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'''Yowah''' is an ] town and ] in the ], ], Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|38762|Yowah|town in Shire of Paroo|access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|42664|Yowah|locality in Shire of Paroo|access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.<ref name=Census2021/> | |||
The town is known for its ] mining and numerous opal fields that lie around the town as well as the "]", a local type of opal distinctive to the region. | |||
'''Yowah''' is a small town in ] western ], ] in the ] ]. Yowah is located 938 kilometres west of the state capital, ] and 132 kilometres north west of ]. As of the 2006 ] Yowah had a population of 142. <ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS |id=SSC38059 |name=Yowah (Paroo Shire) (State Suburb) |accessdate=2012-01-27 |quick=on}}</ref> | |||
== Geography == | |||
The town is known for its ] mining and numerous ] fields that lie around the town as well as the “Yowah Nut” a local type of opal distinctive to the region. The area was first leased in 1883 to perspective settlers and opal mining has been central operation within the district since the first opal fields were discovered. | |||
Yowah is in western Queensland, {{convert|938|km|mi}} west of the state capital, ] and {{convert|132|km|mi}} west of ]. | |||
Access to Yowah is via a bitumen road. Driving in to Yowah at night not recommended due to animals on road. | |||
Yowah opal festival is a regular festival to promote and celebrate opal mining in the area. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.paroo.info/Events/Yowah-Opal-festival-2010.aspx | |||
|title= Opal Nut Festival |publisher= Cunnamulla Tourism Info |accessdate=27 January 2011}}</ref> | |||
== History == | |||
Yowah has a Rural Transaction Centre which accommodates a tourist information centre which houses a public library, a cafe, internet cafe and tourist information. There is a heritage trail in which to explore the surrounding localities. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.paroo.qld.gov.au/yowah;jsessionid=9FA86067772EA16AB0640217BF6AC4AC |title= Yowah |publisher= Paroo Council |accessdate=27 January 2011}}</ref> | |||
The Yowah pastoral station was formed on Yowah Creek in the mid 1860s by ] consisting of the Bargoon, Dundoo and Bundoona outstations. In 1868, the Queensland government established the Yowah ] barracks under Sub-Inspector James Gilmour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18714872 |title=Advertising |newspaper=] |volume=XXV |issue=3093 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 March 1868 |accessdate=20 July 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726072916/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18714872 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1289782 |title=THE GAZETTE. |newspaper=] |volume=XXII |issue=3,204 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=6 January 1868 |accessdate=20 July 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726072910/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1289782 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215451269 |title=Cunnamulla. |newspaper=] |volume=IV |issue=182 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 March 1869 |accessdate=20 July 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726072914/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215451269 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The area was first leased in 1883 to prospective settlers and opal mining has been the central operation within the district since the first opal fields were discovered. | |||
Yowah has one of the smallest state primary schools in ]. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://yowahss.eq.edu.au/wcms/ |title= Yowah State School |publisher= Department of Education and Training |accessdate=27 January 2011}}</ref> | |||
Population swells during the Winter months as many "regular" and "one off" visitors enjoy the weather and the friendly welcome this town offers. | |||
Yowah State School opened on 22 January 1998.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=]|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> It was one of the smallest state primary schools in Queensland; in 2012, there were three students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yowahss.eq.edu.au/wcms/|title=Yowah State School|publisher=Department of Education and Training|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221091959/http://yowahss.eq.edu.au/wcms/|archive-date=21 February 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=27 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The school closed in 2017 due to a lack of students.<ref name="qs">{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> It was at 5 Harlequin Drive ({{Coord|-27.9679|144.6312|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Yowah State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yowah+State+School/@-27.9679808,144.6307274,163m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6a538792718092df:0xf1e16eb9c066576b!8m2!3d-27.9680176!4d144.6310893?coh=164777&entry=tt|title=Yowah State School|access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> Its website has been archived.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yowah State School |url=https://yowahss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318173915/https://yowahss.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=18 March 2018 |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> | |||
