Yolla (Yolla)
Yolla is a rural community in north-western Tasmania, Australia. At the, Yolla and the surrounding area had a population of 316. It is on the Murchison Highway about 20 km south of the towns of Wynyard, Somerset 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.
Yolla was first settled in the 1880s. Camp Creek Post Office was open between 1881 and 1884. It reopened in 1905 and was renamed Yolla in 1906. 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.
Yolla was first settled in the 1880s. Camp Creek Post Office was open between 1881 and 1884. It reopened in 1905 and was renamed Yolla in 1906. 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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