Yimbun is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yimbun had a population of 30 people.

Geography

The

Brisbane Valley Highway The Brisbane Valley Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It links the Warrego Highway near Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich and the D'Aguilar Highway about north of Harlin. Its direction follows the approximate course of the Brisb ...

passes through the north-eastern part of the locality, entering from the east (

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) and exiting to the north (

Harlin Harlin is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Harlin had a population of 211 people. Geography Harlin is a small town in South East Queensland. The town is on the Brisbane Valley Hig ...

). The

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(the former

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) enters the locality from the south ( Ivory Creek) and exits to the north-east ( Gregors Creek). The land use is

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on native vegetation to the west of the highway and

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housing to the east of the highway.

History

Yimbun takes its name from the Yimbun railway station, a word from the Dunibara dialect of the Waka language meaning ''bullrush'' (

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). It was briefly named Moorabool from 1904 to 1906 and then Kannangur from 1906 to 1914. The fourth sector of the Brisbane Valley railway line opened from Toogoolawah to Yimbun on 1 September 1904, with Yimbun being served by the Yimbun railway station. The railway line closed in 1993. The conversion of the line into the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail was proposed in 1996 with the first section opened in 2003. The final section from Toogoolawah to

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(via Yimbun) was completed on 7 August 2018. At , the rail trail is the longest in Australia.

Demographics

In the , Yimbun had a population of 33 people. In the , Yimbun had a population of 30 people.

Education

There are no schools in Yimbun. The nearest government primary schools are Harlin State School in neighbouring

to the north and Toogoolawah State School in Toogoolawah to the south. The nearest government secondary school is

Toogoolawah State High School Toogoolawah ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toogoolawah had a population of 1,200 people. Geography Toogoolawah is in South East Queensland. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parach ...

, also in Toogoolawah.

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