Moora, Western Australia

Built on the banks of the Moore River, Moora is the largest town between Perth metropolitan area and Geraldton on the inland route. The district is well known for its spectacular wildflower displays. In its virgin state the region was a covered by a large salmon gum forest and many of the attractive trees from it still remain.
Location: 172 km north of Perth
Origin of name: the Aboriginal name of the locality, derived from "moora-moora" meaning 'good spirit'. The area of Glentromie farm to the south was known by its Aboriginal name, "murra murra". Another source gives Moora as a word meaning "grandparent", although the location where this name was used is not known.
Brief history: when the Midland Railway Company railway line from Midland to Walkaway was opened in 1894, Moora was one of the original stations on the line. At the same time, land for a townsite was set aside near it.
Natural features: Jingemia Cave near Watheroo; Watheroo National Park
Heritage features: Berkshire Valley Folk Museum (1847 onwards). It was an attempt to reproduce a Berkshire farm complex down to the finest detail in the middle of the nineteenth century in the dry wheat lands of Western Australia. It is the English equivalent of New Norcia. The complex consists of a homestead (1847), stables (1867), a shearing shed (1869), barn, manager's cottage (1856) and bridge (1869).