What is Walgoolan, Western Australia?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Walgoolan | state = wa | image = | caption = | lga = [[Shire of Westonia]] | coordinates = {{coord|31|23|00|S|118|34|00|E|display=inline,title}} |elevation=329 | postcode = 6422 | pop = | est = 1923 | stategov = [[Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt|Central Wheatbelt]] | fedgov = [[Division of O'Connor|O'Connor]] | dist1 = 290 | dir1 = ENE | location1= [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] | dist2 = 8 | dir2 = E | location2= [[Burracoppin, Western Australia|Burracoppin]] }} '''Walgoolan''' is a small town in the eastern [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] region of [[Western Australia]]. It is between [[Merredin, Western Australia|Merredin]] and [[Bodallin, Western Australia|Bodallin]] along the [[Great Eastern Highway]]. Walgoolan was started between 1895 and 1899. It began as a railroad siding. Land was set aside for a townsite in 1913. Lots were surveyed in 1922. The townsite was gazetted in 1923. The name of the town is [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] and means ''place where the short bushes grow''. After World War I, nearly 100 [[settler]]s took land in the area. They planted [[cereal]] crops, mostly [[wheat]]. In 1932, [[Emu War]], started in Walgoolan. The [[Great Depression]] and many [[drought]]s hurt the area. By 1940 there was only one shop and the townsite was abandoned soon after. By 2010 only 10 families remain in the district. {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Western Australia]]