Woodwark, Queensland


Woodwark is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Woodwark had a population of 374 people.

History

The locality is named after Woodwark Bay, which was in turn named after George Smith Woodwark in 1886 by Lieutenant G.E. Richards of HMQS Paluma. It is believed that the name was suggested by Lieutenant Alexander Leeper of Paluma as his family lived in King's Lynn.