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  • Abbotts
    Abbotts, Western Australia
    Abbotts is an abandoned town in Western Australia located in the Murchison Goldfields region of Western Australia located 31 km north-west of Meekatharra on the Meekatharra - Mount Clere Road....

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  • Acton Park
    Acton Park, Western Australia
    Acton Park is a small town and agricultural district located in the South West of Western Australia inland from Busselton along Jalbarragup Road. It contains a hall and B&B farmstay accommodation....

  • Agnew
    Agnew, Western Australia
    Agnew is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is located 982 km north-east of Perth and the closest populated town is Leinster....

  • Ajana
    Ajana, Western Australia
    Ajana is a small town in Western Australia located on the Ajana Back Road north-west of Perth in the Mid West RegionThe name of the town is Aboriginal in origin and is thought either to be the local name for the area or to come from the Aboriginal word meaning "mine".The townsite was declared in...

  • Albany
    Albany, Western Australia
    Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state....

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  • Aldersyde
    Aldersyde, Western Australia
    Aldersyde is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about east of the town of Brookton.-History:Land for a proposed townsite at the 18½ mile peg on the Brookton-Kunjin Railway was resumed from four properties in 1913...

  • Allanson
    Allanson, Western Australia
    Allanson is a small town in Western Australia located in the South West Region just west of Collie on the Coalfields Road and on the shoreline of the Collie River....

  • Amelup
    Amelup, Western Australia
    Amelup is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located on Chester Pass Road.The Amelup service station is located 9km North of the Stirling Range National Park situated between the Stirling Range and Borden....

  • Amery
    Amery, Western Australia
    Amery is a rail siding and townsite located northeast of Dowerin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.-History:Amery was first known as "Ejanding" in 1910. Its name was changed to Amery in 1928, apparently because another railway siding approximately 26 km further north was to be...

  • Ardath
    Ardath, Western Australia
    Ardath is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia south of the town of Bruce Rock.It was built to serve the Corrigin to Bruce Rock railway, and originally named Kerkenin in April 1914...

  • Arrino
    Arrino, Western Australia
    Arrino is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town is located between Mingenew and Three Springs on the Midlands Road....

  • Arrowsmith
    Arrowsmith, Western Australia
    Arrowsmith is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Irwin and it is located from the town of Dongara....

  • Arthur River
    Arthur River, Western Australia
    Arthur River is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, between Williams and Kojonup on Albany Highway.-History:Arthur River is named after the river that flows through it, a headwater of the Blackwood River...

  • Augusta
    Augusta, Western Australia
    Augusta is a town on the south-west coast of Western Australia, where the Blackwood River emerges into Flinders Bay. It is the nearest town to Cape Leeuwin, on the farthest south-west corner of the Australian continent. In the 2001 census it had a population of 1,694; by 2006 the population of...

  • Austin
    Austin, Western Australia
    Austin is an abandoned town in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The town is located south of Cue on an island in Lake Austin and for this reason was also known as Lake Austin and The Island Lake Austin....

     - abandoned
  • Australind
    Australind, Western Australia
    Australind is a satellite town and outer northern suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia, and is located 12 km north-east of Bunbury's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Harvey. At the 2006 census, Australind had a population of 8,717. -History:Prior to European...


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  • Baandee
    Baandee, Western Australia
    Baandee is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about halfway between the towns of Kellerberrin and Merredin on the Great Eastern Highway approximately from Perth, the state capital.-History:The town was gazetted in April 1912...

  • Babakin
    Babakin, Western Australia
    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...

  • Badgebup
    Badgebup, Western Australia
    Badgebup is a small community in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located between the towns of Katanning and Nyabing. The Badgebup Reserve, north of the town, forms part of the Kwobrup-Badgebup Important Bird Area.-Name:...

  • Badgingarra
    Badgingarra, Western Australia
    Badgingarra is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north of Perth in the Shire of Dandaragan.It lies on the Brand Highway adjacent to the Badgingarra National Park.-History:...

  • Badjaling
    Badjaling, Western Australia
    Badjaling is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia located close to the Salt River.The townsite was originally declared as Yuruga in 1914 but the name was changed to Badjaling later the same year....

  • Bailup
    Bailup, Western Australia
    Bailup is a Western Australian locality and rural residential estate located north-east of the state capital, Perth, along Toodyay Road. The area is split between the Shire of Toodyay and Shire of Mundaring, the latter of which contains most of the land area....

  • Bakers Hill
    Bakers Hill, Western Australia
    Bakers Hill is a town east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Eastern Highway. The town is located within the Shire of Northam, between Wundowie and Clackline. At the 2006 census, Bakers Hill had a population of 637.-History:...

  • Balgo
    Balgo, Western Australia
    Balgo is a small Aboriginal Community in Western Australia which is linked with both the Great Sandy Desert and the Tanami Desert. The Community is in the Shire of Halls Creek, off the Tanami Road . It has a petrol station, supermarket, Catholic Parish, School Adult Education Centre, Clinic and...

  • Balingup
    Balingup, Western Australia
    Balingup is a town located in the South West of Western Australia, south of the state capital, Perth, and southeast of the town of Donnybrook.The town takes its name from Balingup Pool, located on the Balingup Brook which flows through the town...

  • Balkuling
    Balkuling, Western Australia
    Balkuling is an abandoned town 192 km east of Perth, Western Australia along the Quairading –York Road situated in the Wheatbelt Region of Western Australia....

  • Balladonia
    Balladonia, Western Australia
    Balladonia is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, Australia. It is the first stop east of Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plain...

  • Ballidu
    Ballidu, Western Australia
    Ballidu is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north of Perth. Ballidu is also north of the town of Wongan Hills which, along with a few other small towns such as Cadoux and Bindi Bindi make up the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu....

  • Banksiadale
    Banksiadale, Western Australia
    Banksiadale is a locality and former town in the Peel region of Western Australia north of Dwellingup. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray.-History:...

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  • Bardi
    Bardi, Western Australia
    Bardi or One Arm Point is an Indigenous Australian Community town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located 2446 km North of Perth and the closest populated town is Derby...

  • Barragup
    Barragup, Western Australia
    Barragup is a locality near Mandurah, Western Australia, located north of Pinjarra Road and east of the Serpentine River within the Shire of Murray. Its postcode is 6209. At the 2006 census, Barragup had a population of 965....

  • Beacon
    Beacon, Western Australia
    Beacon is a town in Western Australia, in the Shire of Mount Marshall. It is located 42 km north of Bencubbin and 333 km northeast of Perth....

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  • Bejoording
    Bejoording, Western Australia
    Bejoording is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The first European to visit the area was George Fletcher Moore who explored the area in 1836. Moore recorded the Aboriginal name of the area as Bejoording....

  • Belka
    Belka, Western Australia
    Belka is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between the towns of Bruce Rock and Merredin.The town originated as a station along the railway line for both passengers and heavy goods which was gazetted in 1914. The word is Aboriginal in origin and is thought to mean...

