Upper Yarraman is a rural

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in the Toowoomba Region,

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, Australia. In the , Upper Yarraman had a population of 104 people.

Geography

Upper Yarraman is on the Darling Downs. The New England Highway runs through Upper Yarraman. It is part of the Cooyar Creek catchment, a tributary of the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...

History

The area was first surveyed in 1897. It was then opened for selection with a requirement being the land had to be cleared and cultivated. The name of Yarraman is derived from the aboriginal word meaning horse. Although the origin of the word Yarraman is unknown, it is thought to be derived from the word "yira" which means large teeth. Yarraman Creek Upper Provisional School opened on 30 January 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Yarraman Creek Upper State School. Circa 1935 it was renamed Yarraman Upper State School. It closed on 31 December 2002. It was at 130 Upper Yarraman Road (). The school building has been converted into a residence. On a road junction of Upper Yarraman became a meeting place. The Cedars hotel first licensee was Jack Thompson in 1913. The Hotel was used for the Ministerial Party Luncheon the day after the railway opening in

Yarraman Yarraman is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yarraman had a population of 1,064 people. Geography Yarraman is located northwest of the state capital, Brisbane on the junction of the New England ...

in 1913. The hotel burnt down in 1927, was rebuilt, then burnt down again in 1960. The Upper Yarraman Farmers' Hall, was originally the Phoenix Picture Theatre in Blackbutt. The hall was dismantled and re-erected at its current location in 1945, on a piece of land donated by Mr. Horace Lougheed. In January 1922, it was decided to build a Methodist church. In 1965 it was relocated to

to become the Methodist Church in Yarraman with the former Yarraman Methodist Church becoming the church hall. It is now the Yarraman Uniting Church. In February 1924 it was decided to establish a trunk line and public telegraph office. The township had a telephone exchange which was used until 1986 and a post office till 1974. There is a pine forest on the northern side of the Yarraman Creek Valley, just beyond the boundary of Upper Yarraman, which is a plantation of hoop pines planted in around 1939 to 1940. In the , Upper Yarraman and surrounding area had a population of 1,230. In the , Upper Yarraman had a population of 104 people.

Education

There are no schools in Upper Yarraman. The nearest government primary schools are Yarraman State School in neighbouring Yarraman to the north-east, Cooyar State School in neighbouring Cooyar to the south, and Tanduringie State School in Pimpimbudgie to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Yarraman State School (to Year 10) and Nanango State High School in

Nanango Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...

to the north-east (to Year 12).

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