Woodstock

History

The town takes its name from the Woodstock pastoral run, which was named in 1863, by Mark Watt Reid, station manager for pastoralist John Melton Black. The preschool burnt down around Christmas 2004. In 2015, Woodstock State School celebrated its 125th anniversary. Manton Provisional School opened on 1 October 1903. In 1908, it reported an average daily attendance of 11.8 students. It become Manton State School on 1 January 1909. In 1920, it began to operate as a half-time school in conjunction with Toonpan Provisional School (meaning one teacher was shared between the two schools). It returned to full-time school status in 1923. Due to low student numbers, it closed in October 1924, but reopened in 1928, closing again in 1930. The school reopened in 1934 with 14 students. It closed permanently on 18 August 1946 . The school was on a site at 4073 Burdekin Highway (now Flinders Highway, ). Woodstock and its large surrounding area was in Thuringowa until 1994 when a change in local government boundaries resulted in this part of Thuringowa being incorporated into City of Townsville.

Geography

Woodstock is south of Townsville. The area in the head of the catchments for the Ross River. The Ross River Dam is a major source of water for Townsville and the Majors Creek/Upper Haughton area. There is a substation at Woodstock to boost power to the area and it feeds into the Kelso substation in the Upper Ross area of Townsville. It will be the connection point for the CopperString project which will link Townsville to Mount Isa.

Most-observed species

• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  598
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  577
• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  474
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  451
• Whistling Kite

  Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  397
• Blue-winged Kookaburra

  Dacelo leachii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  394
• Straw-necked Ibis

  Threskiornis spinicollis (Jameson, 1835) · Aves
  389
• Pheasant Coucal

  Centropus phasianinus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  382

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-03-01
  0 km SE of Kelso, Australia