This Day in History: 1901-10-18

The Wongamine Reserve, on Forrest Road near the Toodyay-Goomalling Shire boundary, was set aside for a ‘Watering and Stopping Place’ for teams and travellers on the old goldfields route between Perth and Coolgardie, at the peak of the goldrush.

Source:
Nature reserves of the Shire of Toodyay, by Susan A. Moore et al. Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Perth, 1985, p.71.