Babakin, Western Australia
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Babakin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
between the towns of Bruce Rock
and Corrigin
. It has a population of approximately 25 people, and provides the local farming community with a school, shop, hall and sporting facilities.
Babakin was a pastoral lease
from 1873 to 1914 at this location, first taken up by C. Heal (Jnr). The name stems from a Noongar
term for the dingo
.
The area is an inhabitant area for a very rare plant species, the Western Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri
).
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
between the towns of Bruce Rock
Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Bruce Rock is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and southwest of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Bruce Rock....
and Corrigin
Corrigin, Western Australia
Corrigin is a town located in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, east-southeast of the state capital, Perth, Western Australia, along State Route 40...
. It has a population of approximately 25 people, and provides the local farming community with a school, shop, hall and sporting facilities.
Babakin was a pastoral lease
Pastoral lease
A pastoral lease is Crown land that government allows to be leased, generally for the purposes of farming.-Australia:Pastoral leases exist in both Australian commonwealth law and state jurisdictions....
from 1873 to 1914 at this location, first taken up by C. Heal (Jnr). The name stems from a Noongar
Noongar
The Noongar are an indigenous Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast...
term for the dingo
Dingo
The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...
.
The area is an inhabitant area for a very rare plant species, the Western Underground Orchid (Rhizanthella gardneri
Rhizanthella gardneri
Rhizanthella gardneri, also known as Western Underground Orchid, is a plant in the orchid family, discovered in the spring of 1928 in the wheatbelt of Western Australia....
).