Yargullen

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Yargullen
Queensland
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Yargullen
Coordinates 27°29′01″S151°35′55″E / 27.4836°S 151.5986°E / -27.4836; 151.5986 (Yargullen (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 27°29′01″S151°35′55″E / 27.4836°S 151.5986°E / -27.4836; 151.5986 (Yargullen (centre of locality))
Population25 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.874/km2 (2.26/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4401
Area28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Condamine
Federal Division(s) Groom
Suburbs around Yargullen:
Jondaryan Jondaryan Jondaryan
Evanslea Yargullen Aubigny
Mount Irving Mount Irving Purrawunda

Yargullen is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Yargullen had a population of 25 people. [1]

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Geography

Woodview is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality ( 27°30′00″S151°37′00″E / 27.5°S 151.6166°E / -27.5; 151.6166 (Woodview (neighbourhood)) ). [3]

History

The locality takes its name from the Yargullen railway station ( 27°28′31″S151°40′20″E / 27.4752°S 151.6723°E / -27.4752; 151.6723 (Yargullen railway station (former)) ) on the former Cecil Plains railway line, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 5 August 1915. Yargullen is an Aboriginal word meaning waterhole on plain. [2] [4] [5]

Woodview Provisional School opened on 3 May 1886. It became Woodview State School on 19 January 1891 and closed on 31 December 1974. Unofficially it was known as Happy Valley School. [6] The school was located on the Woodview School Road (approx 27°29′52″S151°36′55″E / 27.4979°S 151.6154°E / -27.4979; 151.6154 (Woodview State School (former)) ). [4] [5]

In the 2016 census Yargullen had a population of 25 people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yargullen (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Yargullen – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48104)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Woodview – locality unbounded in Toowoomba Regional (entry 38008)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Toowoomba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0


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