Suburb of Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia
Yargullen is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Yargullen had a population of 27 people.[1]
Geography
Woodview is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (27°30′00″S 151°37′00″E / 27.5°S 151.6166°E / -27.5; 151.6166 (Woodview (neighbourhood))).[3]
History
The locality takes its name from the Yargullen railway station (27°28′31″S 151°40′20″E / 27.4752°S 151.6723°E / -27.4752; 151.6723 (Yargullen railway station (former))) on the former Cecil Plains railway line, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 5 August 1915. Yargullen is an Aboriginal word meaning waterhole on plain.[2][4][5]
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.[6] The school was located on the Woodview School Road (approx 27°29′52″S 151°36′55″E / 27.4979°S 151.6154°E / -27.4979; 151.6154 (Woodview State School (former))).[4][5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census Yargullen had a population of 25 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Yargullen had a population of 27 people.[1]
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