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Yerrinbool, New South Wales

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Yerrinbool Post Office opened on 1 December 1919 on the arrival of the railway and closed in 1977. The Yerrinbool General Store was built and opened in 1921 along with a saw-mill which has now been demolished. On 20 August 1922, a school was opened with 30 students enrolled. However, the school
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memorial, sporting field and skate park. Located on the northern outskirts of the town, is the Tennessee Orchard, the main crop being apples, and where local fresh produce can be purchased in season.
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Yerrinbool can also be distinguished by the Tennessee Orchard Sign which has a large round red apple on it. The bright sign can be seen when traveling past the village on the Hume Highway.
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With the line and station now operating, the village was laid out, with two early land sales of Yerrinbool Station Estate on 6 October 1919 and 1 January 1920.
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team; the Yerrinbool-Bargo Bushrangers. The Bushrangers are part of the Highlands Soccer Association and field a team in the Highlands Competition.
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The Yerrinbool Baháʼí School was first opened in May 1937 as a Baháʼí Summer School, providing a reading room and retreat for practitioners of the
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The Yerrinbool General Store, across the road from the station, closed in 2014. Community facilities include a community hall, fire station, an
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building was burnt down in a fire in the 1970s and not rebuilt. The community hall was built in March 1938 by local voluntary labour.
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as the town which has the "Welcome to the Southern Highlands" sign as it is the first town of the
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in Yerrinbool. The area where Yerrinbool was prior to settlement was known as "Little Forest".
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According to the census in 1954, Yerrinbool had 50 dwellings with a population of 150. At the
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Bayley, W. A. 1975. Picton-Mittagong Main Line Railway. p. 8 Bulli: Austrail.
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along with now closed Aylmerton Station was officially open for use on the
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Yerrinbool's sporting field is home-ground for the joint Yerrinbool-
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The village is home to the Yerrinbool Bahá’í Centre of Learning, a
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Yerrinbool has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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Yerrinbool
New South Wales

Yerrinbool is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
34°22′S 150°33′E / 34.367°S 150.550°E / -34.367; 150.550
2021
Postcode(s)
Sydney
Mittagong
LGA(s)
Wingecarribee Shire
Region
Southern Highlands
County
Camden
Parish
Colo
State electorate(s)
Wollondilly
Federal division(s)
Hume
Balmoral
Yanderra
Hill Top
Upper Nepean Nature Reserve
Colo Vale
Alpine
Northern Villages
Southern Highlands

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