Yolla, Tasmania

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Yolla
state = tas


caption =
lga = Waratah-Wynyard Council
postcode = 7325
est =
pop = 198
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stategov = Braddon
fedgov = Braddon
dist1 = 321
dir1 = NW
location1= Hobart
dist2 = 70
dir2 = W
location2= Devonport
dist3 = 22
dir3 = SW
location3= Burnie
dist4 = 18
dir4 = S
location4= Wynyard

Yolla is a rural community in north-western Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Yolla and the surrounding area had a population of 198.Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC66401|name=Yolla (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-05-03|quick=on] It is on the Murchison Highway about convert|20|km|mi|0|lk=on south of the towns of Wynyard and Burnie. The area around Yolla is used for dairying, beef cattle, growing vegetables, opium poppies and other crops, as well as forestry and mining. Local attractions are Hellyer Gorge and the Oldina Forest Reserve. [http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/community_overview.cgi?oacID=11 Yolla community overview] ]

History

Yolla was first settled in the late 1880s by James and Annie Diprose who were shortly followed by other families. The name is a Tasmanian Aboriginal word for the Short-tailed Shearwater or “muttonbird”. The area was originally covered by Myrtle Beech forest, which was gradually cleared for farming.

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