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Yerra is a rural
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in the
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, Australia. In the , Yerra had a population of 110 people.


Geography

Yerra railway station is an abandoned railway station on the now-closed Gayndah railway line ().


History

Yerra State School opened on 11 November 1912. The school was on a site donated by W. Day within a "few hundred yards" from the railway station. The first teacher was Miss McWatters. It closed on 13 December 1974. Circa 1918, the Thinoomba Provisional School building was relocated to Myrtle Creek about from Yerra to open as Myrtle Creek State School. Miss Gibson was the first teacher at the school and commenced her duties on 11 May 1918. The school closed in 1929. In August 1932, the school building and playshed for offered for sale and removal, but in December 1932, the school buildings were relocated to Pioneer's Rest State School in Pioneers Rest.


Demographics

In the , Yerra had a population of 102 people. In the , Yerra had a population of 110 people.


Education

There are no schools in Yerra. The nearest government primary school is Mungar State School in neighbouring
Mungar Mungar is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mungar had a population of 328 people. Geography Mungar is north of the state capital Brisbane and south west of the regional centre of Maryborough. The ...
to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Aldridge State High School in Maryborough to the north-east.


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Further reading

* Includes Yerra & Pilerwa, Yengarie, Antigua, Pioneers Rest â€
via State Library of Queensland
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