  • Bencubbin
    Bencubbin, Western Australia
    Bencubbin is a town in Western Australia, located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt, 275 km north-east of Perth. The town lies within the Shire of Mount Marshall and is home to approximately 200 people...

  • Bendering
    Bendering, Western Australia
    Bendering is a town located between Kondininand Narembeen in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town was gazetted in 1921. The name of the town is taken from a nearby spring and is Aboriginal in origin, its meaning is unknown....

  • Benger
    Benger, Western Australia
    Benger is a locality just north of Brunswick Junction in the South West of Western Australia.The South Western Highway runs through the region...

  • Benjaberring
    Benjaberring, Western Australia
    Benjaberring is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The name of the town originates from the Aboriginal name of a nearby water source....

  • Beverley
    Beverley, Western Australia
    Beverley is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of the state capital, Perth, between York and Brookton on the Great Southern Highway...

  • Big Bell
    Big Bell, Western Australia
    Big Bell is a derelict town in Western Australia near the town of Cue, established in 1936, and was home to the Big Bell Gold Mine.Mining ceased in 2003 and the plant was dismantled and transported to the Westonia minesite in 2007....

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  • Bilbarin
    Bilbarin, Western Australia
    Bilbarin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The townsite is located along the railway line between Corrigin and Bruce Rock....

  • Bindi Bindi
    Bindi Bindi, Western Australia
    Bindi Bindi is a small town located between Moora and Wongan Hills in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town originated as a Western Australian Government Railways siding and was gazetted in 1947. The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the word for stick or skewer with which a coat...

  • Bindoon
    Bindoon, Western Australia
    Bindoon is a town located from Perth city on the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering.Bindoon is where the majority of training and selection takes place for the Australian Special Air Service Regiment...

  • Binningup
    Binningup, Western Australia
    Binningup is a town located on the coast in the South West region of Western Australia between Mandurah and Bunbury. At the 2006 census, Binningup had a population of 950.-History:...

  • Binnu
    Binnu, Western Australia
    Binnu is a town located on the North West Coastal Highway in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The name derives from a well on the outskirts of town that was first in use in 1909. The name is Indigenous Australian in origin and is thought to mean either to squeeze or place of emus...

  • Bodallin
    Bodallin, Western Australia
    Bodallin is a town located around half way between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia.The town takes its name from the railway siding of this name, established between 1894 and 1897. When gazetted in 1918 the town was spelt Boddalin...

  • Boddington
    Boddington, Western Australia
    Boddington is a town and shire in the Peel region of Western Australia, located south-east of Perth. The town sits on the road from Pinjarra to Williams on the Hotham River...

  • Bolgart
    Bolgart, Western Australia
    Bolgart is a townsite north of Toodyay in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.The town derives its name from a nearby spring. The spring was discovered and the name recorded by explorer George Fletcher Moore in 1836. The area was settled in the 1840s and one of the first...

  • Bonnie Rock
    Bonnie Rock, Western Australia
    Bonnie Rock is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town was once the terminus of the railway to Beacon.The name of the town originated from a rock formation that is situated close to the town that was named by a sandalwood cutter. The townsite was gazetted in 1932.-...

  • Bonnie Vale
    Bonnie Vale, Western Australia
    Bonnie Vale is an abandoned goldfields townsite 14 km north of Coolgardie in Western Australia.The town was gazetted in 1897. It was apparently named after Bonnie, a prospector who picked up a 7 oz troy nugget here in May/June 1894...

  • Boranup
    Boranup, Western Australia
    Boranup, Western Australia is the site of a large coastal dune blow out known as the Boranup sand patch as part of the Boranup beach, and the site of a former M.C. Davies timber company mill....

  • Borden
    Borden, Western Australia
    Borden is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located south east of the state capital, Perth and north of Albany, Western Australia on Chester Pass Road...

  • Bornholm
    Bornholm, Western Australia
    Bornholm is a small township in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located between Albany and Denmark on the Lower Denmark Road.Situated along the railway between Albany and Denmark, the town formed arund the railway siding. The surrounding area has been allocated into many small farms...

  • Boscabel
    Boscabel, Western Australia
    Boscabel is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located not far from Kojonup.The town was gazetted in 1913, following a suggestion to do so by the local progress association in 1912....

  • Bow Bridge
    Bow Bridge, Western Australia
    Bow Bridge is a small town in the Great Southern of Western Australia. It is located between Denmark and Walpole on the South Coast Highway. It also situated on the Bow River.Farms were established in the area prior to 1917....

  • Boxwood Hill
    Boxwood Hill, Western Australia
    Boxwood Hill is a town in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia that is situated along the South Coast Highway.The townsite was gazetted in 1963....

  • Boyanup
    Boyanup, Western Australia
    Boyanup is a town located on the South Western Highway in the South West agricultural region, 195 km south of Perth and 18 km south-east of Bunbury, Western Australia....

  • Boyup Brook
    Boyup Brook, Western Australia
    Boyup Brook is a town located in the south-west of Western Australia, south-southeast of Perth and northeast of Bridgetown.The name Boyup is derived from the name of a nearby pool "Booyup", an Aboriginal term meaning "place of big stones" or "place of big smoke" .The town's economy is...

  • Bremer Bay
    Bremer Bay, Western Australia
    Bremer Bay is a coastal town situated on the south coast of Western Australia in the Great Southern region between Albany and Esperance, at the mouth of the Bremer River. Bremer Bay is southeast of the state capital, Perth, and east of Albany. The town has a population of about 240...

  • Bridgetown
    Bridgetown, Western Australia
    -Notable people:*Emily Barker, singer-songwriter*Jon Doust, author and comedian*Robyn McSweeney, politician*Tom O'Dwyer, cricketer*David Reid, politician*Deborah Robertson, novelist and poet-External links:* * * * * * * *...

  • Broad Arrow
    Broad Arrow, Western Australia
    Broad Arrow is a ghost town in Western Australia, located 38 km north of Kalgoorlie and 633 km east of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Kalgoorlie to Leonora Road.-History:...

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  • Brookton
    Brookton, Western Australia
    Brookton is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, Australia, from the state capital, Perth via the Brookton Highway where it crosses the Great Southern Highway. The town is also located on the Great Southern railway line. It is located within, and is the seat of government...

  • Broome
    Broome, Western Australia
    Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season...

  • Broomehill
    Broomehill, Western Australia
    Broomehill is a town located along the Great Southern Highway between Katanning and Albany, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.- History :...

  • 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....

  • Brunswick Junction
    Brunswick Junction, Western Australia
    Brunswick Junction is a town located in the South West of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Harvey and Bunbury.-History:...

  • Bullabulling
    Bullabulling, Western Australia
    Bullabulling is a small townsite located 526 km east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Eastern Highway. The town was gazetted in 1898. Its central feature is the Rock Hotel roadhouse....

  • Bullaring
    Bullaring, Western Australia
    Bullaring is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The townsite was gazetted in 1914 and is situated along the railway line between Corrigin and Wickepin....

  • Bullfinch
    Bullfinch, Western Australia
    Bullfinch is a small town in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town is based around the gold mining industry and was originally gazetted in 1910....

