Yungaburra is a rural town and

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Tablelands Region The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,239 people.

Geography

Yungaburra is on the

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tina ...

Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...

. 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: * Seven Sisters and

Mount Quincan Mount Quincan is a volcanic mountain near Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The extinct volcano is one of many cinder cones in the Atherton Tableland region. Its crater is approximately 500 m across, wi ...

are volcanic cones. * Lake Eacham (Yidyam) and

Lake Barrine Lake Barrine is a freshwater lake on the eastern parts of Atherton Tableland in the locality of Lake Barrine, in the Tablelands Region of Far North Queensland, Australia, close to Lake Eacham. The lake and surrounds are protected within th ...

are lakes inside volcanic craters. *

Mount Hypipamee Crater The Mount Hypipamee Crater, also known as The Crater is a huge diatreme located south-east of Herberton on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is 61 metres in diameter and 82 metres deep. It was first discove ...

is a

diatreme A diatreme, sometimes known as a maar-diatreme volcano, is a volcanic pipe formed by a gaseous explosion. When magma Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma is found beneath the ...

(crater). *

Tinaroo Dam The Tinaroo Dam, officially the Tinaroo Falls Dam, is a major ungated concrete gravity dam with a central ogee spillway across the Barron River located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The dam's purpose include ...

submerged the old town of Kulara is visible, on whose cricket-pitch, when drought conditions drastically lower the water-level, locals play cricket matches.

History

Prior to European settlement, the area around Yungaburra was inhabited by about sixteen different

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

groups, among them the Ngatjan, with the custodians being

Yidinji people The Yidiny (also spelt Yidindj, Yidinji or Yidiñ), are an Aboriginal Australian people in Far North Queensland. Their language is the Yidiny language. Language The last fluent speakers of Yidiny were Tilly Fuller (d. October 1974), George Dav ...

and neighbouring

Ngajanji The Ngajanji, also written ''Ngadyan,'' and Ngadjon-Jii are an Indigenous Australian people of the rainforest region south of Cairns, in northern Queensland. They form one of 8 groups, the others being Yidin, Mamu, Dyirbal, Girramay, Warrgamay ...

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. 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. Allumbah State School opened on 7 June 1909. In 1911 it was renamed Yungaburra State School. In 1910, the railway arrived and the railway station was named ''Yungaburra'' by the

Queensland Railways Department Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...

. 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). By 1911, indigenous numbers had fallen to 20% of the pre-settlement population due to disease, conflict with settlers and loss of habitat. In January 1911, Kulara residents began lobbying for a school, claiming there were 42 children in the district. Kulara State School opened on 17 June 1912. It closed on 1 September 1958. In 2006, the Atherton Tableland region was damaged by

Cyclone Larry Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry was a tropical cyclone that made landfall in Australia during the 2005–06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season. Larry originated as a low pressure system over the eastern Coral Sea on 16 March 2006, and wa ...

, 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. At the , the town of Yungaburra had a population of 932. At the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,116 people. In the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,239 people.

Heritage listings

Yungaburra has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...

sites, including: * 27 Atherton Road:

Bank of New South Wales The Bank of New South Wales (BNSW), also known commonly as The Wales, was the first bank in Australia, being established in Sydney in 1817 and situated on Broadway, New South Wales, Broadway. During the 19th century, the bank opened branches ...

* 6-10 Cedar Street: Yungaburra Court House * 7-9 Cedar Street: 7-9 Cedar Street, Yungaburra * 12 Cedar Street:

Residence A residence is a place (normally a building) used as a home or dwelling, where people reside. Residence may more specifically refer to: * Domicile (law), a legal term for residence * Habitual residence, a civil law term dealing with the status ...

* 15-17 Cedar Street: Yungaburra Post Office * 16-20 Cedar Street: Williams' House * 19 Cedar Street: Yungaburra Community Centre * 32 Cedar: Billy Madrid's House * 34 Cedar Street:

Barber's Shop, Yungaburra Barbers's Shop is a heritage-listed former barber shop at 34 Cedar Street, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was also known as Burra Inn Restaurant and The Workshop. It was added to the Queensland Heritage ...

