Yarraman

Yarraman is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

Yarraman is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Yarraman had a population of 1,064 people.

The name Yarraman means horse in the Port Jackson Pidgin English spread by Aboriginal stockmen in eastern Australia. It might derive from word yira or yera meaning large teeth.The creek at Yarraman was used in the 1870s as a place for local graziers and stockmen to meet and trade cattle. The township was established in the late 1870s.Yarraman Creek Provisional School opened on 17 July 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Yarraman Creek State School. In 1935 it was renamed Yarraman State School. In 1963 the school expanded to include a secondary department. In 1980 a pre-school was added.As there were many large hoop pine forests in the area, a timber mill was established in 1910.Rocky Hill Provisional School opened on 30 October 1924. A new school building was erected and in October 1929 it became Rocky Hill State School. It closed in 1963. The building was relocated to Yarraman in the 1960s and has been used for various community purposes. In 2016 it was relocated to the Yarraman Heritage House where it will be restored as classrooms with school displays.The Sacred Heart Convent was completed in 1945. The Sisters of Mercy opened a boarding school for boys in 1946. It closed in 1966. The building is now used as the Yarraman Heritage House.The town was connected to Brisbane and Ipswich by the Brisbane Valley Railway Line in 1913. The Brisbane Valley Railway Line was closed in 1988.The Yarraman Library opened in 1982 and had a major refurbishment in 2016. it is now operated by the Toowoomba Regional Council.

Based on data gathered through the census, Yarraman's population has grown as shown below.