  • Bullsbrook
    Bullsbrook, Western Australia
    Bullsbrook is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the outer metropolitan area. It is located with the City of Swan. The original Bullsbrook townsite is located slightly west of the current town, on the 17 km mark of the Midland Railway...

  • Bulong
    Bulong, Western Australia
    Bulong is an abandoned town in Western Australia located east of Perth in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.In 1893 a group of prospectors, Hogan, Henry, Holmes, Kennedy and Turnbull, discovered gold on a lease they were granted called IOU. A surveyor named G. Hamilton was given...

  • Bunbury
    Bunbury, Western Australia
    The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...

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  • Bungulla
    Bungulla, Western Australia
    Bungulla is a small town located on the Great Eastern Highway in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town came into being as a railway station on the line to Merredin. Its name is Aboriginal in origin; the word Bun-Galla means the part of the body situated above the hips. The...

  • Bunjil
    Bunjil, Western Australia
    Bunjil is a small town in Western Australia located on the Mullewa Wubin Road north of Perth in the Mid West RegionThe townsite was gazetted in 1914, after being initially established as a railway siding in 1913 to allow transport of crops and stock. The name is Indigenous Australian in origin but...

  • Buntine
    Buntine, Western Australia
    Buntine is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north of Perth, the state capital, along the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Dalwallinu.The name Buntine was first used in 1910 as the name of a nearby hill...

  • Burakin
    Burakin, Western Australia
    Burakin is a small town located near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The townsite was gazetted in 1928. The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin.Burakin...

  • Burekup
    Burekup, Western Australia
    Burekup is a small town located on the South Western Highway in the South West Region of Western Australia.The town is built on the Collie River and was originally a railway siding on the Pinjarra-Picton line that was established in 1910 and known at the time as Boorekup.Following a request from...

  • Burracoppin
    Burracoppin, Western Australia
    Burracoppin is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town was gazetted in 1891. It takes its name from Burracoppin Rock, a nearby granite rock, the name of which was first recorded in 1864 as Burancooping Rock. It was also shown...

  • Busselton
    Busselton, Western Australia
    -Growth and development:According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the Shire had a permanent resident population of 25,950 in 2004 with the town of Busselton accounting for 67% or 17,400 of the total. The Shire's permanent population is expected to continue to increase significantly to...

  • Byford
    Byford, Western Australia
    Byford is a suburb on the southeastern edge of Perth, Australia, originally founded as the townsite of Beenup in 1906.Beenup took its name from the railway siding there, a corruption of the Aboriginal name of nearby Beenyup Brook...


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  • Cadoux
    Cadoux, Western Australia
    Cadoux is a town located in the north eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is about northeast of Perth, within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.The townsite was gazetted in 1929 and the railway siding was opened in the same year...

  • Caiguna
    Caiguna, Western Australia
    Caiguna is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the second stop east of Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plain. Between Balladonia and Caiguna is a stretch of the highway which is one of the longest straight stretches of road in...

  • Calingiri
    Calingiri, Western Australia
    Calingiri is a town located north-east of Perth, near New Norcia in Western Australia. It is in the Shire of Victoria Plains.The town derives its name from Calingiri Waterhole, the name of which was first recorded by a surveyor in 1903. The settlement was first proposed in 1914...

  • Camballin
    Camballin, Western Australia
    Camballin is a small town in the West Kimberley district of Western Australia. The town is located on the Camballin Station about 110 km south of Derby and between Derby and Fitzroy Crossing, with the homestead being situated in the town...

  • Cape Burney
    Cape Burney, Western Australia
    Cape Burney, also known as Greenough-on-Sea, is a coastal town and locality south of Geraldton, Western Australia at the mouth of the Greenough River. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geraldton...

  • Capel
    Capel, Western Australia
    Capel is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, located 212 kilometres south of Perth and midway between Bunbury and Busselton....

  • Carbunup River
    Carbunup River, Western Australia
    Carbunup River is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. It is situated between Dunsboroughand Margaret River on the banks of the Carbunup River....

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  • Carnamah
    Carnamah, Western Australia
    Carnamah is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about north of Perth along the Midlands Road. According to 2006 census, the population of the town is approximately 496....

  • Carnarvon
    Carnarvon, Western Australia
    Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north...

  • Carrabin
    Carrabin, Western Australia
    Carrabin is a small town located about east-northeast of Merredin, on the railway line between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia....

  • Cataby
    Cataby, Western Australia
    Cataby is a tiny settlement located some 170 km north of Perth, Western Australia on the Brand Highway. The area was apparently once called West Dandaragan , with the town of Dandaragan located 17 km to the east....

  • Cervantes
    Cervantes, Western Australia
    Cervantes is a town in Western Australia. The town is located just off Indian Ocean Drive about north north west of the state capital, Perth in the Shire of Dandaragan Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Cervantes had a population of 503. The town was named after a ship that was wrecked...

  • Chidlow
    Chidlow, Western Australia
    Chidlow is a small community in the Shire of Mundaring approximately 45 kilometres east of Perth, Western Australia.-History:The Chidlow townsite was originally named Chidlow's Well after a small waterhole near the old Northam road. The watering place had been known to travellers for many years and...

  • Chittering
    Chittering, Western Australia
    The Shire of Chittering is a Local Government Area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, covering an area of about just beyond the northeastern fringe of the Perth metropolitan area, generally along and east of the Great Northern Highway. Its seat of government is the town of...

  • Clackline
    Clackline, Western Australia
    Clackline is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about east-north-east of Perth.John Forrest, later Premier of Western Australia, recorded the name in 1879 but the origin of the word is unknown...

  • Cocklebiddy
    Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
    Cocklebiddy is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the third stop east of Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plain. The area is noted for its underground caves and lakes.-History:...

  • Collie
    Collie, Western Australia
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  • Condingup
    Condingup
    Condingup is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The town is in the Shire of Esperance local government area, south east of the state capital, Perth. At the 2006 census, Condingup and the surrounding region had a population of 429....

  • Congelin
    Congelin, Western Australia
    Congelin is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, north of Williams. It is located within the Shire of Williams.-History:...

  • Cookernup
    Cookernup, Western Australia
    Cookernup is a town located in the South West of Western Australia just off the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey.-History:In 1835, Stephen Henty and Thomas Peel were the first Europeans to visit the area, being guided through the reaches of the Harvey River by local Aboriginal...

  • Coolgardie
    Coolgardie, Western Australia
    Coolgardie is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia, east of the state capital, Perth. It has a population of approximately 800 people....

  • Coolup
    Coolup, Western Australia
    Coolup is a small town in the Peel region of Western Australia. The town is situated just off the South Western Highway and close to the Murray River.The area was first settled in 1886 and the townsite was gazetted in 1899....

  • Coomberdale
    Coomberdale, Western Australia
    Coomberdale is a small town located along the Midlands Road between Moora and Watheroo in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The Midland Railway Company constructed a railway siding in 1895 when the Midland to Walkaway line was opened...

