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Merredin Railway Museum > Records

FENCE POST NO 1RABBIT PROOF FENCE

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Found North Burracoppin --18 km North of Standard Guage Railway line No 24 Water tank area Seealso 0111 Poison Jar 1045 Centenury of Fence Celebrations1901 to 2001 Donated bybC Caughy

Historical information

Part of fence sstretching from south coast near Albany to Eighty Mile Beach in the North ,a distance of 1,142 miles ,running through Merredin & Burracoppin . Commenced 1901 ,completed 1907 & maintained untl 1948 Erected due to demand from farmers. Success in controling rabbits questionable

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cwa-org-156-1988.274

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under Signal Box

Merredin Railway Museum

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