Yungaburra

Yungaburra is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland.

The landscape around Yungaburra has been shaped by millennia of volcanic activity. The most recent eruptions were approximately 10,000 years ago. Notable geological features nearby include:{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

• Seven Sisters and Mount Quincan are volcanic cones.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
• Lake Eacham (Yidyam) and Lake Barrine are lakes inside volcanic craters.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
• Mount Hypipamee Crater is a diatreme (crater).{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
• Tinaroo Dam submerged the old town of Kulara is visible, on whose cricket-pitch, when drought conditions drastically lower the water-level, locals play cricket matches.{{Cite news|title=Cricket match planned for middle of dry Tinaroo dam|last=Geiger|first=Dominic|date=20 December 2016|work=Cairns Post|url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/cricket-match-planned-for-middle-of-dry-tinaroo-dam/news-story/80a7c5c393adb8e1cf7fbacaf6536c1f|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325035944/https://www.cairnspost.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CPWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairnspost.com.au%2Fnews%2Fcairns%2Fcricket-match-planned-for-middle-of-dry-tinaroo-dam%2Fnews-story%2F80a7c5c393adb8e1cf7fbacaf6536c1f&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=051ecfb9a6e34ee00dc7d4662a6a98e4-1616644784|url-status=live}}

Prior to European settlement, the area around Yungaburra was inhabited by about sixteen different indigenous groups, among them the Ngatjan, with the custodians being Yidinji people and neighbouring Ngajanji people. The Queensland police and native troops carried out extensive massacres in the area to rid it of blacks. In one incident in 1884, at Skull Pocket just north of the town, a group of Yidinji were surrounded at night, and at dawn mowed down after they fled on hearing the first shot. The children were brained or stabbed to death by native troopers.{{Cite book|title=Conspiracy of Silence|last=Bottoms|first=Timothy|year=2013|publisher=Allen & Unwin|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:210150/p9780646519197_3_203.pdf|isbn=978-1-743-31382-4|pp=217–218|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221235153/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:210150/p9780646519197_3_203.pdf|archive-date=21 February 2016|url-status=live}}

In the early 1880s, the area around Allumbah Pocket was used as an overnight stop for miners travelling west from the coast. In 1886 the land was surveyed, and in 1891 settlers moved in.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Allumbah State School opened on 7 June 1909. In 1911 it was renamed Yungaburra State School.{{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}}

In 1910, the railway arrived and the railway station was named Yungaburra by the Queensland Railways Department. The town was then renamed Yungaburra, to avoid confusion with another town called Allumbah. The name Yungaburra comes from the local Yidiny word janggaburru, denoting the Queensland silver ash (Flindersia bourjotiana).{{Cite book| title= Words of Our Country: Stories, place names and vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal language of the Cairns-Yarrabam region|last= Dixon|first= Robert M. W. |author-link = Robert M. W. Dixon|year= 1991|publisher=University of Queensland Press|url= https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_209394/PL7101_Y53D5_1991.pdf|isbn= 0 7022 2360 3|p=25}}

By 1911, indigenous numbers had fallen to 20% of the pre-settlement population due to disease, conflict with settlers and loss of habitat.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In January 1911, residents of Kulara (a small town to the north of Yungaburra) began lobbying for a school, claiming there were 42 children in the district.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214958120|title=COUNTRY NEWS.|date=31 January 1911|newspaper=The Evening Telegraph|access-date=28 November 2019|issue=2994|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325035944/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214958120|url-status=live}} Kulara State School opened on 17 June 1912. It closed on 1 September 1958, when the Tinaroo Dam began to fill, inundating the town. However, being on higher ground, the school building was not flooded and became a private residence at 85 Backshall Road (now in Barrine, {{Coord|-17.24420|145.58306|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Kulara State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1943 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m404 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-surv-control-1943/original |access-date=4 December 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2023 |title=Kulara reunion event |url=https://www.theexpressnewspaper.com.au/kulara-reunion-event-2023-07-01 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=The Express Newspaper |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-08-13 |title=The town that disappeared under water leaving only a school behind |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-13/kulara-the-underwater-town/102721692 |access-date=2023-12-04}}

