Yarranlea is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yarranlea had a population of 82 people.

Geography

The South Western railway line enters the locality from the east (

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) and exits to the west ( Brookstead) with the locality served by two now-abandoned railway stations: * Murlaggan railway station () * Yarranlea railway station ()

History

Hermitage Provisional School opened in 1883 and by 1900 had become Hermitage State School. In 1901, it was renamed Yarranlea State School. The school closed in 1977. It was at 4688 Gore Highway (). Note that there was another unrelated Hermitage State School near

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. In 1979, the school building was relocated to the Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education (now

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Mount Gravatt campus) which is located in

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in Brisbane. There the building was initially used as a museum display school, then resumed as a primary school known as Old Yarranlea State School to provide trainee teachers with experience in a one-teacher school setting, Following its closure for cost-cutting reasons, it was re-established as an independent school known as Yarranlea Primary School. St Michael's Anglican Church was dedicated on 23 February 1891 by

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William Webber. On Friday 17 January 1936 it was blown down in a storm. By July 1940, insufficient funds had been raised to rebuild the church. Its altar ornaments were relocated to a children's corner within St. Andrew's Anglican Church in

Demographics

In the , Yarranlea had a population of 90 people. In the , Yarranlea had a population of 82 people.

Education

There are no schools in Yarranlea, but primary and secondary schools are available in neighbouring

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland