Yalangur is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yalangur had a population of 55 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west by Oakey Creek. The terrain ranges from above sea level with one named peak in the east of the locality, Mcgregor () at . The land use is predominantly crop growing with some

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from its former railway station, which is an Aboriginal word meaning ''

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''. Haden railway line operated from

Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe is a suburb and civil parish of Northampton, England. It is situated to the north of Northampton town centre and is served by the A508 and A5199 roads which join at Kingsthorpe's centre. The 2011 Census recorded the population of ...

to Haden via Yalangur from 1910 to 1964 with Yalangur railway station just south of the Kelvinhaugh-Yalangur Road ().

Demographics

In the , Yalangur had a population of 65 people. In the , Yalangur had a population of 55 people.

Education

There are no schools in Yalangur. The nearest government primary school is Kingsthorpe State School in

to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Oakey State High School in

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the , the locality of Oakey had a pop ...

to the south-west and Highfields State Secondary College in Highfields to the east.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland