Yeoval, New South Wales

Yeoval is a small village in the Central Western district of New South Wales, Australia. The town lies in Cabonne Shire Council, however a small part lies over Buckinbah Creek in Wellington Shire which is referred to as North Yeoval. At the 2006 census, Yeoval had a population of 292.^[1]The town was the childhood home of Australian poet Banjo Paterson, who lived on the nearby Buckinbah property, and many of his poems reflect the area.^[2]

History

Yeoval Post Office opened on 1 November 1884.^[3] Yeoval railway station opened in 1925^[4] on the now closed Molong- Dubbo railway line, and was sited to the north of the village in North Yeoval. Passenger services operated until 1974.^[5] . Yeoval has 2 schools, Yeoval Central school, opened in 1883 and St Columba's Catholic School.

St Luke's Anglican church, which was opened in 1925, is part of the parish of St Matthew's Cumnock.

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