Yalgoo, Western Australia
Before it was settled as a town the Yalgoo area was used as grazing land for European settlers including the Morrissey and Broad families.Flocks of sheep were herded onto the rich pastures during the wet growing season and driven back to coastal properties for shearing before summer.Yalgoo's importance declined in the years after World War II after the forging of an all-weather road between Wubin and Paynes Find, across Lake Moore.[2] In 1921-22 the priest-architect and parish priest of Yalgoo (as well as of Mullewa), Monsignor John Hawes, designed and built the Dominican convent school and chapel of St Hyacinth: Yalgoo children attended the school until it was closed for lack of pupils in 1950.An alternative view is that it is derived from the Yalguru bush, which abounds in the area and has blood red sap.
Western AustraliaCoordinatesPostcode(s)GeraldtonMullewaLGA(s)Shire of YalgooState electorate(s)North WestFederal division(s)DurackMid Westlocal government areashearingsheep stationsNorthern RailwayWorld War IIPaynes FindMonsignorJohn HawesbatteryJohn ForrestAboriginalDepartment of Lands and Surveyshot desert climateKöppen climate classificationprecipitationYalgoo bioregionThundelarraDecember 2010 Gascoyne River floodAustralian Bureau of StatisticsWestern MailGeraldton Guardian and ExpressUSGS Astrogeology Science CenterCity of Greater GeraldtonBeachlandsBeresfordBluff PointCape BurneyDeepdaleDrummond CoveGlenfieldKarlooMahomets FlatsMoonyoonookaMoresbyMount TarcoolaNarnguluRangewayRudds GullySpaldingStrathalbynSunset BeachTarcoola BeachUtakarraWaggrakineWandinaWebbertonWest EndWonthellaWoorreeGreenoughKojarenaMinnenookaPindarTardunTenindewaWalkawayWandanookaWicherinaShire of CarnamahCarnamahEneabbaShire of Chapman ValleyHowatharraMount ErinNabawaNansonNaralingOakajeeShire of CoorowCoorowGreen HeadGunyidiLeemanMarchageeWaddy ForestWarradargeShire of CueAustinBig BellCuddingwarraDay DawnMainlandTuckanarraShire of IrwinArrowsmithDongaraMount AdamsPort DenisonShire of MeekatharraAbbottsButtah WindeeGabaninthaHorseshoeKaralundiKumarinaMeekatharraNanninePeak HillPorlellYulga JinnaShire of MingenewMingenewNangettyYandanookaShire of MorawaKoolanookaMerkanookaMorawaPintharukaShire of Mount MagnetBoogardieLennonvilleMount MagnetPaynesville