Paroo, Western Australia

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Paroo is a locality in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It once was a stop on the now closed Wiluna Branch Railway. [1]

According to Western Australian Government Railways, the former railway station altitude was the highest in the Western Australia railway system in the 1940s. [2]

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References

  1. "FIRE ON TRAIN". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 10 January 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. "HIGH SPOT". The Sunday Times . Perth: National Library of Australia. 8 September 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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