Yuleba South is a rural

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in the

Maranoa Region Maranoa Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma, Queensland, Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. In the , the Maranoa Region had a population of 1 ...

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, Australia. In the , Yuleba South had a population of 21 people.

Geography

The

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and the Western railway line run immediately parallel along two sections of the northern boundary, entering initially from the north-east ( Yuleba North / Jackson South) and then exiting to

Yuleba Yuleba ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Maranoa Region, in the south-west of Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yuleba had a population of 271 people. Geography Yuleba is located east of ...

and then re-entering and exiting to the north-west ( Wallumbilla North / Wallumbilla South). The Yuleba Surat Road enters the locality from the north (Yuleba) and travels south, forming part of the western boundary with Wallumbilla South, before exiting to the south (

Warkon Warkon is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Warkon had a population of 30 people. Geography The Balonne River (a continuation of the Condamine River) forms the southern boundary of the locality and a numbe ...

). There are two sections of the Yuleba State Forest in the locality, one in the centre of the locality and the other in the north-east of the locality extending into neighbouring Jackson South and beyond. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing.

History

The locality takes its name from the town of

, which was a name given in 1865 to a settlement on Yuleba Creek, but which in October 1879 was moved to the railway crossing on Yuleba Creek.

Demographics

In the , Yuleba South had a population of 27 people. In the , Yuleba South had a population of 21 people.

Education

There are no schools in Yuleba. The nearest government primary school is Yuleba State School in neighbouring

to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are

Wallumbilla State School Wallumbilla is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wallumbilla had a population of 331 people. with 191 people living in the town itself. Geography Wallumbilla is situated on the W ...

(to Year 10) in Wallumbilla to the north-west. The nearest school offering secondary education to Year 12 is Roma State College in

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to the west, but it would be too distant for most students in Yuleba South to attend; the alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Maranoa Region Maranoa Region Localities in Queensland