Yarranlea, Queensland

Yarranlea Queensland
St Michael's Anglican Church, March 1901
Yarranlea
Coordinates	27°43′19″S151°33′19″E / 27.7219°S 151.5552°E / -27.7219; 151.5552 (Yarranlea (centre of locality))
Population	82 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	1.399/km2 (3.624/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4356
Area	58.6 km2 (22.6 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	14.2 km (9 mi) W of Pittsworth 52.7 km (33 mi) SW of Toowoomba 186 km (116 mi) W of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)	Condamine
Federal division(s)	Groom
Suburbs around Yarranlea: St Helens Springside Springside Brookstead Yarranlea Pittsworth Kincora Kincora Scrubby Mountain

Yarranlea is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. ^[2] In the 2021 census, Yarranlea had a population of 82 people. ^[1]

Geography

The South Western railway line enters the locality from the east (Pittsworth) and exits to the west (Brookstead) with the locality served by two now-abandoned railway stations:

• Murlaggan railway station ( 27°42′56″S151°34′25″E / 27.7155°S 151.5736°E / -27.7155; 151.5736 (Murlaggan railway station (former)) ) ^[3]

• Yarranlea railway station ( 27°43′34″S151°31′43″E / 27.7262°S 151.5285°E / -27.7262; 151.5285 (Yarranlea railway station (former)) ) ^{[4] [5]}

History

Hermitage Provisional School opened in 1883 and by 1900 had become Hermitage State School. In 1901, it was renamed Yarranlea State School. The school closed in 1977. It was at 4688 Gore Highway ( 27°45′11″S151°32′21″E / 27.7530°S 151.5392°E / -27.7530; 151.5392 (Yarranlea State School (former)) ). ^{[6] [7]} Note that there was another unrelated Hermitage State School near Warwick. ^[8]

In 1979, the school building was relocated to the Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education (now Griffith University Mount Gravatt campus) which is located in Mount Gravatt in Brisbane. There the building was initially used as a museum display school, then resumed as a primary school known as Old Yarranlea State School to provide trainee teachers with experience in a one-teacher school setting, Following its closure for cost-cutting reasons, it was re-established as an independent school known as Yarranlea Primary School. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

St Michael's Anglican Church was dedicated on 23 February 1891 by Bishop William Webber. ^{[12] [13]} On Friday 17 January 1936 it was blown down in a storm. ^{[14] [15]} By July 1940, insufficient funds had been raised to rebuild the church. ^[16] Its altar ornaments were relocated to a children's corner within St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Pittsworth. ^{[17] [18]}

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Yarranlea had a population of 90 people. ^[19]

In the 2021 census, Yarranlea had a population of 82 people. ^[1]

Education

There are no schools in Yarranlea, but primary and secondary schools are available in neighbouring Pittsworth. ^[20]

References

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2. "Yarranlea – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48106)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
3. "Murlaggan – rail station - feature no longer exists in Toowoomba Regional (entry 23570)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 October 2023.
4. "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
5. "Yarranlea – railway station in the Toowoomba Region (entry 38541)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 1 April 2024.
6. "Parish of Beauaraba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1932. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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8. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
9. Moore, Tony (22 July 2013). "Education Queensland urged to save Old Yarranlea School". Brisbane Time. Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
10. Moore, Tony (21 July 2013). "Students, teachers plead for schools to be saved". Brisbane Times. Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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12. "Hibernian Sports Nominations". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser . No. 4489. Queensland, Australia. 5 March 1891. p. 3. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
13. "Diocesan Synod". The Week (Brisbane) . Vol. XXXI, no. 806. Queensland, Australia. 5 June 1891. p. 13. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
14. "Yesterday's Storms Covered a Wide Area". Daily Standard . No. 7177. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1936. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
15. "DISASTROUS STORM". Pittsworth Sentinel . Vol. 36. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1936. p. 2. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
16. "YARRANLEA CHURCH". Pittsworth Sentinel . Vol. 40. Queensland, Australia. 20 July 1940. p. 2. Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2020– via National Library of Australia.
17. "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
18. "St Michael's Anglican Church | Yarranlea". Queensland Religious Places Database. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
19. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yarranlea (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
20. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 8 April 2019.