Yoting, Western Australia

Yoting is a small town located between Quairading and Bruce Rock in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

It was originally a station on the Quairading to Bruce Rock railway line when it was established in 1912. Lots were surveyed in early 1914 and the townsite was gazetted later the same year.^[2]

The name is

spring first appeared on maps in 1873. Bruce Leake, an early settler, noted that the words Yot means two women fighting with wannas or digging sticks

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The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a grain receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.^[3]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yoting (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "History of country town names – Y". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

External links

Media related to Yoting, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yoting (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] "History of country town names – Y". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

[3] "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

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