  • Coorow
    Coorow, Western Australia
    Coorow is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of Perth.The townsite of Coorow was gazetted in 1893, and the name is derived from the Aboriginal name of a nearby spring, first recorded in 1872...

  • Coral Bay
    Coral Bay, Western Australia
    Coral Bay is a small town on the coast of Western Australia, 1,200 km north of Perth. It exists primarily for tourism, with a side industry of fishing...

  • 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...

  • Cossack
    Cossack, Western Australia
    Cossack is an historic ghost town located 1,480 km north of Perth and 15 km from Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The nearest town to Cossack is Wickham. At the 2006 census, Cossack had a population of 236....

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  • Cowaramup
    Cowaramup, Western Australia
    Cowaramup is a town in the South West of Western Australia, 12 kilometres north of Margaret River in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.-Name:...

  • Cowcowing
    Cowcowing, Western Australia
    Cowcowing is a small town located just of the Koorda-Wyalkatchem road 215km from Perthin the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town originated as a railway siding and was later gazetted as a townsite in 1919. The name of the town is Aboriginal in origin and was first recorded by explorers...

  • Cranbrook
    Cranbrook, Western Australia
    Cranbrook is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia between Katanning, Kojonup and Mount Barker, situated 320km south of Perth. It is billed as "The Gateway to the Stirlings", referring to the nearby Stirling Range National Park...

  • Crossman
    Crossman, Western Australia
    Crossman is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway, and east of Boddington.-Origin of the name:...

  • Cuballing
    Cuballing, Western Australia
    Cuballing is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, on Great Southern Highway, between Pingelly and Narrogin. At the 2006 census, Cuballing had a population of 335.-History:...

  • Cue
    Cue, Western Australia
    - Further reading:* 'Along the Cue railway. Inspection of line with suggested improvements, visit to Georgina Siding'. West Australian, 11 June 1898, p. 5-External links:* *...

  • Cunderdin
    Cunderdin, Western Australia
    Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth, on Great Eastern Highway.- History :The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby...


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  • Dalwallinu
    Dalwallinu, Western Australia
    Dalwallinu is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, located 248 km from Perth via the Great Northern Highway. Agriculture and supporting industries are the town's primary economic activities. The town is also the first town on The Wildflower Way, a world-famous Western...

  • Dalyup
    Dalyup, Western Australia
    Dalyup is a small town in Western Australia located about east of Perth between Munglinup and Esperance on the South Coast Highway in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....

  • Dampier
    Dampier, Western Australia
    Dampier is a major industrial port in the north-west of Western Australia. The Dampier Port is part of the Dampier Archipelago. The port services petrochemical, salt, iron ore and natural gas export industries. Rio Tinto exports large volumes of iron ore through the port, and in September 2010...

  • Dandaragan
    Dandaragan, Western Australia
    Dandaragan is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The name of Dandaragan was first recorded in 1850 as the name of a nearby gulley and spring or watering hole known as Dandaraga spring...

  • Dangin
    Dangin, Western Australia
    Dangin is a small town in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is located about 7 kilometres south-west of Quairading, in the Shire of Quairading...

  • Dardanup
    Dardanup, Western Australia
    Dardanup is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. The town is located in the fertile Ferguson valley and is close to the Ferguson River.The area was first settled in 1852 by Thomas Little who named his property Dardanup Park...

  • Darkan
    Darkan, Western Australia
    Darkan is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, between Collie and the Albany Highway on the Coalfields Road. It is also the seat of the Shire of West Arthur. At the 2006 census, Darkan had a population of 203.-History:...

  • Davyhurst
    Davyhurst, Western Australia
    Davyhurst is a Goldfields town that is situated south west of Menzies, Western Australia and is approximately northwest of Kalgoorlie. The proposed townsite was initially declared "Davyston" in 1900, Also known as Mace's Find and Davyton. Warden Owen of Menzies advised the Department the town was...

  • Day Dawn
    Day Dawn, Western Australia
    Day Dawn was a significant mining town and mine in the Mid West/upper Murchison region of Western Australia just south of Cue in the late nineteenth century...

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  • Deanmill
    Deanmill, Western Australia
    Deanmill is a historic timber town located in the South West region of Western Australia, near Manjimup. Its postcode is 6258.-History:After the Government Trading Concerns Act 1912 was passed in December of that year, several State-operated businesses were established...

  • Denham
    Denham, Western Australia
    Denham is the administrative town for the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Denham had a population of 607.Located on the western coast of the Peron Peninsula north of Perth, Denham is the westernmost town in Australia, and is named in honour of Captain Henry Mangles...

  • Denmark
    Denmark, Western Australia
    Denmark is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, south-south-east of the state capital of Perth. At the 2006 census, Denmark had a population of 2,732.-History:...

  • Derby
    Derby, Western Australia
    Derby is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Derby had a population of 3,093. Along with Broome and Kununurra, it is one of only three towns in the Kimberley to have a population over 2,000...

  • Dinninup
    Dinninup, Western Australia
    Dinninup is a small town located in the South Waet region of Western Australia. It is situated between Boyup Brook and Kojonup.The towns name is Aboriginal in origin and is the name of a brook that is situated close to town. First recorded by surveyors in 1877, the meaning of the name is unknown...

  • Dongara
    Dongara, Western Australia
    Dongara is a town located 351 km north-northwest of Perth on the Brand Highway. The town is located at the mouth of the Irwin River. In recent years the area has been marketed as the 'Rock lobster capital of Australia'....

  • Donnelly River
    Donnelly River, Western Australia
    Donnelly River is a former town and present-day holiday village located in the South West region of Western Australia, at a point between Nannup, Bridgetown and Manjimup on the Donnelly River, a small river which flows into the Southern Ocean...

  • Donnybrook
    Donnybrook, Western Australia
    -Tourism:Donnybrook has many town icons bearing the apple. On the main street, apple-shaped lights line the entrance of the Old Railway Station. These lights have recently been restored. Atop the east Donnybrook hill is a high tower with an apple at the top...

  • Doodlakine
    Doodlakine, Western Australia
    Doodlakine is located 220 km ENE of Perth, Western Australia. It is situated within the Shire of Kellerberrin along the Great Eastern Highway. The town also contains a crossing loop for trains on the Perth to Kalgoorlie railway, and serves as a stop on the Avonlink rural train service.The area...

  • 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...

  • Drummond Cove
    Drummond Cove, Western Australia
    Drummond Cove is a coastal town located north of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geraldton.The locality was gazetted in 1985.-Demographics:...

  • Dudinin
  • Dumbleyung
    Dumbleyung, Western Australia
    Dumbleyung is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Wagin and Lake Grace on State Route 107.-History:...

  • Dunsborough
    Dunsborough, Western Australia
    Dunsborough is a coastal town in the South West of Western Australia, south of Perth on the shores of Geographe Bay.Dunsborough is a popular tourist destination for Western Australians; in 1999 it was voted the state's best tourist destination. During the last decade the town has grown quickly and...

