Yamanto is a

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yamanto had a population of 4,971 people.

History

The origin of the suburb is from a former 1860s cotton plantation which was originally spelt as 'Yamahanto', the property jointly owned by Queensland's first government medical officer

Henry Challinor Henry Challinor (22 June 1814 – 9 September 1882) was a physician and politician in the Colony of Queensland. Early life Challinor was born in London, England. Studying medicine in London, where he became a member of the Royal College of Sur ...

(1814–1882) and his cousin George Miles Challinor (1832–1888). Previous names used for this area were Mine Accident, Loamside and Yahmahnto. The names were given to the railway station in the Yamanto area on the now-defunct

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. Since 1847, Darby McGrath had operated private schools in and around Ipswich. In 1861, he arranged for the

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to take over his school at Warrill Creek and provided land in Green Lane for a new school building. Warrill Creek State School opened on 22 May 1862. In 1888, the school moved to a new location at Sandridge, which was flooded in 1893. In 1903, the school was renamed Amberley State School. During

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, the school was too close to the Amberley air force base and was closed in 1942, re-opening in 1947. In the late 1970s, the school was relocated to Rosewood Road further from the air base due to concerns about aircraft noise with a new school building opened in 1982. Due to expansion of the air base, the school was relocated to Yamanto and opened in 2010 under the new name of Amberley District State School. In 2015 this suburb is seeing a growth corridor being developed in the adjacent Ripley Valley

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called

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. In conjunction with the expansion of the nearby

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the suburb is experiencing an influx of businesses as well as redevelopment of existing businesses.

Demographics

In the , Yamanto had a population of 4,906 people. In the , Yamanto had a population of 4,971 people.

Education

Amberley District State School is a government primary (P-6) school for boys and girls at 37 Deebing Creek Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 807 students with 57 teachers (52 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (25 full-time equivalent). Being on the south-eastern fringe of the Ipswich metropolitan area, the school has students from both the suburbs and the rural area. Approximately one quarter of the students have a parent in the defence forces, many serving at the air base; these children may have lived in many other places due to their parents' deployments.

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* {{Ipswich City Suburbs of Ipswich, Queensland