Education - Barcoo Shire Council

Jundah State School

Jundah State School seeks to promote an environment which maximises the opportunity of all students to strive for excellence. Students' learning and social needs are supported by teaching staff, parents and community members, visiting professionals (when needed) and Ministers of Religion.

Col Crowther - Principal
Phone: (07) 4658 6121
Fax: (07) 4658 6163
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Stonehenge State School

Stonehenge State School has a proud tradition of providing a quality and equitable education to students in western Queensland. Since opening on the 3^rd of September 1900 the school has evolved into a modern learning environment. Our school illustrates that one teacher schools offer equivalent learning outcomes to our large school counterparts.

Bridget Ryan - Principal
Phone: (07) 4658 5196
Fax: (07) 4658 5960
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Windorah State School

Windorah State School has a proud tradition of providing a quality education to students in western Queensland. Since opening on the 30th July 1888, the school has evolved into a modern learning environment. Our school illustrates that a one teacher school can offer equivalent learning outcomes to our large school counterparts. At Windorah State School we strive to provide quality education - excellence in the outback.

Brett Scarffe - Principal
Phone: (07) 4656 3128
Fax: (07) 4656 3120
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Jundah and Stonehenge school kids staring in an episode of ‘School in the Outback’.

Located in Far West Queensland, in the heart of the Channel Country, Barcoo region is one of the more remote shires with an area of 61,974 square kilometres in far Western Queensland, incorporating the townships of Jundah, Stonehenge and Windorah.

The Barcoo Shire lays claim to the most exceptionally unique place in Australia and the world. It is the only place where two prominent and significate inland rivers, the Thomson and Barcoo meet to form a creek the Cooper Creek.

Rich in history, the Barcoo Shire has an outback experience to offer everyone. Along with unique rustic landscapes, distinctive flora and fauna, spectacular wildlife, freshwater fishing, golf, bird watching and stunning sunsets. The Barcoo is also home to Magee’s Shanty, birth place of the famous Bush Christening renowned by Banjo Paterson.

The welcoming three outback towns of Windorah, Jundah and Stonehenge can all be easily accessed via sealed roads and are located within a 300 kilometre drive to the major towns of Longreach or Quilpie.

Barcoo Shire is the gateway to Birdsville, Bedourie, Innaminka, Quilpie, Longreach and Winton to the north.