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The Twenty Five Mile WellPrint Page 
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 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -26.269167 Long: 118.658611 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | Technology |
| Sub-Theme: | Agriculture |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 4th July, 1976 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThe 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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