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Boorabbin, Western Australia was a location on the narrow gauge Eastern Goldfields Railway in Western Australia.
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. Construction of the tank began in 1896; it had a capacity of five and a quarter million gallons.The townsite was gazetted in 1898.It was named by C.C. Hunt in 1865.It is in the area of the Boorabbin National Park, and Boorabbin Rocks.
The locality was identified as the nearest to a tragedy on the Great Eastern Highway when three truck drivers were killed by bushfire across the highway in 2007.
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Population: 1-100
Time zone: UTC +08:00
Area: 2272.046 km2
Elevation: 201-500 metres
Town elevation: 380 m
Population number: 7
Local Government Area: Shire of Coolgardie