Harlin

Originally a private township on the Colinton Estate, said to have derived it's name from the second given name of William Harlin Moore, son of John Moore of "Colinton" Station. Harlin receiving office opened at the township about March, 1905 and was elevated to a Post Office about September, 1907.The Yimbin-Linville section of the Brisbane Valley Branch Railway (27 Kilometers) was opened on the 22nd November, 1910 and Harlin Railway station, which is on this section, was opened on the same day. Harlin State School opened in 1908.