Yarraman, Queensland

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

[1] Yarraman is located 181 kilometres (112 mi) northwest of the state capital, Brisbane on the junction of the New England and D'Aguilar highways.

[citation needed] Yarraman is set in a fertile valley and produces timber, grain and beef and dairy goods, which it exports to larger cities.

[citation needed] The name Yarraman means horse in the Port Jackson Pidgin English spread by Aboriginal stockmen in eastern Australia.

[2] The creek at Yarraman was used in the 1870s as a place for local graziers and stockmen to meet and trade cattle.

[15] During World War II, Yarraman was the location of RAAF No.21 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 29 August 1944.

[29] The Yarraman Library and Post Office are located on the corner of Toomey and Douglas Streets, and offer access to wireless internet.

[30][31] The Toowoomba Regional Council refurbished the library in 2016 including new furnishings, paint, and an accessible parking space and toilet.

[34] Yarraman has a not-for-profit community radio station Wild Horse FM 99.7 which began broadcasting in 2002.

Yarraman is the northernmost destination of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail for walking, cycling and horse riding.

Crowd in front of Yarraman State School, circa 1913
Opening of the Country Women's Association Hall, Yarraman, 1928
Yarraman State School, 2024
Yarraman Library (and former Post Office), 2023
Blackbutt-Yarraman Queensland Country Women's Association Hall, 2023