Yarranlea, Queensland

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Yarranlea
Queensland
Yarranlea is located in Queensland
Yarranlea
Yarranlea
Coordinates27°43′19″S 151°33′19″E / 27.7219°S 151.5552°E / -27.7219; 151.5552Coordinates: 27°43′19″S 151°33′19″E / 27.7219°S 151.5552°E / -27.7219; 151.5552
Population90 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.36/km2 (3.51/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4356
Area66.4 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
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 2016 census, Yarranlea had a population of 90 people.[1]

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 (

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27°45′11″S 151°32′21″E / 27.7530°S 151.5392°E / -27.7530; 151.5392 (Yarranlea State School (former))).[3][4] Note that there was another Hermitage State School near Warwick.[5]

St Michael's Anglican Church was dedicated on 23 February 1891 by Bishop William Webber.[6][7] On Friday 17 January 1936 it was blown down in a storm.[8][9] By July 1940 insufficient funds had been raised to rebuild the church.[10] Its altar ornaments were relocated to a Children's Corner within St. Andrew's Anglican Church in Pittsworth.[11]

Education[]

There are no schools in Yarranlea, but primary and secondary schools are available in neighbouring Pittsworth.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yarranlea (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Yarranlea – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48106)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Parish of Beauaraba" (Map). Queensland Government. 1932. Retrieved 7 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ "Hibernian Sports Nominations". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser. No. 4489. Queensland, Australia. 5 March 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Diocesan Synod". The Week (Brisbane). Vol. XXXI, no. 806. Queensland, Australia. 5 June 1891. p. 13. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Yesterday's Storms Covered a Wide Area". Daily Standard. No. 7177. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "DISASTROUS STORM". Pittsworth Sentinel. Vol. 36. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "YARRANLEA CHURCH". Pittsworth Sentinel. Vol. 40. Queensland, Australia. 20 July 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 April 2019.


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