In August 2014, the town committee built two artesian spas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-17 |title=Artesian Waters Caravan Park Bore Baths - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/vinkpublishing/docs/yowah_town_book_2021/s/12164184 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717202444/https://issuu.com/vinkpublishing/docs/yowah_town_book_2021/s/12164184 |archive-date=2022-07-17 |access-date=2022-07-17 }}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
== Demographics == | |||
In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the locality of Yowah had a population of 142.<ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC38059|name=Yowah (Paroo Shire) (State Suburb)|accessdate=2012-01-27|quick=on}}</ref> | |||
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Yowah had a population of 141 people.<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33253|name=Yowah (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref> | |||
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33224|name=Yowah (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref> | |||
== Education == | |||
There are no schools in Yowah nor nearby. ] and boarding schools are options.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
== Facilities == | |||
] operates the Rural Transaction Centre which accommodates a tourist information centre, a public library, cafe, internet and tourist information.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/visit-us/find-a-public-library/branches/paroo/yowah_library|title=Yowah Library|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130950/http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/visit-us/find-a-public-library/branches/paroo/yowah_library|archive-date=2 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
There is also a caravan park and general store which sells groceries and fuel and has an ATM. | |||
There is a public hall and flying doctor rooms with the Doctors attending every Friday. Craft group, indoor bowls and meals/bar two nights a week at hall and a weekly dinner and "duck race" to raise monies for SES/Flying Doctor etc at Caravan Park, during the Winter months. | |||
The town is serviced by the ] and the ]. There are two airfield runways which are lit at night. | |||
There are no pumping or storage facilities in the town and the town relies on natural artesian pressure for its water supply. Surplus artesian water discharges into a bore drain. There are no standby facilities for Yowah and if the bore fails there would be a need to transport water from one of the other water supplies in the town for the duration of the problem. The water quality has been deemed to be safe, chemically.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Drinking Water Quality Management Plan |publisher=Paroo Shire Council |year=2018 |location=Paroo |pages=46 |language=English}}</ref> | |||
== Events == | |||
Yowah Opal Festival is a yearly festival (3rd weekend in July) to promote and celebrate opal mining in the area. Sales, exhibitions and nightly entertainment on offer. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paroo.info/Events/Yowah-Opal-festival-2010.aspx|title=Opal Nut Festival|publisher=Cunnamulla Tourism Info|access-date=27 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216160239/http://www.paroo.info/Events/Yowah-Opal-festival-2010.aspx|archive-date=16 February 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>] | |||
== Attractions == | |||
] | |||
Yowah has a free fossicking area (fossicking licence available at the general store). | |||
There is a heritage trail in which to explore the surrounding localities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paroo.qld.gov.au/yowah;jsessionid=9FA86067772EA16AB0640217BF6AC4AC|title=Yowah|publisher=Paroo Council|access-date=27 January 2011|archive-date=1 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401115233/http://www.paroo.qld.gov.au/yowah|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
There is also a free camping area, with amenities (toilets, showers and laundry). | |||
Artesian spas is a community run facility which offers two geothermally heated baths at 57°C (134.6°F). The ] sources the spas and the only communal source of drinking water. | |||
== References == | |||
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==External links== | == External links == | ||
* - Official website | * - Official website | ||
* – Queensland Places | * – Queensland Places | ||
* – Paroo Shire Information | * – Paroo Shire Information | ||
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Town in Queensland, AustraliaYowah Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Yowah landscape, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°58′05″S 144°38′10″E / 27.9681°S 144.6361°E / -27.9681; 144.6361 (Yowah (town centre)) | ||||||||||||||
Population | 126 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.04331/km (0.1122/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4490 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,909.5 km (1,123.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Shire of Paroo | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Yowah is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.
The town is known for its opal mining and numerous opal fields that lie around the town as well as the "Yowah nut", a local type of opal distinctive to the region.
