Watheroo, Western Australia

Watheroo Western Australia
Watheroo
Population:	275 (2006 Census) ^[1]
Established:	1907
Postcode:	6513
Elevation:	263 m (863 ft)
Location:	214 km (133 mi) North of Perth 38 km (24 mi) North of Moora 98 km (61 mi) East of Jurien Bay
LGA:	Shire of Moora
State District:	Moore
Federal Division:	Durack

Watheroo in a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia.

Land in the area was settled by James Oliver in 1851, the area was surveyed in 1871 and the name Watheroo was charted for the first.

The name in Indigenous Australian in origin and was the name of a nearby spring. The word Watheroo is derived from the word Wardo which means little bird or more specifically the Willy Wagtail or from the word Wardoro which means water.^[2]

The town was an original station on the Midland Railway Company railway line to Walkaway. The townsite was gazetted in 1907.^[3]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Watheroo (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC55881&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
^ "Shire of Moora - Watheroo". 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080719234655/http://www.moora.wa.gov.au/about_us/our_towns/watheroo. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names. Retrieved 2008-10-17.