Talwood, Queensland

File:The Dirranbandi Mail arrives at Talwood Station, 13 November 1987.jpg arriving at Talwood railway station, 1987]]

The town lies in the south-east of the locality. Prior to the 2024 amalgamation, the town of Talwood was at the southern edge of the locality of North Talwood, immediately north of the boundary of South Talwood.{{cite QPN|33213|Talwood|population centre in Goondiwindi Regional|accessdate=23 October 2020}}

The Barwon Highway enters the locality from the east (Bungunya), passes just north of the town, and exits to the north-west (Weengallon).{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=21 July 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

The South-Western railway line also enters the locality from the east (Bungunya) just south of the highway. The town is served by Talwood railway station ({{coord|-28.4846|149.4683|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Talwood railway station}}) on the northern edge of the town. The railway line exits to the west (Weengallon / Daymar).{{Cite web|date=27 August 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} There are three other railway stops on the line within the locality (from west to east):

• Gradule railway station in the south-west of the locality ({{coord|-28.5400|149.2128|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Gradule railway station}}){{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}
• Talwood Wheat railway siding immediately west of the town ({{Coord|-28.48561|149.45764|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Talwood Wheat railway siding}})
• Lalaguli railway station, now abandoned, in the east of the locality ({{coord|-28.4498|149.5785|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Lalaguli railway station (former)}})

Gamilaraay (Gamilaroi, Kamilaroi, Comilroy) is a language from South-West Queensland and North-West New South Wales. The Gamilaraay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Balonne Shire Council, including the towns of Dirranbandi, Thallon, Talwood and Bungunya as well as the border towns of Mungindi and Boomi extending to Moree, Tamworth and Coonabarabran in New South Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/9?embed=true|title=Indigenous Language map of Queensland|website=State Library of Queensland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902091436/https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/9?embed=true|archive-date=2 September 2020|access-date=23 January 2020}}

The town's name is believed to be a corruption of Dalwood, a pastoral run name used from 1844, which was believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word. In 1903, it was spelled Tallwood on a survey plan with an annotation that it has been altered to Talwood, a name which was shown on a 1911 survey plan.

Tallwood Provisional School opened in 1911, but closed in the same year. Talwood State School opened on 4 November 1918.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} A new state school was built and opened in June 1945.{{cite news |date=6 June 1945 |title=The South-West |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187010854 |accessdate=21 July 2024 |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8065}}

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Talwood Presbyterian Church was opened at 7 Main Street ({{coord|-28.485113|149.4712|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Talwood Presbyterian Church (former)}}) on 21 December 1947.{{Cite web |title=Presbyterian Churches On The Downs - Downs Folk |url=https://downsfolk.wikidot.com/presbyterian-churches-on-the-downs |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Lives and times of folk of Toowoomba & the Downs |archive-date=26 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726210031/http://downsfolk.wikidot.com/presbyterian-churches-on-the-downs |url-status=live }} It was built from timber. Following the amalgamation that created the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Talwood Uniting Church. It closed circa 1990 and is now used as a house.{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Talwood Presbyterian Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4599 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places |archive-date=21 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721024939/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4599 |url-status=live }}

The Talwood branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association opened in 1949.{{cite news |date=12 November 1949 |title=NEWS ITEMS FROM CITIES AND TOWNS |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49700146 |accessdate=21 July 2024 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=4045}}

St Paul's Anglican Church was built in 1956. It was built to be a memorial for those who served in World War II. The brick church was designed by Edwin Hayes in the Modernist style to seat 80 people.{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Paul's Anglican Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4597 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places}}

St Joseph's Catholic Church was built from timber in 1955 at 14 Recreation Street ({{coord|-28.486046|149.4707|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's Catholic Church (former)}}). It is now closed, but, as at 2024, the church building is still extant.{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Joseph's Catholic Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4598 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places |archive-date=21 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721024216/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4598 |url-status=live }}{{Google maps|access-date=21 July 2024|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/14+Recreation+St,+North+Talwood+QLD+4496/@-28.4858752,149.4701441,147m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x6ba4f2d2bdcf5375:0xd1cb77e603728159!8m2!3d-28.4858764!4d149.4707878!16s%2Fg%2F11gtq7khm1?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDcxNy4wKgBIAVAD|SV=|date=2024}}

On 17 May 2024, the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities of North Talwood and South Talwood into a single location called Talwood (with the town of Talwood as its main urban area).

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Talwood State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 17 Recreation Street ({{coord|-28.4866|149.4703|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Talwood State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Talwood State School |url=https://talwoodss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Talwood State School |language=en}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 28 students with four teachers (three full-time equivalent) and five non-teaching staff (two full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

There is no secondary school in Talwood. The nearest secondary school is Goondiwindi State High School in Goondiwindi to the east, but due to the distance, other options would be distance education and boarding school.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=23 October 2020}}

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Talwood Post Office is at 25 Main Street ({{Coord|-28.4854|149.4692|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Talwood Post Office}}).{{Cite web|title=Talwood LPO|url=https://auspost.com.au/locate|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128115927/https://auspost.com.au/locate/post-office/qld/smithfield/4878/smithfield-lpo-444699|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=2020-12-27|website=Australia Post|language=en}}

St Paul's Anglican Church is at 2 Main Street ({{coord|-28.484544|149.4717|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Paul's Anglican Church}}). As at 2024, services are only held at the church "on request".{{Cite web |title=Our Churches |url=https://www.goondiwindianglican.org.au/our-churches/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Anglican Parish of Goondiwindi |language=en-US |archive-date=13 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013161138/https://www.goondiwindianglican.org.au/our-churches/ |url-status=live }}

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File:AU-Qld-Talwood-town sign-2021.jpg|Eastern entrance to town (2021).

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-highway exit-2021.jpg|Barwon Highway turn-off to Talwood township (2021)

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-Main Street-2021.jpg|Looking west down Main Street (2021)

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-community centre-2021.jpg|Talwood Community Centre, Main Street (2021)

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-hotel-2021.jpg|Talwood Hotel, Main Street (2021)

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-war memorial-2021.jpg|Talwood war memorial, park, Recreation Street (2021)

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-police station-2021.jpg|Talwood Police Station, Main Street (2021)

File:AU-Qld-Talwood-community garden-2021.jpg|Talwood Community Garden, Recreation Street (2021)

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