  • Duranillin
    Duranillin, Western Australia
    Duranillin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south of Darkan near the junction of the Arthur and Beaufort rivers.-History:...

  • Dwarda
    Dwarda, Western Australia
    Dwarda is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south of the town of Wandering on the Hotham River.-History:The name is a contraction of nearby Dwardadine Creek, with "dwarda" being an Noongar Aboriginal name for the dingo...

  • Dwellingup
    Dwellingup, Western Australia
    Dwellingup is a town in Western Australia, located in a timber and fruitgrowing area in the Darling Range east-south-east of Pinjarra. At the 2006 census, Dwellingup had a population of 346.-Name:...


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  • Ejanding
    Ejanding, Western Australia
    Ejanding is a townsite in the central Wheatbelt, located about north-northeast of Dowerin. It was originally a siding on the Ejanding Northward railway, a line built between the town now known as Amery, and Kalannie, around 1927. Amery was originally named Ejanding in 1910, but was changed to...

  • Elgin
  • Elleker
    Elleker, Western Australia
    Elleker is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, situated about west of the regional city of Albany.The town was planned by the Western Australian Land Company, who built the Great Southern Railway in 1886-1889. It was originally known as Lakeside, due to its proximity to...

  • Eneabba
    Eneabba, Western Australia
    Eneabba is a town on the Brand Highway located 278 km north of Perth, Western Australia.The area is famous for its spectacular display of wildflowers in the spring. It is also home to the Iluka Resources mineral sands facility....

  • Eradu
    Eradu, Western Australia
    Eradu is a small town in Western Australia located in the Mid West region of Western Australia located 34 km east of Geraldton on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet road....

  • Erikin
    Erikin, Western Australia
    Erikin is a small town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is loacted close to the Salt River and between the towns of Quairading and Bruce Rock....

  • Esperance
    Esperance, Western Australia
    Esperance is a large town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The shire of Esperance is home to 9,536 people as of the 2006 census, its major industries are tourism, agriculture,...

  • Eucla
    Eucla, Western Australia
    Eucla is the easternmost locality in Western Australia, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Eyre Highway, approximately west of the South Australian border...

  • Exmouth
    Exmouth, Western Australia
    -Further reading:* Western Australia. Ministry for Planning. Exmouth-Learmonth structure plan. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Planning Commission...


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  • Ferguson
  • Fitzroy Crossing
    Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
    Fitzroy Crossing is a small town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 400 km east of Broome and 300 km west of Halls Creek. It is approximately 2,524 km from the state capital of Perth....

  • Forrest
    Forrest, Western Australia
    Forrest is a small settlement and railway station on the Trans-Australian Railway in Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Forrest had a population of 18....

  • Frankland
    Frankland, Western Australia
    Frankland is a small town in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia. The town is in the shire of Cranbrook and is situated approximately 360 km from the State's capital, Perth, 42 km west of the Albany Highway, 83 km southwest of Kojonup, 19 km north of Rocky Gully and...


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  • Gabbin
    Gabbin, Western Australia
    Gabbin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The townsite originally served as a railway station for the Wyalkatchem to Mount Marshall line that was constructed through the area in 1913....

  • Gairdner
    Gairdner, Western Australia
    Gairdner is a town in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia The town is located between Jerramungup and Boxwood Hill along the South Coast Highway and to the west of the Gairdner River....

  • Gascoyne Junction
    Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia
    Gascoyne Junction is a small town in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, inland from Carnarvon on the junction of the Gascoyne River and Lyons River. At the 2006 census, Gascoyne Junction had a population of 149.-History:...

  • Geraldton
    Geraldton, Western Australia
    Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958...

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  • Gibson
    Gibson, Western Australia
    Gibson is a small town in southeastern Western Australia, about north of Esperance. At the 2006 census, Gibson had a population of 475.-History:...

  • Gidgegannup
    Gidgegannup, Western Australia
    Gidgegannup is a township northeast of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. The name Gidgegannup comes from a Noongar word meaning "Place where spears are made", and was first recorded by passing surveyors in 1852....

  • Gingin
    Gingin, Western Australia
    Gingin is an agricultural town in Western Australia. The town is located north of Perth along the Brand Highway.The town is well suited for agriculture with a mild climate and available water sources...

  • Gleneagle
    Gleneagle, Western Australia
    Gleneagle or Glen Eagle is a locality in Western Australia. The locality is south east of the state capital, Perth, close to Jarrahdale on the Albany Highway It now remains as a rest stop for drivers....

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  • Gnarabup
  • Gnowangerup
    Gnowangerup, Western Australia
    Gnowangerup is a town located south east of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The townsite was first gazetted in 1908 under the spelling of Ngowangerupp. Local dissatisfaction with this spelling led to it being altered to Gnowangerup in 1913.A branch railway from...

  • Goldsworthy
    Goldsworthy, Western Australia
    Goldsworthy is a former mining town in Western Australia east of Port Hedland and located in the Shire of East Pilbara...

     - abandoned
  • Goomalling
    Goomalling, Western Australia
    Goomalling is a townsite in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 45 km north north east of Northam, Western Australia. The name Goomalling was first shown for a spring found by explorers Hillman & Lefroy in 1846. Hillman noted on his plan "rich grassy country" and squatters subsequently...

  • Gracetown
    Gracetown, Western Australia
    Gracetown is a small town in Western Australia. It is located 283 km south of the Perth CBD, in the Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council area on the coast at Cowaramup Bay....

  • Grass Patch
    Grass Patch, Western Australia
    Grass Patch is a small town in the Mallee region of Western Australia, located 79 km north of Esperance on the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway. The town was named after a nearby farm of the same name that had been settled around 1896 and was renowned for bountiful crops and good grass...

  • Grass Valley
    Grass Valley, Western Australia
    Grass Valley is a small townsite east of Northam, Western Australia in the Avon Valley area.The town is named after a local property of the same name that was established in 1833 by William Nairn....

  • Green Head
    Green Head, Western Australia
    Green Head is a small coastal town in the Shire of Coorow. The town is situated between Geraldton and Perth in the Mid West region of Western Australia....

  • Greenbushes
    Greenbushes, Western Australia
    Greenbushes is a timber and mining town located in the South West region of Western Australia.-History:Greenbushes was founded as a mining town in 1888 following a surveyor's discovery of tin in 1886. Greenbushes was named after the bright green bushes that contrasted against the grey eucalyptus...

  • Greenhills
  • Greenough
    Greenough, Western Australia
    Greenough is a historical town located 400 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia and 24 kilometres south of Geraldton on the Brand Highway. The historic buildings are controlled by the National Trust of Australia...

  • Guilderton
    Guilderton, Western Australia
    Guilderton is a small coastal town north of Perth, Western Australia at the mouth of the Moore River in the Shire of Gingin.It was originally known as Gabbadah, an Aboriginal term meaning "mouthful of water" until its gazetting as a town in 1951...

  • Gutha
    Gutha, Western Australia
    Gutha is a townsite in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of Morawa.In 1913 it was decided to establish a train station there, on the Wongan Hills – Mullewa railway. The district surveyor suggested the name "Muthingutha", the Aboriginal name of a nearby rockhole. This was shortened to...

