Yugar, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Yugar

| city =

| state = qld

| image = Yugar Train Tunnel Memorial 2023.jpg

| caption = Yugar Train Tunnel Memorial, 2023

| coordinates = {{coord|-27.3447|152.8694|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Yugar (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 406

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 13

| postcode = 4520

| area = 4.9

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 5.7

| dir1 = NW

| location1 = Samford Village

| dist2 = 12.2

| dir2 = NW

| location2 = Ferny Grove

| dist3 = 16.6

| dir3 = WSW

| location3 = Strathpine

| dist4 = 25.9

| dir4 = NW

| location4 = Brisbane CBD

| lga = City of Moreton Bay

| stategov = Pine Rivers

| fedgov = Dickson

| near-n = Closeburn

| near-ne = Closeburn

| near-e = Draper

| near-se = Samford Valley

| near-s = Samford Valley

| near-sw = Samford Valley

| near-w = Cedar Creek

| near-nw = Closeburn

}}

Yugar is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45480|Yugar|locality in Moreton Bay Region|access-date=16 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Yugar had a population of 406 people.

Geography

Yugar is in South East Queensland {{convert|20|km}} from Brisbane.

History

The locality takes its name from the Yugar railway station, which in turn was named on 12 January 1917 by the Queensland Railways Department, using a Yuggera language (Yugarabul dialect) word yugai referring to a type of fern.

Parker Provisional School opened on 15 August 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Parker State School. It closed 9 March 1945.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} It was at 1826 Mount Samson Road ({{Coord|-27.3354|152.8712|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Parker State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1929|title=Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2553|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-20chain-queensland-sh2553-1929.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=10 March 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310041045/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-20chain-queensland-sh2553-1929.jpg}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=25 August 2023}} The name Parker refers to the name of the parish.{{Cite QPN|26080|Parker|parish in the Moreton Bay Region|access-date=10 March 2021}}

On Sunday 8 June 1913, Ernest Austin raped and murdered 11-year-old Ivy Alexandra Mitchell in bushland near the Parker State School.{{cite news|date=9 June 1913|title=Tragedy at Samford.|page=7 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=12,653|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176343186|url-status=live|accessdate=10 March 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310041055/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176343186}} He was executed by hanging at Boggo Road Gaol on Monday 22 September 1913.{{cite news|date=23 September 1913|title=THE SAMFORD MURDER. AUSTIN EXECUTED.|page=8|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=17,377|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19905139|accessdate=10 March 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310041100/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19905139|url-status=live}} He was the last person to be executed in Queensland.{{Cite web|last=|date=2013-09-20|title=100th Anniversary of the last Queensland hanging in Boggo Road Gaol|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/09/20/on-this-day-1913-ernest-austin-was-the-last-man-hanged-in-qld/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-10|website=Queensland Police Museum|language=en-AU|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918090602/http://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/09/20/on-this-day-1913-ernest-austin-was-the-last-man-hanged-in-qld/}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Yugar had a population of 395 people, 47.1% female and 52.9% male.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31855 |name=Yugar (State Suburb)|access-date=16 February 2014|quick=on}} The median age of the Yugar population was 43 years, 6 years above the national median of 37. 77.2% of people living in Yugar were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 5.1%, Thailand 1%, Malawi 1%, Kenya 1%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Mandarin.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Yugar had a population of 385 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33254|name=Yugar (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Yugar had a population of 406 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33225|name=Yugar (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Education

There are no schools in Yugar. The nearest government primary school is Samford State School in Samford Village to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Ferny Grove State High School in Ferny Grove to the south-east.

Attractions

The Yugar Train Tunnel Memorial marks the location of the railway tunnel on the former Dayboro railway line, which closed in 1955. The tunnel still exists and is used by the University of Queensland to research the rare bent-wing bat colony that lives within it. Public access to the tunnel is not permitted. The memorial is at the southern corner of McDowalls Road and Mount Sampson Road ({{Coord|-27.34528|152.87410|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Yugar Train Tunnel memorial}}).{{Cite web |title=Yugar Railway Tunnel Memorial |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/technology/industry/display/100318-yugar-railway-tunnel-memorial- |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Monument Australia |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517144747/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/technology/industry/display/100318-yugar-railway-tunnel-memorial- |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Cycling Brisbane North {{!}} Ferny Grove to Samford |url=https://www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au/natural-attractions/samford-valley-rail-trail-samford |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Visit Moreton Bay Region |language=en-US |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825064327/https://www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au/natural-attractions/samford-valley-rail-trail-samford |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Yugar Tunnel - Yugar, QLD, Australia - Abandoned Train Tunnels on Waymarking.com |url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMF5HX_Yugar_Tunnel_Yugar_QLD_Australia |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.waymarking.com |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602103758/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMF5HX_Yugar_Tunnel_Yugar_QLD_Australia |url-status=live }}