Korrelocking, Western Australia
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Korrelocking is a small town situated between Wyalkatchem
and Trayning
in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
. At the 2006 census
, Korrelocking had a population of 76.
During the construction of the Merredin
to Dowerin
railway line the government decided to establish a station in the area. The Yuragin progress association petitioned for a townsite to declared at the station.
The town was gazetted in 1911 shortly before the opening of the railway line.
The name of the town is an Aboriginal word for a nearby well
that had been recorded when the area had been surveyed in 1892. The meaning of the name is not known.
Wyalkatchem, Western Australia
Wyalkatchem townsite is located in the central agricultural region, east north east of Perth and east of Dowerin. At the 2006 census, Wyalkatchem had a population of 344....
and Trayning
Trayning, Western Australia
Trayning is a town located in the north-eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 236 kilometres east of the state capital, Perth, between the towns of Wyalkatchem and Nungarin. At the 2006 census, Trayning had a population of 122....
in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
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...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Korrelocking had a population of 76.
During the construction of the Merredin
Merredin, Western Australia
-Economy:The agricultural land around Merredin produces 40% of Western Australia’s wheat quota. As a focal point for the region, Merredin’s local bulk handling co-operative receives and processes in excess of a million tonnes of grain every year...
to Dowerin
Dowerin, Western Australia
Dowerin is a town and shire located north-east of Perth in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:In 1906 the government extended the railway from Goomalling to the developing Dowerin Agricultural Area and decided to develop a townsite at the terminus...
railway line the government decided to establish a station in the area. The Yuragin progress association petitioned for a townsite to declared at the station.
The town was gazetted in 1911 shortly before the opening of the railway line.
The name of the town is an Aboriginal word for a nearby well
Water well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...
that had been recorded when the area had been surveyed in 1892. The meaning of the name is not known.