Western Australia location profile
Yalgoo WA 6635
Yalgoo is a remote historic goldfields and pastoral service town in Western Australia’s Mid West. It draws outback travellers and prospectors with heritage buildings and vast red-earth landscapes, and offers a quiet, close-knit community lifestyle.
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Why families consider Yalgoo
Small, predominantly working-age and Indigenous community with employment in pastoral stations, mining/exploration support, local government and services. Lifestyle is rural and low-key, centred on community events, the school, and seasonal tourism.
Amenities & services
- General store/roadhouse
- Hotel/motel and pub
- Community Resource Centre
- Primary school
- Nursing post/health clinic
- Caravan park and camping
- Fuel station
- Police station
- Yalgoo Community Resource Centre (library agency), Yalgoo
- Geraldton Regional Library, Geraldton (nearest full-service)
Transport & connectivity
- TransWA coach stop (Geraldton–Meekatharra line)
- Geraldton–Mount Magnet Road (State Route 123)
- Morawa–Yalgoo Road
- Local airstrip (RFDS access)
Lifestyle & recreation
- Yalgoo Racecourse (annual races)
- St Hyacinth's Chapel and Convent (heritage site)
- Joker's Tunnel (historic prospector tunnel)
- Dalgaranga Meteorite Crater (day trip)
- Town oval and playground
- Town oval and parklands
- Dalgaranga Meteorite Crater area
- Community picnic areas in town
Education context
No formal long day care in town; limited family day care and school-based programs. Nearest full childcare services are in Geraldton or Mount Magnet.
- Geraldton Universities Centre, Geraldton
- Curtin University, Bentley (Perth)
- The University of Western Australia, Crawley (Perth)
- Edith Cowan University, Joondalup/Mt Lawley (Perth)