NEWDEGATE

HEMA Map reference 75/F8

33° 05' 49" S 119° 01' 22" E

Statistics

Caravan Parks

Newdegate             08 9871 1685

Services

Attractions

Dragon Rocks Reserve, Pioneer Museum, Lake Biddy, Dickman Rock, Namma Rock, Lake Bryde.

Buildings of note

Clarke's store 1928.

Calendar of events

September: Fields Days.

Description

Settlement in the area dates from the 1920s and the townsite was gazetted in 1925 once the route of the railway from Lake Grace had been fixed. The town was named after Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate, Governor of W.A.
 

The railway arrived from Lake Grace in 1926 and by 1928 Newdegate had four general stores, a hotel, baker, saddler, two garages, fruit shop and a town hall.

The annual field days, that started in 1972, attract agricultural exhibitors from far and wide and this is a good time to visit the town. Wheat & sheep are the local industries.