What is the population of Yarraman, Queensland?

Yarraman has a population of approximately 932 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Yarraman, Queensland located?

Yarraman is located in Queensland, Australia, at approximate coordinates -26.8411°, 151.9811°.

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Yarraman

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Yarraman

Total population

932

Elevation443 m

Coordinates-26.84°, 151.98°

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Elevation

443 m

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Overview

Yarraman is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Yarraman had a population of 1,127 people.

History & geography

History

The name Yarraman means horse in the Port Jackson Pidgin English spread by Aboriginal stockmen in eastern Australia. It might derive from word yira or yera meaning large teeth. Yarraman Creek Provisional School opened on 17 July 1901 with 10 students, some miles east of the current school site. On 1 January 1909, it became Yarraman Creek State School. On 31 August 1914, a new school site was established with a new school building. In 1935, it was renamed Yarraman State School. In 1963, the school expanded to include a secondary department with an initial enrolment of 47 students. In 1980, a pre-school was added. As there were many large hoop pine forests in the area, a timber mill was established in 1910. The Queensland Country Women's Association established a branch at Yarraman in 1923. After raising funds a new QCWA Hall was opened in 1928. After both Blackbutt and Yarraman branches had been closed for a number of years, the Blackbutt and Yarraman QCWA branch was formed after their first meeting in 2014. The Yarraman QCWA building had already been removed and sold. Rocky Hill Provisional School opened on 30 October 1924. A new school building was erected and in October 1929 it became Rocky Hill State School. It closed in 1963. The building was relocated to Yarraman in the 1960s and has been used for various community purposes. In 2016 it was relocated to the Yarraman Heritage House where it will be restored as classrooms with school displays. During World War II, Yarraman was the location of RAAF No.21 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 29 August 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of…

Geography

Yarraman is located northwest of the state capital, Brisbane on the junction of the New England and D'Aguilar highways. Yarraman is set in a fertile valley and produces timber, grain and beef and dairy goods, which it exports to larger cities. Yarraman is surrounded by the various components of the fragmentary Bunya Mountains and Yarraman Important Bird Area which contains the largest remaining population of the vulnerable black-breasted button-quail. In the far west the Meandu Mine extracts coal for the nearby power station.

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