Yalleroi

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Yalleroi
Queensland
Yalleroi is located in Queensland
Yalleroi
Yalleroi
Coordinates24°04′05″S 145°45′33″E / 24.0680°S 145.7591°E / -24.0680; 145.7591 (Yalleroi (town centre))Coordinates: 24°04′05″S 145°45′33″E / 24.0680°S 145.7591°E / -24.0680; 145.7591 (Yalleroi (town centre))
Postcode(s)4472
Time zoneAEST (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]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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

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