A day trip to Wagin, a rural town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is 225 km from the state capital Perth and is well regarded as a wheat and sheep producing region. It came into being in 1889 after construction of the Great Southern Railway and was originally named Wagin Lake. Each year (it beat the pandemic this year) Wagin hosts ‘Woolorama’, an agricultural show which is a major community event.
All images are geotagged and hyperlinked to open full screen. To view them on a map, save the image to your hard drive and then download this FREE SOFTWARE. Install and click on the image in the left panel to view in a map as to the location where it was taken. (SAMPLE VIEW)
“Bart” The Giant Ram, Wetlands Park, Arthur Road, Wagin, Western Australia
Butterick’s Buildings, Tudhoe Street c.1912
Post Office, Tudhoe Street
Palace Hotel, Tudhoe Street c.1905
Mitchell Hall Hotel, Tudhoe Street, c. 1895
Mitchell House, Tudor Street
Butterick Building, Tudor Street c.1905
Rotunda, Tudor Street
Galt Drinking Fountain, Tudor Street
This fountain was presented to the Municipality of Wagin in January 1929 by Alexander Galt, an immigrant Scotsman, who operated a hardware importer business in town. It is number 18 manufactured at Walter Macfarlane’s Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, Scotland.
National Australia Bank, Tudor Street
Courthouse, Tudor Street
Moran’s Wagin Hotel, Cnr Tudor and Tavistock Streets c.1900
“Ladies Rest.Room”, Tavistock Street
Rear Garden, Cresswell’s Emporium, Tudor Street
Town Hall, Tudor Street
Wagin District Club, Tavistock Street
Loading Doors, Heritage Building, Tavistock Street
14 Tavistock Street
Rusting Dodge, Tavistock Street
Uniting Church, Ranford Street
Wagin Argus, Cnr Ranford and Tavistock Streets
‘Crumbling’, Wesley Hall, Tavistock Street
Fence Line, Tavistock Street
Street Sign, Tavistock Street
Note the Ram logo – on every street sign in town
St George’s Anglican Church, Lukin Street
St George’s Hall, Cnr Trenton & Tarbet Streets
Council Gardens, Arthur Road
Wetlands Park, Arthur Road
Country Cottage, Trenton Street
Old Industrial Building Windows, Tarbet Street
Masonic Hall, Tarbet Street c.1907
Wheel Rim, Beaurepaires, Tudhoe Street
Community Centre, Tudhoe Street
Originally built for the Union Bank in 1927 and once occupied by Elder Smith & Co. Now a community centre and utilised also by the local RSL.
Street Mural, Trent Street
Wagin Road Board, Trent Street c.1912
“Rustic Furniture”, 76 Tudhoe Street
Derelict Rural Buildings, Great Southern Highway (…and goat)
Railway Tracks
Graffitied Railway Rolling Stock, Great Southern Highway
