Yalgoo, Western Australia
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View of Yalgoo from Yalgoo lookout, September 2021 | |
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Interactive map of Yalgoo | |
| Coordinates: 28°20′00″S 116°41′00″E / 28.33333°S 116.68333°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
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| Location | |
| Established | 1896 |
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| Area | |
• Total | 16,996.2 km2 (6,562.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 318 m (1,043 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 313 (SAL 2021) |
| Postcode | 6635 |
| Mean max temp | 27.9 °C (82.2 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 13.2 °C (55.8 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 259.1 mm (10.20 in) |
Yalgoo is a town in the Mid West region, 499 kilometres (310 mi) north-north-east of Perth, Western Australia and 118 kilometres (73 mi) east-north-east of Mullewa. Yalgoo is in the local government area of the Shire of Yalgoo.
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. Over time the graziers saw the value in the Yalgoo land and began to establish the first sheep stations.