Cunderdin Quairading Road, Cunderdin Western Australia, 6407, Australia
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In 1865 an early settler known as E.J. Clarkson was killed by Aborigines and it was decided to establish a police outpost at Youndegin, 19 kilometres south of the present day town of Cunderdin.
The police outpost was built of stone and mud with a thatched roof and is still standing today. The York Gum tree standing nearby was used as the lockup.
In 1880 Constable Alfred Eaton took up duties in the settlement. The goldrush of 1888 saw miners pouring through the area on their way to the goldfields. Eaton established the Youndegin Arms and catered for the passing trade, one of his more popular menu items was Parrot Pie, then considered a delicacy.
When the railway was built it passed to the north of Youndegin and resulted in the eventual collapse of the once thriving settlement. The ruins of the earliest settlement in the area can be seen today.
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