Yamanto is a suburb of Ipswich

Ipswich, Queensland

Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...

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The origin of the suburb is from a former cotton plantation which was originally spelt as Yamahanto. Previous names used for this area were Loamside and Mine Accident. The names were given to the railway station in the Yamanto area on the now defunct Fassifern railway line.

In 2010 this suburb is seeing a Huge growth corridor being developed in the adjacent Ripley Valley Ripley, Queensland

Ripley, Queensland

Ripley is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.Ripley is the eponym of the valley which the suburb is located within titled Ripley Valley. -Ripley City Development:...

 and major influx of businesses as well as redevelopment of existing businesses. In conjunction with the expansion of the nearby RAAF Base Amberley

RAAF Base Amberley

RAAF Base Amberley is a Royal Australian Air Force base located southwest of Ipswich, Queensland and southwest of Brisbane. It is currently home to No. 1 Squadron and No. 6 Squadron , No. 33 Squadron and No. 36 Squadron...

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