  • Gwalia
    Gwalia, Western Australia
    Gwalia is a former gold-mining town located 233 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Today, Gwalia is essentially a ghost town, having been largely deserted since the main source of employment, the Sons of Gwalia...

     - abandoned

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  • Halls Creek
    Halls Creek, Western Australia
    Halls Creek is a small town situated in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located between the towns of Fitzroy Crossing and Turkey Creek on the Great Northern Highway...

  • Hamel
    Hamel, Western Australia
    Hamel is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey. At the 2006 census, Hamel had a population of 347.-History:...

  • Hamelin Pool
  • Harrismith
    Harrismith, Western Australia
    Harrismith is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately south-east of Perth between the towns of Wickepin and Kulin.-History:...

  • Harvey
    Harvey, Western Australia
    Harvey is a town located in the South West of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, 140 km south of Perth, between Pinjarra and Bunbury...

  • Herron
    Herron, Western Australia
    Herron is a small town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Old Coast Road, between Mandurah and Bunbury just beyond Mandurah's urban area...

  • Hester
    Hester, Western Australia
    Hester is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, 7 km north of Bridgetown on the railway.It was gazetted a townsite in 1899, and was originally a siding on the Donnybrook to Bridgetown railway, opened in 1898. The town derives its name from the nearby Hester Brook, a name...

  • Highbury
    Highbury, Western Australia
    Highbury is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, located along the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Wagin. At the 2006 census, Highbury had a population of 493.-History:...

  • Hines Hill
    Hines Hill, Western Australia
    Hines Hill is a town located 240 km east of Perth, between the towns of Merredin and Doodlakine in Western Australia. The town is situated on the Great Eastern Highway and also on the edge of Lake Baandee...

  • Holt Rock
    Holt Rock, Western Australia
    Holt Rock is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of Hyden and Varley close to the edge of Lake Hurlstone....

  • Hopetoun
    Hopetoun, Western Australia
    Hopetoun is a town on the south coast of Western Australia in the Shire of Ravensthorpe. Located on Mary Ann Haven, Hopetoun is some south-east from capital city Perth and west of Esperance.-History:...

  • Horrocks
    Horrocks, Western Australia
    Horrocks also known as Horrocks Beach is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located north of the state capital, Perth and the closest populated town is Northampton....

  • Howatharra
    Howatharra, Western Australia
    Howatharra is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, between the city of Geraldton and the town of Binnu. It is situated just off the North West Coastal Highway and on the Oakagee River....

  • Hyden
    Hyden, Western Australia
    The town of Hyden is located 339 km east of Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Kondinin. Hyden is home to Wave Rock and Mulka's Cave, both popular local tourist attractions....


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  • Ilkurlka
    Ilkurlka, Western Australia
    Ilkulka Community is a small community and roadhouse on the Anne Beadell Highway in Western Australia.Located 165 km west of the South Australia border, it is the only fuel and supplies depot on the 1340 km long desert track between Laverton and Coober Pedy.Opened in 2003, the roadhouse...

  • Israelite Bay
    Israelite Bay, Western Australia
    Israelite Bay is a bay and locality at Location on the south coast of Western Australia - frequently mentioned in Bureau of Meteorology weather reports as a geographical marker - it does not have a climate record....

  • Isseka
    Isseka, Western Australia
    Isseka is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia.Located on the North West Coastal Highway the town is also close to the Bowes River....


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  • Jarrahdale
    Jarrahdale, Western Australia
    Jarrahdale is a small historic town located 50 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia in the Darling Range. Jarrahdale is a descriptive name, derived from its situation in some of Western Australia's best Jarrah forest...

  • Jarrahwood
    Jarrahwood, Western Australia
    Jarrahwood is a small town located in the South West region of Western Australia, along the Vasse Highway between the towns of Busselton and Nannup....

  • Jennacubbine
    Jennacubbine, Western Australia
    Jennacubbine is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, to the east of Perth, Western Australia between the towns of Northam and Goomalling.-History:...

  • Jennapullin
  • Jerdacuttup
    Jerdacuttup, Western Australia
    Jerdacuttup is a small town in Western Australia located east south east of Perth between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia...

  • Jerramungup
    Jerramungup, Western Australia
    Jerramungup is a Western Australian town located in the Great Southern agricultural region, southeast of Perth just west of the Gairdner River. The town of Jerramungup was established in 1953 as a war service settlement area...

  • Jigalong Community
  • Jitarning
  • Jurien Bay
    Jurien Bay, Western Australia
    -Demographics:At the ABS 2006 census, Jurien Bay had a population of 1,175, which represented over one-third of the total population of the Shire of Dandaragan...


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  • Kalannie
    Kalannie, Western Australia
    Kalannie is a small town in the Shire of Dalwallinu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately north-east of the state capital, Perth.Kalannie was gazetted as a townsite in 1929...

  • Kalbarri
    Kalbarri, Western Australia
    Kalbarri is a coastal town in the Mid West region located 592 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The town is found at the mouth of the Murchison River and has an elevation of...

  • Kalgan
    Kalgan, Western Australia
    Kalgan in a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The town is situated on the banks of the Kalgan River and was first known as Kalganup which mean "place of first camp" or "place of many waters". Indigenous Australians used the area as a meeting place up to 19,000 years ago...

  • Kalgoorlie
    Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
    Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...

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  • Kambalda
    Kambalda, Western Australia
    Kambalda is a small mining town about 60 kilometres from the mining city of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, within the Goldfields. It is split into two townsites 4 kilometres apart, Kambalda East and Kambalda West; and is located on the western edge of a giant salt lake, Lake Lefroy...

  • Kanowna
    Kanowna, Western Australia
    Kanowna is a ghost town in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. It is located about 20 km east of Kalgoorlie.After the discovery of gold in the area in 1893, the townsite was gazetted in 1894...

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  • Karlgarin
    Karlgarin, Western Australia
    Karlgarin is a town located 321 km south east of Perth in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.Th first European to visit the area was Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who passed through in 1848. He recorded the name "Carlgarin" as the name of a nearby hill...

  • Karratha
    Karratha, Western Australia
    -Facilities:A range of hotel, motel, B&B and caravan/RV accommodation is available for visitors. However, as the town is booming, accommodation is often hard to come by.The town has restaurants, a tavern, two hotels and two night clubs...

  • Karridale
    Karridale, Western Australia
    Karridale is a small township in the south-west of Western Australia. Its postcode is 6288 and is located just north of Augusta and south of Margaret River between Caves Road and Bussell Highway. A newer township was built a short distance north east of the original Old Karridale following fires...

  • Katanning
    Katanning, Western Australia
    Katanning is a town located 277 km south east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway. At the 2006 census, Katanning had a population of 3,808.-History:...

  • Kellerberrin
    Kellerberrin, Western Australia
    Kellerberrin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway.The railway line from Northam to Southern Cross was constructed through here in 1893-94, and this section opened for traffic in 1895. Kellerberrin was one of the original stations when...

