Yalboroo, Queensland

Yalboroo is a rural town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Yalboroo had a population of 170 people.[1]

Yalboroo
Queensland
Yalboroo
Coordinates20.8355°S 148.6508°E / -20.8355; 148.6508 (Yalboroo (town centre))
Population170 (2016 census locality)[1]
 • Density0.838/km2 (2.17/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4741
Area202.9 km2 (78.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Mackay Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal Division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Yalboroo:
Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Mentmore
Eungella Hinterland Yalboroo Pindi Pindi
Eungella Hinterland Calen Calen

History

The town takes its name from the Yalboroo railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 7 August 1920. It is an Aboriginal word meaning happy.[2]

Yalboroo Siding Provisional School opened on 29 August 1927 and later that year became Yalboroo State School. It closed on 31 December 2000.[4]

Yalbaroo Post Office opened on 1 December 1927, was renamed Yalboroo in April 1961, and closed on 28 February 1975.[5]

In the 2016 census the locality of Yalboroo had a population of 170 people.[1]

Amenities

The Mackay Regional Council operates a mobile library service on a fortnightly schedule at the Community Hall.[6][7]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yalboroo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Yalboroo – town in Mackay Region (entry 38360)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "Yalboroo – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46848)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Yalboroo". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. "Libraries: Contact/Opening Hours". Mackay Regional Council. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  7. "Mobile Library Timetable 2017" (PDF). Mackay Regional Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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