Yargullen

Yargullen Queensland
Yargullen
Coordinates	27.4836°S 151.5986°E / -27.4836; 151.5986 (Yargullen (centre of locality))
Population	27 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	0.944/km^2 (2.45/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4401
Area	28.6 km^2 (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 2021 census, Yargullen had a population of 27 people.[1]

Geography

Woodview is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (27.5°S 151.6166°E / -27.5; 151.6166 (Woodview (neighbourhood))).[3]

History

The locality takes its name from the Yargullen railway station (27.4752°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 27.4979°S 151.6154°E / -27.4979; 151.6154 (Woodview State School (former))).[4][5]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Yargullen had a population of 25 people.[7]

In the 2021 census, Yargullen had a population of 27 people.[1]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yargullen (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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. "Toowoomba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
5. "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
7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yargullen (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.