| Yengarie Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Yengarie Sugar Refinery ruins, 2002 | |||||||||||||||
  Yengarie | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°32′34″S 152°35′45″E / 25.5427°S 152.5958°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 615 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 22.61/km2 (58.56/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4650 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Fraser Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Maryborough | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Yengarie is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Yengarie had a population of 615 people.[1]
History
[edit]Yengarie School opened on 30 March 1868 as a non-vested school (funded by the Queensland Government but not operated by the government).[3][4] On 14 July 1873, it became Yenagarie State School (operated by the government). In 1873, it had 89 students and a new school building was being constructed to replace the old building described as "dilapidated and overcrowded".[5] It closed in 1963.[6][7] It was at 340 Old Mill Road (25°33′19″S 152°37′00″E / 25.55534°S 152.61673°E).[8][9]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, Yengarie had a population of 460 people.[10]
In the 2021 census, Yengarie had a population of 615 people.[1]
Heritage listings
[edit]Yengarie has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Central Sugar Mill Ruins, Old Mill Road[11]
- Yengarie Sugar Refinery Ruins, Old Mill Road[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yengarie (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Yengarie – locality in Fraser Coast Region (entry 47268)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "No title". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. Vol. VIII, no. 539. Queensland, Australia. 25 December 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 27 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "No title". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. Vol. VIII, no. 555. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1868. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "No title". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 1412. Queensland, Australia. 23 August 1873. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Agency ID 6232, Yengarie State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m112" (Map). Queensland Government. 1941. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yengarie (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Central Sugar Mill Ruins (entry 602488)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Yengarie Sugar Refinery ruins (entry 600970)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
External links
[edit]- "Oakhurst and Yengarie". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
- "SUGAR IN THE MARY DISTRICT.—I". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXVIII, no. 4, 967. Queensland, Australia. 30 August 1873. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia. — a description of Yengarie in 1873