Woodridge is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Woodridge had a population of 12,579 people. Woodridge was home to a major timber reserve. Geography Booran is a neighbourhood with the suburb (). It was the site of the historic town of Booran, which was bounded by the (then) South Coast railway line (now the Gold Coast railway line) to the west, Victoria Street to the north, North Street to the east and Bruce Street to the south. History In 1888, a town of Booran was surveyed following the construction of the South Coast railway line. The name Booran comes from the Kabi language word buran meaning wind. On 7 March 1889 the Queensland Government auctioned 30 building allotments in the new town. There were more land sales in Booran in December 1889. The name Woodridge is derived from an informal name given to a property owned by Octavius Stubbs. When the Queensland Railways Department opened a platform to the public in early 1917 they selected Woodridge for the station name and later that year the name was recognised by the post office. Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Woodridge was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa. Woodridge Provisional School opened on 20 May 1924 with 21 students and Miss Dorothy Tuke as the first teacher. In 1932 it relocated to the current site and became Woodridge State School. This school is now within the suburb of .Logan Central. St James' Anglican Church at 1 Charles Avenue () opened circa 1954. It closed on 1 March 2002. St Paul's Catholic School opened in January 1969. Woodridge North State School opened on 28 January 1969. Woodridge Opportunity School opened on 1 January 1972 and was renamed Logan City Special School circa 1997. This school is now within the suburb of .Logan Central. Woodridge State High School opened on 1 February 1972. This school is now within the suburb of .Logan Central. Harris Fields State School opened on 1 January 1975. In 1985 the suburb of Logan Central was created, consisted only of the "Logan City Council Administration Centre and contiguous Council properties", but it was subsequently enlarged with land taken away from both Woodridge and Kingston. In the , the suburb of Woodridge had a population of 12,787, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the