Watheroo in a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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Land in the area was settled by James Oliver in 1851, the area was surveyed in 1871 and the name Watheroo was charted for the first.

The name in Indigenous Australian in origin and was the name of a nearby spring

Spring (hydrosphere)

A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...

. The word Watheroo is derived from the word Wardo which means little bird or more specifically the Willy Wagtail or from the word Wardoro which means water.

The town was an original station on the Midland Railway Company

Midland Railway of Western Australia

The Midland Railway of Western Australia was a privately built and operated railway in Western Australia, operated by the British-owned Midland Railway Company of Western Australia...

railway line to Walkaway.
The townsite was gazetted in 1907.