Yelarbon is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. It is on the

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and

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. In the , Yelarbon had a population of 364 people.

Geography

Yelarbon is in south-central

on the

Dumaresq River The Dumaresq River ; ( Indigenous Bigambul: ''Karaula'') a perennial stream of the Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales and the Darling D ...

, near the

border. It sits on the

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a national highway located in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 sh ...

midway between

Goondiwindi Goondiwindi () is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Goondiwindi had a population of 6,355 people. Geography Goondiwindi is on the MacInt ...

and Inglewood. File:Lagoon, Yelarbon IMG 20190607 120614.jpg, Lagoon, Yelarbon File:Bridge on Desert Creek48065987278 42f13a5340 o.jpg, Old bridge, Desert Creek Rd, Yelarbon Triodia scariosa48066042402 f7470a0153 o.jpg, Spinifex Country, Yelarbon

History

Bigambul (also known as Bigambal, Bigumbil, Pikambul, Pikumbul) is an

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spoken by the Bigambul people. The Bigambul language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the

Goondiwindi Regional Council The Goondiwindi Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia along the state's border with New South Wales. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which dat ...

, including the towns of

, Yelarbon and

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extending north towards Moonie and

Millmerran Millmerran , known as Domville between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894, is a town and a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millmerran had a population of 1,563 people. Geography The town is on the ...

. Yelarbon is an

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word meaning "Native name for the large lagoon adjacent to the Station." It was the first place in Queensland to grow

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

commercially. At the , Yelarbon had a population of 448. In the , Yelarbon had a population of 364 people.

Economy

Nowadays,

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult mal ...

and

sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated s ...

are raised, and

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crops are grown. A major employer in Yelarbon is the A. E. Girle and Sons sawmill.

Transport

The town is located on a branch of the

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

South Western railway line; it is also proposed to be located on a section of the

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

Inland Railway Inland Rail, also known as Inland Railway and previously Australian Inland Railway Expressway, is a railway line under construction in Australia. Once complete, it will connect the ports of Melbourne and Brisbane along a new route west of th ...

from Moree via

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Education

Yelarbon State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 17 Eena Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 41 students with 6 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Yelarbon. The nearest secondary schools are

Goondiwindi State High School Goondiwindi State High School is located in Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia. It educates students, years 8 to 12, from the local area: Goondiwindi, Yelarbon Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Austra ...

(to Year 12) and Inglewood State High School in Inglewood (to Year 10 only).

Recreation

There is

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

on the Dumaresq River as well, nearly all recreational. The Murray Cod is one of the more sought-after prizes to catch. There is some feral

pig The pig (''Sus domesticus''), often called swine, hog, or domestic pig when distinguishing from other members of the genus '' Sus'', is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is variously considered a subspecies of ''Sus s ...

hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

as well in the region.

References

External links

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Regional Info on Yelarbon
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