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Newdegate was settled in 1922 and shortly thereafter the railway line that was extended from Lake Grace in 1926. By 1928, the town had four general stores, a hotel, a bakery, a saddler, two garages, a fruit shop and a town hall. Today the town, though smaller, is a self -sufficient farming community which hosts one of the state’s major machinery events, The Newdegate Field day.
Head out to Dragons Rocks Reserve for a wonderful experience of the flora and fauna unique to this area. The Hainsworth Building which houses the Newdegate Pioneer Museum was originally built as a general store and dining room in 1931/2. The heritage listed building also functioned as a boarding house for railway workers and travellers. Come in to the museum and see a fine collection of photographs, historical objects and musical instruments from times of early settlement.
Native Western Australian wildlife has taken centre stage in sky-high silo art for the mural at Newdegate. Brenton See’s mallee fowl, lizard, phascogale and tree frog have been dazzling above the treetops in Wheatbelt town. One Silo features a local resident, the Western Bearded Dragon (Pomona minor minor), namesake of the nearby Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve.
The Newdegate Machinery Field Days are held every September. Join in a real country fair, going since 1972. There is over forty hectares of machinery, agricultural goods, regional produce, art and craft displays. Demonstrations include crop information, wool promotions, speed shear events, stud stock displays, food, fashion, carnival rides and stalls.