In 2006, the Atherton Tableland region was damaged by Cyclone Larry, rated as Category 4 cyclone on the Australian scale. Of the 19 heritage listed sites in Yungaburra, only the roofs of the community hall, police station and one of the bush cottages were badly damaged, as were the front of the Yungaburra Butchery and Gem Gallery sign. The town was restored very quickly; little evidence of the cyclone is visible.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Yungaburra had a population of 932 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL363600|name=Yungaburra (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=25 June 2011|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,116 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31857|name=Yungaburra (SSC)|access-date=6 June 2016|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,239 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33259|name=Yungaburra (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,272 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33230|name=Yungaburra (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Yungaburra has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 27 Atherton Road: Bank of New South Wales{{cite QHR|15243|27 Atherton Road, Yungaburra|600468|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 6–10 Cedar Street: Yungaburra Court House{{cite QHR|15252|Court House, Police Station and Residence|600477|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 7–9 Cedar Street: 7–9 Cedar Street, Yungaburra{{cite QHR|15255|7-9 Cedar Street, Yungaburra|600480|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 12 Cedar Street: Residence{{cite QHR|15251|Residence|600476|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 15–17 Cedar Street: Yungaburra Post Office{{cite QHR|15246|Yungaburra Post Office and residence|600471|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 16–20 Cedar Street: Williams' House{{cite QHR|15247|Residence 16-20 Cedar Street|600472|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 19 Cedar Street: Yungaburra Community Centre{{cite QHR|15254|Community Centre|600479|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 32 Cedar: Billy Madrid's House{{cite QHR|15253|Special Glass Co. Shop|600478|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 34 Cedar Street: Barber's Shop, Yungaburra{{cite QHR|15245|Burra Inn Restaurant|600470|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Curtain Fig Tree Road, East Barron: Curtain Fig Tree{{cite QHR|30615|The Curtain Fig Tree|602734|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 7 Eacham Road: St Marks Anglican Church{{cite QHR|15259|St Marks Anglican Church|600484|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 25–33 Eacham Road: Cairns Plywood Pty Ltd Sawmill Complex{{cite QHR|15256|Cairns Plywood Pty Ltd Sawmill Complex|600481|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 20 Gillies Highway: Eden House Restaurant{{cite QHR|15242|Eden House Restaurant|600467|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 2 Kehoe Place: Butchers Shop{{cite QHR|15257|Butchers Shop|600482|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 6–8 Kehoe Place: Lake Eacham Hotel{{cite QHR|15248|Lake Eacham Hotel|600473|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 7 Mulgrave Road: Allumbah{{cite QHR|15261|Allumbah|600486|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 4 Oak Street: Residence{{cite QHR|15262|Residence|600487|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• 1 Penda Street: St Patricks Catholic Church{{cite QHR|15263|St Patricks Catholic Church|600488|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• on the shores of Lake Tinaroo, the Afghanistan Avenue of Honour{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-22/avenue-of-honour-remembers-fallen-diggers/4773592|title=Thousands attend opening of Avenue of Honour, a memorial to diggers killed in Afghanistan|last=Nancarrow|first=Kirsty|date=7 November 2014|work=ABC News|access-date=14 November 2018|last2=Ford|first2=Elaine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031174347/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-22/avenue-of-honour-remembers-fallen-diggers/4773592#|archive-date=31 October 2016|url-status=live}}

File:CurtainFig.jpg|Curtain Fig Tree

File:StateLibQld 1 117728 Williams' Lake Eacham Hotel, 1912.jpg|Lake Eacham Hotel

Yungaburra's economy today revolves around tourism, and the town contains a primary school, post office, library/telecentre and a range of businesses and services for the use of residents and visitors. Other facilities include a tennis court and a bowling club. The town has 18 Heritage Listed buildings, and is the largest National Trust village in Queensland. The Yungaburra Markets, held on the fourth Saturday of each month, are one of the largest in Far North Queensland, and each year around the end of October, Yungaburra holds the two-day Yungaburra Folk Festival, featuring concerts from Australian (and sometimes international) folk musicians.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Yungaburra is also the site of the war memorial to soldiers lost, opened 22 June 2013.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

There is a network of walking tracks around the town including Peterson's Creek.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Yungaburra has a library at Maud Kehoe Park operated by the Tablelands Regional Council.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/tablelands/yungaburra_library|title=Yungaburra Library|website=plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au|publisher=State Library of Queensland|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122125601/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/tablelands/yungaburra_library#|archive-date=22 January 2018|access-date=2018-01-22}}

The Yungaburra branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall on the corner of Cedar Street and the Gillies Highway.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=live}}

Our Lady of Consolation and St Patrick's Catholic Church is at 3 Mulgrave Road. It is within the Atherton Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.{{Cite web|title=Atherton Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/atherton.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118110750/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/atherton.html|archive-date=2020-11-18|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}

Yungaburra State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 4 Maple Street ({{coord|-17.2729|145.5857|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Yungaburra State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|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|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=Yungaburra State School|url=https://yungaburrass.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|accessdate=25 March 2021|archive-date=14 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314232502/https://yungaburrass.eq.edu.au/}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 213 students with 18 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 224 students with 20 teachers (15 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (8 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|accessdate=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

There is no secondary school in Yungaburra. The nearest government secondary schools are Atherton State High School in Atherton to the west and Malanda State High School in Malanda to the south.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=14 November 2018}}

Allumbah Pocket is a picnic area on Peterson's Creek which runs past Yungaburra. It is the centre for a series of walking tracks along the creek. Tracks lead to Frawley's Pool, a popular swimming hole and picnic area, then further to Yungaburra's historical train bridge. In the opposite direction there is a track to the platypus viewing deck. Aside from this all of the tracks are relatively easy and short enough for anyone to do. The site is dedicated to Geoff Tracy, a local renowned environmentalist who died in 2004.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Yungaburra has access to the southern arm of Lake Tinaroo which is popular for fishing, canoeing, sailing, swimming, water-skiing and camping. The other main places to get to Tinaroo are Kairi and the township of Tinaroo.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The Curtain Fig Tree, which is just out of Yungaburra, is a giant rainforest fig tree with roots hanging down, giving it the appearance of curtains. There is a short boardwalk around the tree.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham are crater lakes, formed from volcanoes. Lake Eacham is popular for swimming and Lake Barrine has a teahouse and gift shop as well as cruises around the lake however is unsuitable for swimming due to the cruise boats. Both lakes have walking tracks around them. Lake Barrine's track is {{convert|6|km|mi}} and Lake Eacham's is {{convert|3|km|mi}}.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Notable people from or who have lived in Yungaburra include:

• George Alfred Duffy (1887–1941), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Eacham
• Jim Petrich, businessman, grazing industry leadership, and Cape York economic development
• Edward Stratten Williams (1921–1999), judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland

• Curtain Fig National Park
• Yungaburra National Park

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• [http://www.yungaburra.com/ Yungaburra.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051222141821/http://www.tablelands.org/yungaburra.html Atherton Tablelands] Travel Guide
• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/yungaburra|title=Yungaburra|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-yungaburra-1980.jpg|title=Town map of Yungaburra|date=1980|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99285323402061 Yungaburra Centenary of Railway and Lake Eacham Hotel 2010 Digital Story], State Library of Queensland

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