Yimbun, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Yimbun is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Yimbun had a population of 30 people.
Geography
The Brisbane Valley Highway passes through the north-eastern part of the locality, entering from the east (Braemore) and exiting to the north (Harlin).
The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (the former Brisbane Valley railway line) enters the locality from the south (Ivory Creek) and exits to the north-east (Gregors Creek).
The land use is grazing on native vegetation to the west of the highway and rural residential housing to the east of the highway.
History
Yimbun takes its name from the Yimbun railway station, a word from the Dunibara dialect of the Waka language meaning bullrush (Typha angustifolia). It was briefly named Moorabool from 1904 to 1906 and then Kannangur from 1906 to 1914.
The fourth sector of the Brisbane Valley railway line opened from Toogoolawah to Yimbun on 1 September 1904, with Yimbun being served by the Yimbun railway station. The railway line closed in 1993. The conversion of the line into the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail was proposed in 1996 with the first section opened in 2003.
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