{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Yerra | city = | state = qld | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|-25.5916|152.5436|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Yerra (centre of locality)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 10 | pop = 110 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4650 | area = 55.0 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 29.9 <!-- road distances as per template instructions --> | dir1 = WSW | location1 = Maryborough | dist2 = 58.9 | dir2 = SW | location2 = Hervey Bay | dist3 = 133 | dir3 = S | location3 = Bundaberg | dist4 = 257 | dir4 = N | location4 = Brisbane | lga = Fraser Coast Region | stategov = Maryborough | fedgov = Wide Bay | near-n = Yengarie | near-ne = Grahams Creek | near-e = Mungar<br/>Pilerwa | near-se = Antigua | near-s = St Mary | near-sw = St Mary | near-w = Thinoomba | near-nw = Dunmora }} '''Yerra''' is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|46747|Yerra|locality in Fraser Coast Region|access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Yerra had a population of 110 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
== Geography == Yerra railway station is an abandoned railway station on the now-closed Gayndah railway line ({{coord|-25.6075|152.5364|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Yerra railway station}}).<ref name="railwaystations">{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>
== History == Yerra State School opened on 11 November 1912.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 October 1912 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146949602 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,323}}</ref> The school was on a {{Convert|2|acre|adj=on}} site donated by W. Day within a "few hundred yards" from the railway station.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 November 1912 |title=Opening of Yerra School. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19836204 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=17,102}}</ref> The first teacher was Miss McWatters.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 November 1912 |title=OPENING OF YERRA STATE SCHOOL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23325605 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=48TH YEAR |issue=2434}}</ref> It closed on 13 December 1974.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref>
Circa 1918, the Thinoomba Provisional School building was relocated to Myrtle Creek about {{Convert|3.5|mi}} from Yerra to open as Myrtle Creek State School. Miss Gibson was the first teacher at the school and commenced her duties on 11 May 1918.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 April 1918 |title=YERRA. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151094470 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=14,016}}</ref> The school closed in 1929.<ref name="qfhs" /> In August 1932, the school building and playshed for offered for sale and removal,<ref>{{cite news |date=18 August 1932 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148863463 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=19,285}}</ref> but in December 1932, the school buildings were relocated to Pioneer's Rest State School in Pioneers Rest.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 December 1932 |title=TIARO. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148859247 |accessdate=17 November 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=19,390}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Yerra had a population of 102 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33250|name=Yerra (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Yerra had a population of 110 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33221|name=Yerra (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
== Education == There are no schools in Yerra. The nearest government primary school is Mungar State School in neighbouring Mungar to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Aldridge State High School in Maryborough to the north-east.<ref name="globeschools">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last=Mathis |first=Pam J. |title=A history of Mungar |date=1988 |publisher=P. J. Mathis}} Includes Yerra & Pilerwa, Yengarie, Antigua, Pioneers Rest — [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/1dejkfd/alma997190554702061 via State Library of Queensland] {{Fraser Coast Region}}
Category:Fraser Coast Region Category:Localities in Queensland