Geography
Yowah is in western Queensland, 938 kilometres (583 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane and 132 kilometres (82 mi) west of Cunnamulla.
Access to Yowah is via a bitumen road. Driving in to Yowah at night not recommended due to animals on road.
History
The Yowah pastoral station was formed on Yowah Creek in the mid 1860s by Vincent James Dowling consisting of the Bargoon, Dundoo and Bundoona outstations. In 1868, the Queensland government established the Yowah Native Police barracks under Sub-Inspector James Gilmour.
The area was first leased in 1883 to prospective settlers and opal mining has been the central operation within the district since the first opal fields were discovered. Population swells during the Winter months as many "regular" and "one off" visitors enjoy the weather and the friendly welcome this town offers.
Yowah State School opened on 22 January 1998. It was one of the smallest state primary schools in Queensland; in 2012, there were three students. The school closed in 2017 due to a lack of students. It was at 5 Harlequin Drive (27°58′04″S 144°37′52″E / 27.9679°S 144.6312°E / -27.9679; 144.6312 (Yowah State School (former))). Its website has been archived.
In August 2014, the town committee built two artesian spas.
Demographics
In the 2006 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 142.
In the 2016 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 141 people.
In the 2021 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.
Education
There are no schools in Yowah nor nearby. Distance education and boarding schools are options.
Facilities
Paroo Shire Council operates the Rural Transaction Centre which accommodates a tourist information centre, a public library, cafe, internet and tourist information.
There is also a caravan park and general store which sells groceries and fuel and has an ATM.
There is a public hall and flying doctor rooms with the Doctors attending every Friday. Craft group, indoor bowls and meals/bar two nights a week at hall and a weekly dinner and "duck race" to raise monies for SES/Flying Doctor etc at Caravan Park, during the Winter months.
The town is serviced by the State Emergency Service and the Rural Fire Service. There are two airfield runways which are lit at night.
There are no pumping or storage facilities in the town and the town relies on natural artesian pressure for its water supply. Surplus artesian water discharges into a bore drain. There are no standby facilities for Yowah and if the bore fails there would be a need to transport water from one of the other water supplies in the town for the duration of the problem. The water quality has been deemed to be safe, chemically.
Events
Yowah Opal Festival is a yearly festival (3rd weekend in July) to promote and celebrate opal mining in the area. Sales, exhibitions and nightly entertainment on offer.
Attractions
Yowah has a free fossicking area (fossicking licence available at the general store).
There is a heritage trail in which to explore the surrounding localities.
There is also a free camping area, with amenities (toilets, showers and laundry).
Artesian spas is a community run facility which offers two geothermally heated baths at 57°C (134.6°F). The Great Artesian Basin sources the spas and the only communal source of drinking water.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yowah (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- "Yowah – town in Shire of Paroo (entry 38762)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- "Yowah – locality in Shire of Paroo (entry 42664)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- "Advertising". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XXV, no. 3093. New South Wales, Australia. 7 March 1868. p. 8. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "THE GAZETTE". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXII, no. 3, 204. Queensland, Australia. 6 January 1868. p. 3. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Cunnamulla". Dalby Herald And Western Queensland Advertiser. Vol. IV, no. 182. Queensland, Australia. 13 March 1869. p. 3. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- "Yowah State School". Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "Yowah State School" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- "Yowah State School". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- "Artesian Waters Caravan Park Bore Baths - Issuu". 17 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yowah (Paroo Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yowah (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- "Yowah Library". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- Drinking Water Quality Management Plan. Paroo: Paroo Shire Council. 2018. p. 46.
- "Opal Nut Festival". Cunnamulla Tourism Info. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- "Yowah". Paroo Council. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
External links
- Paroo Shire Council - Official website
- Queensland Places – Queensland Places
- Paroo Shire Information – Paroo Shire Information
Towns and localities in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland | |
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