Yalleroi

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Yalleroi
Queensland
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Yalleroi
Coordinates 24°04′05″S145°45′33″E / 24.0680°S 145.7591°E / -24.0680; 145.7591 (Yalleroi (town centre))
Postcode(s) 4472
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Blackall-Tambo Region
State electorate(s) Gregory
Federal division(s) Flynn

Yalleroi is a rural town in the north of the locality of Blackall in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. [1]

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History

The locality name is derived from pastoral run name and is an Aboriginal word, meaning stone/stony. The town of Yalleroi appears on a 1913 survey plan. [1]

Yalleroi State School

Yalleroi State School opened on 2 February 1933 and closed in 1983. [2]

The school is where Bill D'Arcy taught during the 1960's prior to embarking on a political career. [3] [4] On 1 November 2000, a jury found D'Arcy was guilty of 18 child sex charges, including three of rape, which occurred at Yalleroi State School. [5] On 17 November 2000, D'Arcy was sentenced to 14 years jail. [6] D'Arcy was released from prison in 2007. [7] He has continued to profess his innocence. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Yalleroi – town in Blackall-Tambo Region (entry 38369)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  3. ↑ Kerr, Judith (22 May 2021). "Qld pollies who have fallen foul of the law". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 6 August 2023. ...have taken place in the mid 1960s while D'Arcy was a teacher at the Yalleroi school in Queensland.
  4. ↑ "D'Arcy victims lose damage case". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Miles, Janelle; Klotz, Suzanne (2 November 2000). "Former MP guilty on child-sex counts". The Age. p. 8. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pedophile MP jailed, now super under threat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 18 November 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ↑ McGrath, Nadine (15 December 2007). "Convicted child sex offender D'Arcy released from jail". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Bill D'Arcy in legal bid to clear name". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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