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The township of Westwood is located in Central Queensland
Central Queensland

Central Queensland is an ambiguous geography division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton, Queensland and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, Queensland, north to Mackay, Queensland, and south to Gladstone, Que...
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, approximately 50 kilometres southwest of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
.

The Capricorn Highway
Capricorn Highway

The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton, Queensland with western Queensland. The highway is approximately 560 kilometres long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine, Queensland....
 passes through the town, and the intersection with the Leichhardt Highway
Leichhardt Highway

The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi, Queensland of the Newell Highway....
 is a few kilometres to the southwest. The major industry of the area is cattle grazing.

Westwood is today a handful of houses, a hotel, and a police station. In 1867, the Great Northern Railway [now known as The Central Line] reached the area from Rockhampton, and Westwood became the railhead.






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The township of Westwood is located in Central Queensland
Central Queensland

Central Queensland is an ambiguous geography division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton, Queensland and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, Queensland, north to Mackay, Queensland, and south to Gladstone, Que...
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, approximately 50 kilometres southwest of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
.

The Capricorn Highway
Capricorn Highway

The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton, Queensland with western Queensland. The highway is approximately 560 kilometres long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine, Queensland....
 passes through the town, and the intersection with the Leichhardt Highway
Leichhardt Highway

The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi, Queensland of the Newell Highway....
 is a few kilometres to the southwest. The major industry of the area is cattle grazing.

Westwood is today a handful of houses, a hotel, and a police station. In 1867, the Great Northern Railway [now known as The Central Line] reached the area from Rockhampton, and Westwood became the railhead. The first load of wool was railed from the town on August 23. The town was meant to be the railhead for only a short time, however, bureaucracy and financial difficulties for the state meant that the next section of the line did not commence construction until 1873. The significance of Westwood declined when the railhead moved further west.