Tin Dog Creek
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Tin Dog Creek ([1]) is a small watercourse in Dowerin, Western Australia.
The name is said to have come from gold miners travelling to the Yilgarn goldfields who called their tinned beef "tinned dog" and would discard tins at the creek.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Tin Dog Creek page at Geoscience Australia
- ^ Places to See page at the Shire of Dowerin web site
