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The Holland Track, also known as the John Holland Way, is a bush track between
The Holland Track, also known as the John Holland Way, is a bush track between Broomehill Broomehill is a place name, and may refer to:
* Broomehill, Western Australia
Broomehill is a town on the Great Southern Highway between Katanning, Western Australia, Katanning and Albany, Western Australia, Albany, in the Great Southern (Wes ...
and Coolgardie in Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
.
With a total length of around , the track passes through parts of the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Goldfields regions including the biologically diverse Great Western Woodlands
The Great Western Woodlands is located in the southwest of Australia. The woodlands cover almost , a region larger in size than England and Wales. The boundary of the Great Western Woodlands runs from the Nullarbor Plain in the east to the West ...
, which is the largest intact area of Mediterranean climate woodland left in the world.
The track was pioneered by John Holland in 1893 as a short cut through to the Goldfields.
See also
*Gibb River Road
The Gibb River Road is a road in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Description
The road is a former cattle route that stretches in an east–west direction almost through the Kimberley between the to ...
References
{{Reflist Tracks in remote areas of Western Australia Goldfields–Esperance Great Southern (Western Australia) Wheatbelt (Western Australia) 1893 establishments in Australia Great Western Woodlands