Yelarbon
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Yelarbon
| state = qld
| image = Yelarbon silos IMG 20190607 114008.jpg
| caption = Painting the silos, 2019
| coordinates = {{coord|-28.5741|150.7541|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| lga = Goondiwindi Region
| postcode = 4388
| est =
| pop = 313
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| area = 506.7
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Warrego
| fedgov = Maranoa
| dist1 = 305
| location1=Brisbane
| dist2 = 193
| location2= Toowoomba
| dist3 = 52
| location3= Goondiwindi
| near-n = Wondalli
| near-ne = Whetstone
| near-e = Whetstone
| near-se = Glenarbon
| near-s = Twin Rivers (NSW)
| near-sw = Twin Rivers (NSW)
| near-w = Kurumbul
| near-nw = Wondalli
}}
Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|38591|Yelarbon|town in Goondiwindi Region|access-date=6 May 2020}}{{cite QPN|47841|Yelarbon|locality in Goondiwindi Region|access-date=6 May 2020}} It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 May 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 313 people.
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.
File:Lagoon, Yelarbon IMG 20190607 120614.jpg|Lagoon, Yelarbon, 2019
File:Bridge on Desert Creek48065987278 42f13a5340 o.jpg|Old bridge, Desert Creek Rd, 2019
Triodia scariosa48066042402 f7470a0153 o.jpg|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.{{Cite web|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/4?embed=true|title=Bigambul|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=15 January 2020}}
Yelarbon is an Aboriginal Australian word meaning "Native name for the large lagoon adjacent to the Station."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.
It was the first place in Queensland to grow tobacco commercially.
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 448 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC38053|name=Yelarbon (Waggamba Shire) (State Suburb) |accessdate=25 June 2011|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 364 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33245|name=Yelarbon (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Yelarbon had a population of 313 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33216|name=Yelarbon (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/rfa/regions/qld-south-east/cultural-heriatage/forest-industry-places/pdf/qld_se_saw4.pdf|title=West to Ipswich and Toowoomba|last=Kerr|first=John|date=January 1998|website=Geographical Overview of Sawmilling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413155427/https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/rfa/regions/qld-south-east/cultural-heriatage/forest-industry-places/pdf/qld_se_saw4.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}}
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.{{cite web |title=Border to Gowrie |url=https://inlandrail.com.au/where-we-go/projects/border-to-gowrie/ |website=Inland Rail |access-date=2024-12-23}}
Education
Yelarbon State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 17 Eena Street ({{coord|-28.5743|150.7536|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Yelarbon State School}}).{{cite web|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Yelarbon State School |url=https://yelarbonss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Yelarbon State School |language=en}} 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).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|access-date=28 January 2020}}
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).
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.
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/yelarbon|title=Yelarbon|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
- {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-yelarbon-1984.jpg|title=Town map of Yelarbon|date=1984|publisher=Queensland Government}}
- [http://www.flexi.net.au/~ingleweb/yelarbon.htm Regional Info on Yelarbon]
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