Yelarbon

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref name="qpnt">Template:Cite QPN</ref><ref name="qpnl">Template:Cite QPN</ref> It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.<ref name="globe2">Template:Queensland Globe</ref> In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 313 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

Geography

Yelarbon is in south-central Queensland on the Dumaresq River, near the New South Wales border. It sits on the Cunningham Highway midway between Goondiwindi and Inglewood.

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  Lagoon, Yelarbon, 2019

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  Old bridge, Desert Creek Rd, 2019

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  Spinifex Country, Yelarbon, 2019

History

Bigambul (also known as Bigambal, Bigumbil, Pikambul, Pikumbul) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bigambul people. The Bigambul language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Goondiwindi Regional Council, including the towns of Goondiwindi, Yelarbon and Texas extending north towards Moonie and Millmerran.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Yelarbon is an Aboriginal Australian word meaning "Native name for the large lagoon adjacent to the Station."<ref>Queensland Railways correspondence No. 08.393, 17 July 1908 written by Chief Engineer, W. Pagan, to The Secretary, Office of the Commissioner for Railways. Letter is held in the Queensland Railways correspondence files at Queensland State Archives. Ref: A/12427 1908.</ref>

It was the first place in Queensland to grow tobacco commercially.

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 448 people.<ref name="Census2006">Template:Census 2006 AUS</ref>

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 364 people.<ref name="Census2016">Template:Census 2016 AUS</ref>

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 313 people.<ref name=Census2021>Template:Census 2021 AUS</ref>

Economy

Nowadays, cattle and sheep are raised, and cereal crops are grown. A major employer in Yelarbon is the A. E. Girle and Sons sawmill.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Transport

The town is located on a branch of the narrow gauge South Western railway line. It will be located on a section of the new, standard gauge Inland Railway from Moree, New South Wales via North Star, crossing the NSW/Queensland border near Toomelah.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Education

Yelarbon State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 17 Eena Street (Template:Coord).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 41 students with 6 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

There is no secondary school in Yelarbon. The nearest secondary schools are Goondiwindi State High School in Goondiwindi (to Year 12) and Inglewood State High School in Inglewood (to Year 10 only).<ref name="globe2" />

Recreation

There is fishing on the Dumaresq River as well, nearly all recreational. The Murray Cod is one of the more sought-after prizes to catch.

There is some feral pig hunting as well in the region.

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• Regional Info on Yelarbon