Yargullen is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yargullen had a population of 27 people.

Geography

The Jondaryan Mount Tyson Road enters the locality from the north ( Jondaryan) and exits to the south ( Mount Irving). Woodview is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (). The land use is a mixture of dry and irrigated crop growing.

History

The locality takes its name from the Yargullen railway station () on the former

Cecil Plains railway line The Cecil Plains Branch was a branch railway line on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It branched from the Western railway line at Oakey and terminated at Cecil Plains, a distance of . It operated from 1914 to 1994. History On 5 De ...

, which was named by the

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on 5 August 1915. ''Yargullen'' is an Aboriginal word meaning ''waterhole on plain''. 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.

Education

There are no schools in Yargullen. The nearest government primary schools are: * Jondaryan State School in neighbouring Jondaryan to the north * Oakey State School in

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the , the locality of Oakey had a pop ...

to the north-east * Biddeston State School in Biddeston to the south-east * Mount Tyson State School in Mount Tyson to the south The nearest government secondary school is

Oakey State High School Oakey is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the , the locality of Oakey had a pop ...

in Oakey. There is also a Catholic primary school in Oakey.

References

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