Yoweragabbie is a small town in the

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region of

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between the towns of

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and Yalgoo. The town originated as a railway siding on the Mullewa to Cue line in 1898 when the line was opened, which was constructed to service the surrounding

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stations. In 1913 land was set aside for a townsite and was gazetted in 1914. Very little development ever took place at the town. The name of the town is

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in origin and is taken for a nearby well. The well had first been recorded on maps surveyed in 1886. In 1896, following heavy rain, the townsite and the surrounding

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s were flooded. The area was inundated again in 1926 resulting in rail services being cancelled. A

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, Yoweragabbie Station, existed since as a lease 1880 in the area when it was owned by the Watson family. In 1926 the property had a flock of 21,800 sheep and produced a clip of 458 bales of wool. The station was sold in 1934 to the Yalgoo Pastoral Company and Dr. A. Thompson for over £38,000, at this stage it occupied an area of and had a carrying capacity of 30,000 sheep. The Yoweragabbie railway siding was situated on the property which shared boundaries with Murrum, Nalbarra and Mundinia Stations.

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