Type: | suburb |
Yalangur | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -27.4188°N 151.8086°W |
Pop: | 55 |
Postcode: | 4352 |
Area: | 25.1 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 7.4 |
Dir1: | N |
Location1: | Kingsthorpe |
Dist2: | 14.5 |
Dir2: | WNW |
Location2: | Highfields |
Dist3: | 16.0 |
Dir3: | ENE |
Location3: | Oakey |
Dist4: | 26.5 |
Dir4: | NNW |
Location4: | Toowoomba CBD |
Dist5: | 152 |
Dir5: | W |
Location5: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Toowoomba Region |
Stategov: | Condamine |
Fedgov: | Groom |
Near-N: | Boodua |
Near-Ne: | Muniganeen |
Near-E: | Meringandan West |
Near-Se: | Gowrie Little Plain |
Near-S: | Cutella |
Near-Sw: | Kings Siding |
Near-W: | Oakey |
Near-Nw: | Kelvinhaugh |
Yalangur is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Yalangur had a population of 55 people.
The locality is bounded to the north-west by Oakey Creek.
The terrain ranges from above sea level with one named peak in the east of the locality, Mcgregor (-27.4115°N 151.8499°W) at .[2] [3]
The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation.[4]
The locality takes its name from its former railway station, which is an Aboriginal word meaning eagle hawk.[1] [5]
Haden railway line operated from Kingsthorpe to Haden via Yalangur from 1910 to 1964 with Yalangur railway station just south of the Kelvinhaugh-Yalangur Road .[6] [7]
In the, Yalangur had a population of 65 people.
In the, Yalangur had a population of 55 people.
There are no schools in Yalangur. The nearest government primary school is Kingsthorpe State School in Kingsthorpe to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Oakey State High School in Oakey to the south-west and Highfields State Secondary College in Highfields to the east.[8]