Corporate body

Local Government

YALGOO ROAD BOARD [1]

AU WA A1586

1896-07-03 - 1911-08-01

Yalgoo is situated in the Murchison Goldfields area of Western Australia. The area was gazetted as Yalgoo Goldfield in 1895, followed by the townsite (spelled Yalgu in the original gazettal) and road district in 1896. The road district was abolished in August 1911 and portions incorporated into Mount Magnet and Upper Irwin Road Districts. However Board meetings continued to be held until 4 January 1912.

Yalgoo was named after the nearby Yalgoo Peak, discovered by John Forrest in 1876. The word is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'blood' or 'place of blood'. The indigenous bush in the area has a blood red sap.

Creation: The Roads Act of 1888, 52 Vict No 16 (from 1/1/1889 until 31/12/1902); The Roads Act 1902 (from 1/1/1903 until 30/6/1911)
Abolition: Roads Act No 29 of 1911 (from 1/7/1911 until 16/12/1919). Government Gazette 11 August 1911 page 2816.

AU WA A1587 - YALGOO ROAD BOARD [2] (1912-04-19 - 1961-07-01)

AU WA A2158 - MOUNT MAGNET ROAD BOARD (1901-09-14 - 1961-07-01)

AU WA A1059 - UPPER IRWIN DISTRICT ROAD BOARD (1901-10-10 - 1919-12-12)

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