Wallal is the location of a

bore Bore or Bores often refer to: *Boredom * Drill Relating to holes * Boring (manufacturing), a machining process that enlarges a hole ** Bore (engine), the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or a steam locomotive ** Bore (wind instruments), ...

in the

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region of

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. The bore is located from the

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between Port Hedland and Broome and has an elevation of . The nearest town is

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, south of the bore. The bore falls within the boundaries of Wallal Downs

Station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

, a historical

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, that operates in the area. The station also has a caravan park situated in close proximity to the bore and

Eighty Mile Beach Eighty Mile Beach, also spelled Eighty-mile Beach or 80-mile Beach, lies along the north-west coast of Western Australia about half-way between the towns of Broome, Western Australia, Broome and Port Hedland, Western Australia, Port Hedland. I ...

. An

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suitable for light planes is also located nearby. The station is the most southerly cattle station in the Kimberley. With a size of approximately , the Wallal Downs property stretches from the coastal flats into the

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. Cattle reared in the area are mostly sent to market in

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or Broome and are occasionally sent to Darwin after being fattened up in the

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in lean seasons. The property is family owned and run along with

Warrawagine Warrawagine or Warrawagine Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station located between Marble Bar and Broome in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Description The property is in size and is approximately north east of Marble Bar bo ...

Station. Wallal was stocked with 8,000 head of

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in 2015. Wallal is also of historical interest as the location of an international effort to observe the solar eclipse on 21 September 1922, to validate Einstein's

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.Barker G. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Proven in Australia, 1922. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. August 22, 2012. https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2012/08/22/einsteins-theory-of-relativity-proven-in-australia-1922/ Accessed August 16, 2018

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