  • Kendenup
    Kendenup, Western Australia
    Kendenup is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Plantagenet. It is south east of Perth and north of Mount Barker. The Great Southern Railway passes through the town, being one of the original stations on the line...

  • Keysbrook
    Keysbrook, Western Australia
    Keysbrook is an outer southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale along the South Western Highway. It was first established as a railway siding on the South Western Railway in 1897, and is believed to have been named after Charles Key , who leased...

  • King River
    King River, Western Australia
    King River is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located 406 km south east of Perth and the closest populated town is Albany....

  • Kirup
    Kirup, Western Australia
    Kirup is situated between Donnybrook and Mullalyup on the South Western Highway, 228 km south of Perth, Western Australia at the entrance of the Blackwood River valley. Kirup was originally settled as a timber town exporting railway sleepers....

  • Kiwirrkurra
  • Kojarena
  • Kojonup
    Kojonup, Western Australia
    Kojonup is a town located 256 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia along Albany Highway.The name Kojonup is believed to refer to the "Kodja" or stone axe made by Indigenous Australians from the local stone....

  • Kondinin
    Kondinin, Western Australia
    Kondinin is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, east of the state capital, Perth via the Brookton Highway and State Route 40 between Corrigin and Hyden. It is the main town in the Shire of Kondinin...

  • Kondut
    Kondut, Western Australia
    Kondut is a small town in Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The first European to visit and chart the area was the surveyor C Crossland in 1884. He named a nearby well Conduit Well....

  • Koojan
    Koojan, Western Australia
    Koojan is a small town located between Moora and Bindoon in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.When the Midland railway was opened in 1894 the site of the present town was established as a railway siding. Some time afterward the area was surveyed and subdivided and the town was gazeted in...

  • Kookynie
    Kookynie, Western Australia
    Kookynie is a town located in the Eastern Goldfields region in Western Australia.The name of the town is believed to be an aboriginal word which means 'water hole' or 'spring'...

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  • Koolyanobbing
    Koolyanobbing, Western Australia
    Koolyanobbing is located 54 km NNE of the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia.Iron ore is mined here by a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, Ohio. Ore is railed to port at Esperance for export...

  • Koorda
    Koorda, Western Australia
    Koorda is a town located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and north of Wyalkatchem at the northeastern end of the Cowcowing Lakes. It is the main town in the Shire of Koorda...

  • Korrelocking
    Korrelocking, Western Australia
    Korrelocking is a small town situated between Wyalkatchemand Trayning in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Korrelocking had a population of 76....

  • Kukerin
    Kukerin, Western Australia
    Kukerin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Wagin and Lake Grace just off State Route 107. The town itself is small but services a considerable agricultural region in the eastern Shire of Dumbleyung...

  • Kulin
    Kulin, Western Australia
    Kulin is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 280 km from Perth. It is the main town in the Shire of Kulin.- History :...

  • Kulja
    Kulja, Western Australia
    Kulja is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is situated along the Bonnie Rock Burakin Road.The area was charted in 1908 and the Indigenous Australian name of a local soak was recorded as Kulja....

  • Kumarina
    Kumarina, Western Australia
    Kumarina is a town located in Western Australia along the Great Northern Highway between the towns of Meekatharra and Newman. It contains a roadhouse and a caravan park, as well as a small wildlife sanctuary, tavern, motel and restaurant....

  • Kunjin
  • Kununoppin
  • Kununurra
    Kununurra, Western Australia
    Kununurra is a town in far northern Western Australia located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley Region approximately from the border with the Northern Territory. Kununurra was initiated to service the Ord River Irrigation scheme....

  • Kweda
    Kweda, Western Australia
    Kweda is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about east of the town of Brookton.-History:The government was planning to build a railway line between Brookton and Kunjin Kweda is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about east of the...

  • Kwelkan
  • Kwolyin
    Kwolyin, Western Australia
    Kwolyin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The first European to visit the area, in 1864, was the explorer Charles Cooke Hunt, who charted a large granite hill in the area by its Indigenous Australian name of Qualyin Hill...


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  • Lake Brown
  • Lake Clifton
    Lake Clifton, Western Australia
    Lake Clifton is a small town located on the east side of the lake of the same name in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Old Coast Road, between Mandurah and Bunbury at the north end of the Yalgorup National Park...

  • Lake Grace
    Lake Grace, Western Australia
    -Natural disasters:In late 2005 and early 2006, Lake Grace experienced two natural disasters. The first was a hail storm on 16 October 2005, which destroyed 500 hectares of wheat and barley crop and damaged a further 5,500 hectares, with some farmers reporting fields covered by up to...

  • Lake King
    Lake King, Western Australia
    Lake King is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, from Perth along State Route 107 between Wagin and Ravensthorpe....

  • Lancelin
    Lancelin, Western Australia
    Lancelin is a small fishing and tourist town 110 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is located in the Shire of Gingin at the end of Wanneroo Road , and a few kilometres from the start of the Indian Ocean Drive....

  • Latham
    Latham, Western Australia
    Latham is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town is named after a large granite rock, Latham Rock, that is located close to the townsite...

  • Laverton
  • Learmonth
  • Ledge Point
    Ledge Point, Western Australia
    Ledge Point is a small coastal township 105 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It was established to service the local fishing and crayfishing industries....

  • Leeman
    Leeman, Western Australia
    Leeman is a small coastal town in the Shire of Coorow.Land was first surveyed and sub-divided in 1961 and the townsite was gazetted in 1961 as Snag Island, a name that is still in common use...

  • Leinster
    Leinster, Western Australia
    Leinster is a town in the northern goldfields area of Western Australia. The town is located 4 km east of the Goldfields Highway, in the Shire of Leonora Local Government Area, northeast of the state capital, Perth...

  • Leonora
    Leonora, Western Australia
    Leonora is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north of the city of Kalgoorlie. At the 2006 census, Leonora had a population of 401, about a third of whom are of Aboriginal descent. The area is extremely arid, with a...

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  • Loongana
    Loongana, Western Australia
    Loongana is a remote siding on the transcontinental railway line in the Australian state of Western Australia. The area was formerly the site of a lime mine and processing plant...

  • Lower King
    Lower King, Western Australia
    Lower King is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located 385 km south-east of Perth and the closest populated town is Albany....

  • Lynton
    Lynton, Western Australia
    Lynton is a small town located in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of Northampton and Kalbarri and near the mouth of the Hutt River....


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  • Madura
    Madura, Western Australia
    Madura is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Nullarbor Plain. It is from Perth.-History:Madura was settled in 1876 as a place to breed quality cavalry horses for the British Indian Army for use in the Northwest Frontier region of India . The horses...

  • Mandurah
    Mandurah, Western Australia
    Mandurah is the second-largest city in Western Australia and is located approximately south of the state capital, Perth.The city attracts a large number of tourists, including many international visitors...

