Yerecoin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

Western Australia

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, in the Shire of Victoria Plains,156 kilometres (97 mi) north-northeast of the state capital, Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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History

Yerecoin was the Aboriginal

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 name for a nearby well

Soakage

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, first recorded by a surveyor in 1879. It was first established as a railway station on a new line north from Toodyay

Toodyay, Western Australia

Toodyay is a town located in the Wheatbelt region in the Avon Valley, 85 km north-east of Perth, Western Australia. Toodyay is connected to Perth via both rail and road.-History:...

, which was approved in 1914 and was extended from Bolgart

Bolgart, Western Australia

Bolgart is a townsite north of Toodyay in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.The town derives its name from a nearby spring. The spring was discovered and the name recorded by explorer George Fletcher Moore in 1836. The area was settled in the 1840s and one of the first...

 to Calingiri

Calingiri, Western Australia

Calingiri is a town located north-east of Perth, near New Norcia in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.The town derives its name from Calingiri Waterhole, the name of which was first recorded by a surveyor in 1903. The settlement was first proposed in 1914...

 in 1917 and further to Piawaning

Piawaning, Western Australia

The townsite of Piawaning is located in the northern agricultural region, 160 km north-east of Perth and 28 km north-east of New Norcia. At the 2006 census, Piawaning had a population of 309....

 (10 km north of Yerecoin) in 1919. The surrounding land was owned by the Midland Railway Company, and was not subdivided by the Company until 1925. The Company also set aside 200 acre (0.809372 km²) for a townsite at Yerecoin, but the land was sold to one owner, and development of the townsite area was slow. A school was opened in 1927, and was followed by other community buildings. The town was gazetted in 1966.

See also

• Earthquakes in Western Australia
  Earthquakes in Western Australia
  Western Australia has had a regular history of earthquakes throughout its geological history.During European occupation — and since the science of seismology has developed — some earthquakes are better known due to their impact on urban areas....
  
  
• South West Seismic Zone
  South West Seismic Zone
  The South West Seismic Zone is a major intraplate earthquake province located in the south west of Western Australia. The zone exists within an Archaean Shield structure called the Yilgarn Block...