brisbane River catchment, notably the Conondale Range. Dalla is part of the Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Somerset and Moreton Bay councils, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore. In 1841 the Archer brothers established Durundur Station along the Stanley River, near where Woodford now stands. In 1877, were resumed from the Durundur pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877. Mr W. Yates was the first to take possession of his selected portion of the country and he built a hotel near a ford across the river. The hotel, and the town which developed around it became known, unofficially, as Yatesville. The town was positioned on a hill closer to the Stanley River than the present day town. When the introduction of a regular mail service required the town to have an official name a meeting was called and McConnel was decided on in honour of the senior partner of Durundur Station ‑ but the Postmaster General would not accept that name. Therefore, another meeting was called and those present called it Woodford in honour of the junior partner, Henry Conwell Wood, and in recognition of the importance to the community of the ford across the river. A Catholic chapel was opened circa September–October 1890. On 11 January 1930, a new Catholic church and school were…