Goondiwindi

Queensland, Australia

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Goondiwindi, town, southern Queensland, Australia, on the Macintyre River and the Queensland–New South Wales border. It was proclaimed a town in 1888, its name coming from an Aboriginal word meaning “resting place for birds.” Goondiwindi is today the service centre for a rich cattle- and sheep-grazing area. Located at the junction of the Cunningham, Bruxner, and Barwon highways, it is a focal point for road transport, particularly the transport of stock from central Queensland to New South Wales across the bridge over the Macintyre at Goondiwindi. Pop. (2006) local government area, 4,713; (2011) regional council, 10,628.

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