Pioneer Families of Goondiwindi DistrictPrint Page

The mileage signpost commemorates the pioneers who settled in the District from 1838. 

The town's name was derived from the Gundawindi pastoral run (c1838), a name thought to be derived from an Aboriginal expression referring to wild duck or a resting place for birds. The Gundawindi, Callandoon and Umbercollie pastoral runs had a common boundary point, which became a stopping place for teamsters. A rudimentary settlement arose, and in 1858 a township was surveyed, with the first town blocks auctioned the following year. A court house (1862) and a public school (1864) confirmed the town's emergence as a place of settlement. A border customs house was opened at about this time. Local government - the Waggamba division - was proclaimed in 1879, and a telegraph link to Warwick established in 1872.

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