Paroo, Western Australia

Coordinates: 26°37′01″S 119°33′22″E / 26.617°S 119.556°E

Paroo is a locality in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It once was a stop on the now closed Wiluna Branch Railway.[1][2]

According to Western Australian Government Railways, the former railway station altitude was the highest in the Western Australia railway system in the 1940s.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/105263/20090910-1331/wastations.i8.com/northern/paroo/paroo+siding.html
  2. ↑ "FIRE ON TRAIN.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 10 January 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "HIGH SPOT.". Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 8 September 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 4 April 2012.