The state government set aside land for a townsite at Youngs Siding in 1903, but the land was not surveyed until 1916 and the town was gazetted the following year.[9][10] The new town was named just Youngs, with the siding dropped from the name, but Youngs Siding remained in use locally and was eventually restored as the proper name in 1999.[11][12]
The name Youngs results from a local farmer, David Young, who took up land in the area in the 1850s and died in 1918.[13] Young, who farmed at Marbelup, east of Youngs Siding, had come to Australia from England at the age of nine. He hosted Prince Albert and the future George V at his homestead, Marbelup Cottage near the shore of Wilson Inlet, in 1881 when they came to Western Australia as midshipmen on HMS Bacchante, and took them on excursions in the area.[11][14][15]
The heritage listed Young's Siding Hall is located at the townsite and was officially opened on 14 April 1923, one of a number of community halls build in the area before and after the First World War.[14]
^"City of Albany". www.albany.wa.gov.au. City of Albany. Retrieved 20 October 2024. The City of Albany respectfully acknowledges the Menang Noongar people as the traditional custodians of the land ...
^ Noting the locality and railway siding name in 1929 survey - Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1929), Townsite of Youngs, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 20 October 2024
