Yoweragabbie is 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...

 between the towns of Mount Magnet

Mount Magnet, Western Australia

Mount Magnet is an old Western Australian gold rush town. The name was chosen during exploration of the region due to an isolated hill 5 km north west of the town current townsite. This hill has an extremely high iron content and affected the compasses of explorers...

 and Yalgoo

Yalgoo, Western Australia

-Further reading:* Palmer, Alex. Yalgoo Fremantle, W.A: Lap Industries. ISBN 0959058400- See also :* Yalgoo - the ecological region* Thundelarra* Shire of Yalgoo - the local government region...

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The town originated as a railway siding on the Mullewa

Mullewa, Western Australia

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 to Cue

Cue, Western Australia

- Further reading:* 'Along the Cue railway. Inspection of line with suggested improvements, visit to Georgina Siding'. West Australian, 11 June 1898, p. 5-External links:* *...

 line in 1898 when the line was opened, which was constructed to service the surrounding pastoral

Pastoral

The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. It also refers to a genre in literature, art or music that depicts such shepherd life in an...

 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 Aboriginal in origin and is taken for a nearby well

Water well

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...

. The well had first been recorded on maps surveyed in 1886.

In 1886, following heavy rain, the townsite and the surrounding station

Station (Australian agriculture)

Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. It corresponds to the North American term ranch or South American estancia...

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