Yargullen Explained

Type:suburb
Yargullen
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.4836°N 151.5986°W
Pop:27
Postcode:4401
Area:28.6
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Condamine
Fedgov:Groom
Near-N:Jondaryan
Near-Ne:Jondaryan
Near-E:Aubigny
Near-Se:Purrawunda
Near-S:Mount Irving
Near-Sw:Mount Irving
Near-W:Evanslea
Near-Nw:Jondaryan

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

Geography

Woodview is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (-27.5°N 151.6166°W).[2]

History

The locality takes its name from the Yargullen railway station 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.[1] [3]

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. The school was located on the Woodview School Road (approx).

Demographics

In the Yargullen had a population of 25 people.

In the, Yargullen had a population of 27 people.

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. 29 December 2020.
  3. Web site: 1944. Toowoomba. 29 July 2021. Queensland Government. Map.