Westwood is a town in the Rockhampton Region and a locality split between the Rockhampton Region and the Shire of Banana in Queensland, Australia. It was the first town that was gazetted by the Queensland Government. In the 2021 census, the locality of Westwood had a population of 199 people.
Westwood Hotel, 2022
Old Westwood railway station
Westwood School, claimed to be the oldest schoolhouse in Central Queensland, 1930
Front and rear views of the new state sanitorium at Westwood, June 1919
The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named for the burial site of a huge dun coloured bullock named 'Banana'. The council sits in the town of Biloela, which is the largest town in the Shire.
Shire Council building, Rannes, circa 1930
Banana Shire Council offices, Taroom, 2014