Address & Contact
Noongar N Rd
North Bodallin WA 6424
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Web: https://www.wheatbelttourism.com/where-to-stay/moorine-rock
Moorine
Rock is a
granite rock named by C.C. Hunt in 1865. It is an aboriginal name of unknown origin. The nearby town of took his name after
the rock, but was originally Parkers Road.
The history of the towns name change is as follows:-
When the railway line between
Southern Cross and
Northam was opened in 1895 a railway station was established here and named Parkers Road after a nearby road. The road led to Parker Range, an area where Mr W M Parker made a gold find in 1888. In 1923 the district surveyor for the area reported there was a need to survey some lots at Parkers Road station. The survey was carried out the following year, and in 1925 the area was gazetted as the townsite of Parker Road. In 1926 the local member of Parliament advised the name of the townsite was causing confusion because it was too similar to Parker Range, a nearby goldmining area, and was also the name of a road in
Southern Cross. He suggested the alternative name of Moorine, after Moorine
Rock. This name was too similar to
Moora, but was accepted with the full name Moorine
Rock. The change of name of the townsite was gazetted in 1926. Moorine
Rock is the Aboriginal name of these rocks here - first recorded by the explorer C.C. Hunt in 1865.