Yalgoo, Western Australia

Yalgoo
Western Australia
View of Yalgoo from Yalgoo lookout, September 2021
Yalgoo is located in Western Australia
Yalgoo
Yalgoo
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Coordinates28°20′00″S 116°41′00″E / 28.33333°S 116.68333°E / -28.33333; 116.68333
Population313 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1896
Postcode(s)6635
Elevation318 m (1,043 ft)
Area16,996.2 km2 (6,562.3 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yalgoo
State electorate(s)North West
Federal division(s)Durack
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
27.9 °C
82 °F
13.2 °C
56 °F
259.1 mm
10.2 in

Yalgoo is a town in the Mid West region, 499 kilometres (310 mi) north-north-east of Perth, Western Australia and 118 kilometres (73 mi) east-north-east of Mullewa. Yalgoo is in the local government area of the Shire of Yalgoo.

Before it was settled as a town the Yalgoo area was used as grazing land for European settlers including the Morrissey and Broad families. Flocks of sheep were herded onto the rich pastures during the wet growing season and driven back to coastal properties for shearing before summer. Over time the graziers saw the value in the Yalgoo land and began to establish the first sheep stations.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yalgoo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata