Yandilla is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yandilla had a population of 50 people.

Geography

The north-eastern boundary follows the

Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (3 ...

. The

Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne to Brisbane link. It is signed as Nat ...

passes through from north-east to west. The area was serviced by the

Millmerran railway line The Millmerran railway line is a 71 kilometre long branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. History The Queensland Parliament approved a railway line to link Pittsworth, Queensland, Pittsworth with the east v ...

with Yandilla railway station () serving the locality.

History

The locality takes its name from a pastoral run name. The name was first used in 1842 by

St George Richard Gore St. George Richard Gore (26 March 1812 – 16 August 1871) was a grazier and politician in colonial Queensland, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and, later, the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Gore was born in Dubl ...

pastoralist and politician. The run was at first briefly known as Grass Tree Creek and there is still a creek by that name in the area. The origin of the name ''Yandilla'' is unclear. One claim is that it is a local Aboriginal word meaning ''running water''. Another claim is that it is named after a village in Ireland as St George Gore was a brother of the 7th Baronet of Manor Gore in Donegal. All Saints Anglican Church is a timber church which was erected at Yandilla Station by the Gore family about 1878 on the site of an earlier church, which it closely resembled. The graveyard around the church is believed to have been established in 1863 supplanting the previous custom of burial close to the homestead. Yandilla Provisional School opened on 2 October 1882. In 1901, it was renamed Millmerran Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Millmerran State School. A second Yandilla Provisional School opened in October 1945 and closed on 1956.

Demographics

In the , Yandilla had a population of 46 people. In the , Yandilla had a population of 50 people.

Heritage listings

Yandilla has a number of

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sites, including: * All Saints Anglican Church,

Education

There are no schools in Yandilla. The nearest government primary schools are Millmerran State School in neighbouring

Millmerran Millmerran , known as Domville between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894, is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millmerran had a population of 1,545 p ...

to the south-west and Brookstead State School in Brookstead to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Millmerran State School (to Year 1) in Millmerran and Pittsworth State High School (to Year 12) in

Pittsworth Pittsworth is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pittsworth had a population of 3,300 people. Geography Pittsworth township is south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, s ...

to the north-east.

Geography

History

Demographics

Heritage listings

Education

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