About Yelarbon
Yelarbon is a small town in south-central
Queensland on the Dumaresq River, near the
New South Wales border. Yelarbon sits on the
Cunningham Highway midway between
Goondiwindi and Inglewood. At the 2006 census,
Yelarbon had a population of 448
Yelarbon was the first place in Queensland to grow
tobacco commercially. Nowadays, cattle
and sheep are raised, and cereal crops are grown.
A major employer in Yelarbon is the A. E. Girle and
Sons sawmill.