Yarwun, Queensland
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Former Yarwan railway station (now at Calliope River Historical Village), 2014
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 Yarwun
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| Population | 239 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4694 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Gladstone Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gladstone | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Yarwun is a town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2011 census, Yarwun had a population of 239 people.[1]
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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]
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. In 2013, the school had 52 students in 3 multi-age classes with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent).[13]
References
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Further reading
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. — also covers Yarwun
External links
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. — contains history of Yarwun in Section 2
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