Boorabbin, Western Australia

Boorabbin, Western Australia was a location on the narrow gauge Eastern Goldfields Railway in Western Australia. It was half way between Southern Cross and Coolgardie.

It was the location of a water tank used during the era of steam power on the railways,[1] Construction of the tank began in 1896 and had a capacity of five and a quarter million gallons.[2]

The townsite was gazetted in 1898. It was named by C.C. Hunt in 1865.[3]

It is in the area of the Boorabbin National Park, and Boorabbin Rocks.

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Boorabbin Tank.". Western Mail (Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 10 December 1897. p. 39. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Boorabbin". Western Mail (Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 2 October 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names
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