Yargullen is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Yargullen had a population of 27 people.[1]

Yargullen
Queensland
Yargullen is located in Queensland
Yargullen
Yargullen
Coordinates27°29′01″S 151°35′55″E / 27.4836°S 151.5986°E / -27.4836; 151.5986 (Yargullen (centre of locality))
Population27 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.944/km2 (2.45/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4401
Area28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (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

Geography

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Woodview is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (27°30′00″S 151°37′00″E / 27.5°S 151.6166°E / -27.5; 151.6166 (Woodview (neighbourhood))).[3]

History

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The locality takes its name from the Yargullen railway station (27°28′31″S 151°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″S 151°36′55″E / 27.4979°S 151.6154°E / -27.4979; 151.6154 (Woodview State School (former))).[4][5]

Demographics

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yargullen (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.  
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Toowoomba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "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.