Oakwood, Queensland opposite a park from the Oakwood Queensland Country Women's Association Hall. The Oakwood State School also serves as a place where the local families gather. Oakwood, Queensland Oakwood is a locality in the Bundaberg Region of the greater Wide Bay region of Queensland, Australia. It is about 300 km from Queensland's capital city of Brisbane and Bundaberg is about 5.89 km away. Oakwood is in the federal electorate of Flynn. In the 2011 census the population of Oakwood was 341. Oakwood is bounded on the south by the Burnett River and on the west by Splitters Creek. The North Coast
Barringun, Queensland Barringun, Queensland Barringun is a rural locality in Paroo Shire, Queensland, Australia, on the border with New South Wales. It is on the road between Cunnamulla, Queensland and Bourke, New South Wales. To the north of the locality is Binya National Park. Barringun is also the 'capital' of the self-proclaimed Murrawarri Republic. The name "Barringun" derives from an early settlement (possibly a pastoral station) on the Warrego River, which can be seen on an 1887 map as being just south of the New South Wales border. It is possibly an Aboriginal word meaning "fish die in the water". Prior to