Yarramalong ''(cedar country)'' is a township and

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of the Central Coast region of

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, Australia, located upstream from

Wyong Wyong () is a town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, located approximately 63 km SSW of Newcastle and 89 km NNE of Sydney. Established in 1888, it is one of the two administrative centres for the local government area. Hist ...

along the Wyong River. It is part of the

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. The Yarramalong township has: Rural Fire Station, two cemeteries, public school (which closed down recently and is now used for community purposes), general store/petrol station, bottle shop/guest house and a hall which was originally an art hall but is now also used for community purposes.

Busways Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis ...

now only operates a school bus service between Yarramalong and Wyong. It was acquired from

Yarramalong Bus Lines Yarramalong Bus Lines was an Australian bus operator that ran bus services in the Wyong Shire on the Central Coast of New South Wales from 1914 until it was sold to Busways in January 2008. History The business was founded in 1914 by Archie Pa ...

in 2008. Yarramalong Valley is the home of many horse studs, turf farms, citrus crops as well as a macadamia nut farm and a lavender farm. The

Great North Walk The Great North Walk is a walking track which runs from Sydney to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The main track, in length, runs between the Obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney to Queens Wharf in Bicentennial Park in Newcastle and ...

also passes through Yarramalong to Cedar Brush Creek to the north and

Kulnura Kulnura () is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located north of Mangrove Mountain along George Downes Drive. It is within local government area. Kulnura's name is an Aboriginal word meaning "in sight of th ...

History of Yarramalong

The Yarramalong Valley is in the land of the

Darkinjung people The Darkinjung (not to be confused with the Darkinyung people further inland) are the Local Aboriginal Land Council in the Central Coast, New South Wales, area of Australia and a major landowner on the Central Coast, participating in formal join ...

. The name derives from the aboriginal words, "Yarraman," meaning horse, and "long" meaning place. Yarraman is thought to be derived from the word "yira" or "yera" which means large teeth, possibly from one of the Sydney languages. The Yarramalong Valley was first permanently settled by in 1856 by the Stinson and Waters families of

Maitland Maitland is an English and Scottish surname. It arrived in Britain after the Norman conquest of 1066. There are two theories about its source. It is either a nickname reference to "bad temper/disposition" (Old French, ''Maltalent''; Anglo Norm ...

. Prior to the 1850s the valley was logged by timber cutters driving teams of oxen from

Wollombi Wollombi ( ) is a small village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is within the Cessnock City Council LGA, situated southwest of Cessnock and north of Sydney. To the south is the village of Laguna, to the east, the villa ...

and Maitland. Yarramalong Public School opened in 1870 to serve the growing community in the Yarramalong Valley. The school ceased operation in 2008 due to falling student numbers. Yarramalong is the site of the former St Barnabas Church. Built in , it is one of the oldest churches in Central Coast Council and now under a permanent conservation order. The church closed in 1977 and is now owned by the Central Coast Council.

Heritage listings

Yarramalong has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Yarramalong Road: St Barnabas Anglican Church

References

External links

local website
Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) Towns in New South Wales {{CentralCoastNSW-geo-stub