Millwood
Queensland
Millwood is located in Queensland
Millwood
Millwood
Coordinates28°02′00″S 151°12′00″E / 28.0333°S 151.2°E / -28.0333; 151.2 (Millwood (centre of locality))
Population23 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.622/km2 (1.61/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4357
Area37.0 km2 (14.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Millwood:
Captains Mountain Clontarf Clontarf
Bringalily Millwood Clontarf
Bringalily Kooroongarra Kooroongarra

Millwood is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Millwood had a population of 23 people.[1]

History

The name Millwood was coined by local farmer, Tom Twidale, by combining Mill from Millmerran and wood from Inglewood as the locality lay between those two towns.[2]

Millwood Provisional School opened on 23 October 1944. In January 1960 it became Millwood State School. It closed on 25 June 1965.[3]

In the 2016 census Millwood had a population of 23 people.[1]

Road infrastructure

The Millmerran–Inglewood Road (State Route 82) runs through from north-east to south.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Millwood (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Millwood – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48004)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ Millwood, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.


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