Boorabbin, Western Australia
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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.
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- ↑ http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names
