South Talwood, Queensland

South Talwood was a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It was on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. It was 107 km west of Goondiwindi. In the, South Talwood had a population of 101 people.

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

Geography
The locality was mostly bounded to the north by the South-Western railway line which entered the locality from the north-east (Bungunya) and exited to the west (Daymar) and by the New South Wales border to the south.

There were two railway stations within South Talwood on the South-Western railway line:

The land use was a mix of dry and irrigated cropping as well as grazing on native vegetation.
 * Gradule railway station (-28.5399°N, 149.2128°W)
 * Lalaguli railway station, now abandoned (-28.4498°N, 149.5784°W)

History
Maraweka Provisional School opened on 16 July 1922 as half-time provisional school (meaning a single teacher was shared between the two schools) in conjunction with Noralvera Provisional School which opened on 24 July 1922. Both schools were closed by early 1926.

Demographics
In the, South Talwood had a population of 95 people.

In the, South Talwood had a population of 101 people.

Education
At the time of its amalgmation, there were no schools in South Talwood. The nearest primary schools were Talwood State School in neighbouring North Talwood to the north and Thallon State School in Thallon to the west. The nearest secondary schools were some distance away: St George State High School in St George to the north-west and Goondiwindi State High School in Goondiwindi to the east. Distance education and boarding schools were other options.