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11-June-2016
11-June-2016

Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin

The restored well commemorates the drovers who used the Northern Stock Routes.

 

Location

Address:Great Northern Highway, 40 kilometres north of Meekatharra, Meekatharra, 6642
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -26.269167
Long: 118.658611
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Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Technology
Sub-Theme:Agriculture
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 4th July, 1976
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The Twenty Five Mile Well

This well was restored by the Meekatharra Lions Club as a memorial to the many drovers who used the northern stock  routes during the years from the first settlers to the coming of the road trains.

Wells like this were the lifeblood of livestock and drovers alike.

Dedicated on Sunday July 4th 1976

"For this is the law of the Overland that all in the west obey 
A man must cover when travelling sheep a six mile stage a day 
A. B. [ Banjo ] Patterson

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Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au