Yaraka
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Yaraka is a rural town and locality in the Longreach Region of Queensland, Australia. Until 2021, the town of Yaraka was part of the locality of Isisford.
Welcome to Yaraka sign
Yaraka Railway Station in 1917 shortly after the rail link was opened. The Queensland Premier, Mr T. J. Ryan visited the new site.
Emmet, Queensland
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Emmet is a ghost town in the rural locality of Isisford in the Longreach Region of Queensland, Australia. In 2023, the town had a population of two people.
Yaraka
…quarter of the line was built and Yaraka became the end of the Yaraka branch railway line. Yaraka became a town when the Yaraka branch railway line from Emmet opened in April 1917. The station was called Yaraka by the Queensland Railway Department who said it was the Aboriginal name meaning "of white spear…
Railway workers on the Emmet Railway Station platform, 1916
Steam train leaving Emmet railway station, circa 1919