Yugar is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yugar had a population of 406 people.

Geography

Yugar is in South East Queensland from

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History

The locality takes its name from the Yugar railway station, which in turn was named on 12 January 1917 by the

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, using a

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(Yugarabul dialect) word ''yugai'' referring to a type of

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. Parker Provisional School opened on 15 August 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Parker State School. It closed 9 March 1945. It was at 1826 Mount Samson Road (). The name ''Parker'' refers to the name of the parish. On Sunday 8 June 1913, Ernest Austin raped and murdered 11-year-old Ivy Alexandra Mitchell in bushland near the Parker State School. He was executed by hanging at

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on Monday 22 September 1913. He was the last person to be executed in Queensland.

Demographics

In the , Yugar had a population of 395 people, 47.1% female and 52.9% male. The median age of the Yugar population was 43 years, 6 years above the national median of 37. 77.2% of people living in Yugar were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 5.1%, Thailand 1%, Malawi 1%, Kenya 1%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Mandarin. In the , Yugar had a population of 385 people. In the , Yugar had a population of 406 people.

Education

There are no schools in Yugar. The nearest government primary school is Samford State School in Samford Village to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is

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in Ferny Grove to the south-east.

Attractions

The Yugar Train Tunnel Memorial marks the location of the railway tunnel on the former

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, which closed in 1955. The tunnel still exists and is used by the

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to research the rare bent-wing bat colony that lives within it. Public access to the tunnel is not permitted. The memorial is at the southern corner of McDowalls Road and Mount Sampson Road ().

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