''Goomalling'' is a townsite in the
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia 45 km north north east of
Northam, Western Australia. The name Goomalling was first shown for a
spring found by explorers Hillman & Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country" and
squatters subsequently moved into the area. George Slater was the first in the Goomalling area, establishing a property around Goomalling Spring in the early 1850s.
When the Northam – Goomalling railway line was opened in 1902 the government decided to establish a townsite at Goomalling. It was gazetted in 1903. Goomalling is an
Aboriginal word which means "the place of the silver-grey possum". Goomal is the
noongar word for this
possum.
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External link
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Goomal.com