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The railway line on which the siding existed from the 1920s to the 1950s, the Flinders Bay branch railway was the location of a railway derailment in the Yallingup Siding area in 1928. [5] [6] The City of Busselton and the locality of Yallingup Siding are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the ...
Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, 256 kilometres (159 mi) south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park .
The shearing shed, built around the turn-of-the-century, is one of the great shearing sheds in the South-East along with 'Mount Schank' and 'Glencoe'. The property of 'Coola' is associated with the South Australian Company and with Captain John Ellis , a prominent early South Australian, and his descendants.
Shearing sheds (or wool sheds) are large sheds located on sheep stations to accommodate large scale sheep shearing activities. In countries where large numbers of sheep are kept for wool, sometimes many thousands in a flock, shearing sheds are vital to house the necessary shearing equipment , and to ensure that the shearers and /or crutchers ...
The current building dates to 1909 and was extended in 1915 but the jarrah slabs of the original homestead are still in use as the floor of the shearing shed. [ 5 ] The heritage-listed Willow Springs Timber Mill and town site is located at the point where the localities of East Nannup, Donnelly River and Carlotta meet. [ 6 ]
The flock size in 1912 was estimated at 15,000 sheep, with shearing set to commence in early September in the six-stand shearing shed. [13] The lease transferred to a nature conservation estate in 2006. [14] The lessee in 2012 was the Conservation and Land Management Executive body.
Rawlinna Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located about 339 kilometres (211 mi) east of Kambalda in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The locality of Rawlinna and the Trans-Australian Railway are situated along the boundary of the station. It is the largest sheep station in Australia.
Western Australia portal; Pages in category "Yallingup, Western Australia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.