* Curtain Fig Tree Road:

Curtain Fig Tree Curtain Fig Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Curtain Fig Tree Road, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the largest trees in Tropical North Queensland, Australia, and one of the best known attractions on the ...

* 7 Eacham Road: St Marks Anglican Church * 25-33 Eacham Road:

Cairns Plywood Pty Ltd Sawmill Complex Cairns Plywood Pty Ltd Sawmill Complex is a heritage-listed sawmill at 25–33 Eacham Road, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1910 to the 1980s. It is also known as Cairns Plywood Limited, Eacham Sawmills, ...

* 20 Gillies Highway:

Eden House Restaurant Eden House Restaurant is a heritage-listed detached house at 20 Gillies Highway, Yungaburra, Queensland, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It is also known as Nibbles Tea House. It was added to the Queensland ...

* 2 Kehoe Place: Butchers Shop * 6-8 Kehoe Place: Lake Eacham Hotel * 7 Mulgrave Road: Allumbah * 4 Oak Street:

* 1 Penda Street: St Patricks Catholic Church *on the shores of Lake Tinaroo, the Afghanistan Avenue of Honour File:CurtainFig.jpg, Curtain Fig Tree File:StateLibQld 1 117728 Williams' Lake Eacham Hotel, 1912.jpg, Lake Eacham Hotel

Amenities

Yungaburra's economy today revolves around tourism, and the town contains a primary school, post office, library/

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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

, and each year around the end of October, Yungaburra holds the two-day Yungaburra Folk Festival, featuring concerts from Australian (and sometimes international)

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

ians. Yungaburra is also the site of the war memorial to soldiers lost, opened 22 June 2013. There is a network of walking tracks around the town including Peterson's Creek. Yungaburra has a library at Maud Kehoe Park operated by the Tablelands Regional Council. The Yungaburra branch of the

Queensland Country Women's Association The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...

meets at the QCWA Hall on the corner of Cedar Street and the

Gillies Highway The Gillies Highway is a road that runs from Gordonvale in the Cairns Region through the Gillies Range (part of the Great Dividing Range) to Atherton in the Tablelands Region, both in Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Gillies Ra ...

. 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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns is a diocese of the Catholic Church located in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The diocese was erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1877 and was ...

Education

Yungaburra State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 4 Maple Street (). 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). 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). There is no secondary school in Yungaburra. The nearest government secondary schools are

Atherton State High School , motto_translation = On Eagles' Wings , established = 1959 , principal = Leanne Knight-Smith (2023-) , type = Public , city = Atherton , state = Queensland , country = Australia , cam ...

in Atherton to the west and Malanda State High School in Malanda to the south.

Tourism

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 The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal Endemic (ecology), endemic to Eastern states of Australia, eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypu ...

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. Yungaburra has access to the southern arm of

Lake Tinaroo Lake Tinaroo is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivis ...

which is popular for fishing, canoeing, sailing, swimming,

water-skiing Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires suffic ...

and camping. The other main places to get to Tinaroo are Kairi and the township of Tinaroo. The

, which is just out of Yungaburra, is a giant

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

fig tree ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending ...

with roots hanging down, giving it the appearance of curtains. There is a short boardwalk around the tree.

and Lake Eacham are

crater lake Crater Lake (Klamath language, Klamath: ''Giiwas'') is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The ...

s, formed from

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

es. Lake Eacham is popular for swimming and Lake Barrine has a

teahouse A teahouse (mainly Asia) or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. A tea room may be a room set aside in a hotel especially for serving afternoon tea, or may be an establishment whic ...

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 and Lake Eacham's is .

Notable people

Notable people from or who have lived in Yungaburra include: * George Alfred Duffy (1887–1941), Member of the

Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ...

for Eacham *

Jim Petrich Cosmo James Petrich is an Australian businessman. He lives in Yungaburra, Queensland. Awards and recognition Petrich was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001, cited for: "''long service and leadership to the grazing industry in the Northern Te ...

, businessman, grazing industry leadership, and Cape York economic development * Edward Stratten Williams (1921–1999), judge of the

Supreme Court of Queensland The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian State of Queensland. It was formerly the Brisbane Supreme Court, in the colony of Queensland. The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to he ...

References

External links

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