Paroo, Western Australia

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

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]

According to Western Australian Government Railways, the former railway station altitude was the highest in the Western Australia railway system in the 1940s.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "FIRE ON TRAIN.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 10 January 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "HIGH SPOT.". The Sunday Times (Perth: National Library of Australia). 8 September 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 4 April 2012.


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