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Yarramalong
Cedar cutters came first; farming families followed them up the valley.
1856First permanent settlers arrive
WHAT STARTED IT
The Yarramalong Valley held red cedar that drew timber cutters with ox teams from Wollombi and Maitland before the 1850s. Its flats along the Wyong River then suited small farms.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
The Stinson and Waters families moved from Maitland in 1856 and became the valley’s first permanent settlers, followed by families such as the Hills, Boyds and Palmers. A school opened in 1870, and St Barnabas Church was built from locally milled timber by volunteer labour in the 1880s.
TURNING POINTS
1856The Stinson and Waters families settle in the valley.
1870Yarramalong Public School opens.
1885St Barnabas Church is built from local timber.
1925A Model T mail bus runs between Wyong and Yarramalong.
2008The public school closes as student numbers fall.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A small village about 20 km up the valley from Wyong, among horse studs, turf farms, citrus and other small farms. St Barnabas, the oldest church in the former Wyong Shire, is on the State Heritage Register.