Colonial stone-walled sheepyards

BENCUBBIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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A small Wheatbelt town.
Location: 274 km north east of Perth on the eastern perimeter of the Wheatbelt.
Origin of name: the name was suggested by the Chief Draftsman, J. Hope, in 1913, for the station at the terminus of the Wyalkatchem - Mt. Marshall railway. It is derived from "Gnylbencubbing" the Aboriginal name for nearby Mt. Marshall. Interestingly, Surveyor John Septimus Roe ignored the Aboriginal name for the hill, choosing instead to name it after an Englishman because he despised Aboriginal names as he saw them as unpronounceable.
Brief history: shepherds and sandalwood cutters had entered the area in the 1840s but no permanent settlement was formed until the 1860s. The town itself was not established until 1908.
Natural features: Mt. Marshall; Wiacubbing Hills; Mungan Gabby Rock; Waddouring Hill
Built features: Bencubbin Hotel; Bates Farm Museum; colonial stone-walled sheepyards