BeverleyBrief History of Beverley Beverley is situated on the edge of the
Western Australian Wheatbelt and was founded in 1838. The
town was named Beverley by Charles Simmons (the Surgeon
General) because of the similarity he saw of the
landscape to his hometown of Beverley in Yorkshire,
England. The town has an interesting collection of Art
Deco buildings. More history of Beverley.
Things You May Not Know About BeverleyThe post code for Beverley is 6304.
Just outside of Beverley is the Avondale Research Station which was one of the first properties settled in WA. The station was originally owned by Governor James Stirling.
On the 16th March 1979, Prince Charles visited Avondale and planted a tree near the enterance to the farm.
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During the late 1800's and the early 1900's the
water supply of Beverley came from wells and the 
A sheep disease known as Braxy-like disease
(also known as infectious enterotoxaemia and the more
colourful Pulpy kidney) originated in the Beverley/ York
areas in 1915. This nasty disease spread throughout the
agricultural area, killing sheep within hours of
contamination. In 1930, Avondale began to research the
disease, under the direction of Dr Harold Bennetts, who
was Western Australia's first veterinary pathologist.
Bennetts eventually identified the cause of the disease
(Bacillus ovitoxicus) and as a result developed a
infectious enterotoxaemia vaccine.