Yarrabah, Queensland

Yarrabah
Queensland
Town of Yarrabah, 2020
Yarrabah is located in Queensland
Yarrabah
Yarrabah
Coordinates16°54′27″S 145°52′03″E / 16.9076°S 145.8674°E / -16.9076; 145.8674 (Yarrabah (town centre))
Population1,273 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1892
Postcode(s)4871
Area156.0 km2 (60.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah
State electorate(s)Mulgrave
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Yarrabah:
East Trinity Coral Sea Coral Sea
Green Hill Yarrabah Coral Sea
Aloomba Deeral Coral Sea

Yarrabah (traditionally Jarrabah in the Gunggandji language spoken by the indigenous Gunggandji people)[2] is a coastal town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] It is an Aboriginal community.[5] In the 2021 census, the locality of Yarrabah had a population of 2,505 people.[6]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yarrabah (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2011). Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker. Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-108-02504-1. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Yarrabah – town in Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire (entry 38504)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Yarrabah – locality in Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire (entry 45792)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ^ "A History of Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council". Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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