Yarwun, Queensland
Yarwun is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]
Yarwun Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Former Yarwan railway station (now at Calliope River Historical Village), 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 23°50′44″S 151°07′44″E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 239 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4694 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Gladstone Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gladstone | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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History
Yarwun Provisional School opened on 5 June 1906. It became Yarwun State School on 1 January 1909.[4][5][6]
The Yarwun-Targinnie Co-operative Association was established in 1924 to market locally-grown fruit. The district was well known for its pawpaws. In 1963 the Co-op established a store at 60 Butler Street to provide goods needed for fruit production, such as timber cases. Later the store expanded to general goods for the community and postal services.[7]
In June 2003, the Yarwun railway station was relocated to the Calliope River Historical Village as its ticket office and kiosk.[8][9]
In March 2005, Rio Tinto Alcan opened an alumina refinery in Yarwun. Bauxite from Weipa is processed by the Bayer process into alumina. The refinery was expanded in 2012 including a 160 megawatt co-generation facility, which converts heat into electricity.[10]
In the 2011 census, Yarwun had a population of 239 people.[1]
Heritage listings
Yarwun has one heritage-listed site:
- 60 Butler Street: Yarwun-Targinnie Co-op store[7]
Economy
The alumina refinery is capable of producing 3.4 million tonnes of alumina each year and employs over 700 people.[10]
Orica operates an ammonium nitrate plant at Reid Road; it produces over 500,000 tonnes per year for use in the mining industry in Australia and overseas. It operates a raw material import facility at Fisherman's Landing, 5 km north of the Reid Road plant, from which the raw materials are delivered to the plant by underground pipeline.[11] Orica has 200 employees and 100 contractors working at Yarwun.[12]
Education
Yarwun State School is a government co-educational primary (P-7) school located at 35 Butler Street. It opened in 1906.[4] The school was relocated to the centre of town in the late 1990s in a land swap with the railways as part of the straightening and duplication of the north coast railway. In 2013, the school had 52 students in 3 multi-age classes with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent).[13]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Yarwun (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- "Yarwun (entry 38560)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- "Yarwun (entry 47295)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "Agency ID 5688, Yarwun State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- "THE YARWUN PROVISIONAL SCHOOL". The Capricornian. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- "Yarwun-Targinnie Co-op Store". Local Heritage Register. Gladstone Regional Council. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- Visitor Guide booklet. Port Curtis Historical Society.
- "The Village Kiosk". Calliope River Historical Village. Port Curtis Historical Society. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- "Yarwun". Rio Tinto Alcan. Rio Tinto Alcan. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- "Yarwun: Operations". Orica. Orica. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- "Yarwun: Community". Orica. Orica. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- "2013 School Annual Report" (PDF). Yarwun State School. Yarwun State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
Further reading
- Blake, Thom; Queensland. Coordinator-General (2005), Targinnie : the history of a central Queensland rural community, Queensland Government, ISBN 978-0-9758444-0-3 — also covers Yarwun
External links
- "Historic Cultural Heritage Investigation: Fisherman's Wharf Extensions" (PDF). Gladstone Ports Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2014. — contains history of Yarwun in Section 2