York, Australia Attractions

 
York (pop. 1120) is the oldest settlement in the interior of Western Australia.

In order to secure grazing land for the new colony on the Swan River its first governor, Captain James Stirling, caused the Avon valley to be surveyed and settled at a very early stage. York was declared a town in 1836, but at first, as a result of a shortage of labor, it failed to make headway. It was only in the 1850s, when convict labor was brought in, that roads were built and agricultural produce could be brought to York for sale. The town also developed as a gold-mining center after the discovery of gold in the Yilgarn district.

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