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  • Manjimup
    Manjimup, Western Australia
    Manjimup is a town in Western Australia, south of the state capital, Perth. The town of Manjimup is a regional centre for the largest shire in the South West of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Manjimup had a population of 4,239.-History:...

  • Manmanning
    Manmanning, Western Australia
    Manmanning is a small Wheatbelt town in Western Australia.The name of the town is an Indigenous Australian word of unknown meaning. The word first appeared on charts drawn in 1907 and was the Indigenous Australian name of a soak located close to the townsite....

  • Manypeaks
    Manypeaks, Western Australia
    Manypeaks is a town located 434 km south-east of Perth and 38 km north-east of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The township is on the South Coast Highway close to the intersection with Howie Road. The closest towns to Manypeaks are both on the South Coast highway...

  • Marble Bar
    Marble Bar, Western Australia
    -North Pole:An ironically named locality nearby is known as North Pole , no doubt for its heat. It is the location of rock formations considered to have evidence that puts the origin of life on earth back to 3,400–3,500 mya, due to stromatolites in particular rock sequences...

  • Marchagee
    Marchagee, Western Australia
    Marchagee is a small townsite located 243 km north of Perth in the Mid West region of Western Australia.A reserve for travellers was kept aside in the area in 1876, and the name recorded by the surveyor was Marchagee Well...

  • Margaret River
    Margaret River, Western Australia
    Margaret River is a town in the South West of Western Australia, located in the valley of the eponymous Margaret River, south of Perth, the state capital. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River....

  • Marradong
    Marradong, Western Australia
    Marradong is a former town located south of Boddington along the road from Pinjarra to Williams.-History:Marradong was the major centre in the region until the 1920s, having been settled by the Batt, Pollard and Fawcett families, and once boasted a shop, post office, hotel, church, telegraph...

  • Marvel Loch
    Marvel Loch, Western Australia
    Marvel Loch is a small townsite of less than 100 people, some 401 km east of Perth, Western Australia. It is located 32 km south west of Southern Cross, along the Perth to Kalgoorlie Great Eastern Highway...

  • Maya
    Maya, Western Australia
    Maya is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The town's name is a result of the shortening of the Indigenous Australian word for a nearby spring, Pocanmaya. The name was first recorded by surveyors in 1876....

  • Mayanup
    Mayanup, Western Australia
    Mayanup is a small town located in the South Waet region of Western Australia. It is situated between Boyup Brook and Kojonup. At the 2006 census, Mayanup had a population of 323....

  • Meckering
    Meckering, Western Australia
    Meckering is a town 130 km east of Perth, Western Australia along the Great Eastern Highway. Meckering is located within the Shire of Cunderdin.A railway line was completed in the area in 1895 and Meckering was selected as a station site...

  • Meekatharra
    Meekatharra, Western Australia
    Meekatharra is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Meekatharra is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning 'place of little water'. At the 2006 census, Meekatharra had a population of 798, with 44.0% being Aboriginal....

  • Menzies
    Menzies, Western Australia
    Menzies is a town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, east-northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north-northwest of the city of Kalgoorlie...

  • Merkanooka
  • 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...

  • Miling
    Miling, Western Australia
    Miling is a small town in the Shire of Moora, north of Perth, Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Miling had a population of 205.-Notes and references:* Seymour, A. L. The development of Miling. Miling [W.A.] : A.L. Seymour...

  • Mingenew
    Mingenew, Western Australia
    Mingenew is a town in Western Australia, located north of the state capital, Perth. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Mingenew.- History :...

  • Minnenooka
  • Mogumber
  • Monkey Mia
  • Mooliabeenie
  • Moonyoonooka
  • Moora
    Moora, Western Australia
    Moora is a townsite located 177 km north of Perth in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Moora was one of the original stations on the Midland railway line to Walkaway, and the townsite was gazetted in 1895...

  • Moorine Rock
    Moorine Rock, Western Australia
    Moorine Rock is located in the eastern agricultural region of Western Australia, 347 km east of Perth and 22 km west south west of Southern Cross. It is located on the Great Eastern Highway and the railway line from Northam to Southern Cross. When the line was opened in 1895 a railway...

  • Morawa
    Morawa, Western Australia
    Morawa is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located within the Shire of Morawa, approximately 370 kilometres north of the state capital Perth, on the railway line between Wongan Hills and Mullewa.- History :...

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  • Mount Barker
    Mount Barker, Western Australia
    Mount Barker is a town on the Albany Highway and is the administrative centre of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia...

  • Mount Kokeby
    Mount Kokeby, Western Australia
    Mount Kokeby is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about south of the town of Beverley towards Brookton.-History:...

  • Mount Magnet
    Mount Magnet, Western Australia
    Mount Magnet is an old Western Australian gold rush town. The name was chosen during exploration of the region due to an isolated hill 5 km north west of the town current townsite. This hill has an extremely high iron content and affected the compasses of explorers...

  • Muchea
    Muchea, Western Australia
    Muchea is a suburb of the Shire of Chittering. Its postcode is 6501.The towns name comes from the Aboriginal word "Muchela" which means in Nyoongar 'water hole', referring to the abundance of water in Muchea.- History :...

  • Mukinbudin
    Mukinbudin, Western Australia
    Mukinbudin is a town located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and north of Merredin near Lake Campion. It is the main town in the Shire of Mukinbudin...

  • Mullalyup
    Mullalyup, Western Australia
    Mullalyup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Kirup and Balingup on the South Western Highway, south of Perth.The name is taken from the nearby Mullalyup Brook, and was first noted by John Forrest in 1898...

  • Mullewa
    Mullewa, Western Australia
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  • Mundijong
    Mundijong, Western Australia
    Mundijong is an outer suburb of the Western Australian capital city of Perth. Originally named Jarrahdale Junction, it was at the junction of the Rockingham-Jarrahdale line and the government line from Perth to Bunbury which was built in 1893...

  • Mundrabilla
    Mundrabilla, Western Australia
    Mundrabilla is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Nullarbor Plain, west of Eucla and about north of the Great Australian Bight.-History:...

  • Munglinup
    Munglinup, Western Australia
    Munglinup is a small town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.The town is located along the South Coast Highway between Ravensthorpe and Esperance and close to the Munglinup River....

  • Muntadgin
    Muntadgin, Western Australia
    Muntadgin is a townsite off the Great Eastern Highway on Brissenden Road, situated between the towns of Bruce Rock and Southern Cross in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Muntadgin had a population of 113....

  • Muradup
    Muradup, Western Australia
    Muradup is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia located between Kojonup and Boyup Brook. The town is situated along the Balgarup River....

  • Myalup
    Myalup, Western Australia
    Myalup is a town located on the coast in the South West region of Western Australia between Mandurah and Bunbury. At the 2006 census, Myalup had a population of 144.-History:...


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  • Nabawa
    Nabawa, Western Australia
    -External links:* Contains pictures of the town....

  • Nanga Brook
    Nanga Brook, Western Australia
    Nanga Brook is a former town located in the Peel region of Western Australia in the Lane-Poole Reserve between Dwellingup and Waroona.-History:The area was home to a milling town that operated from about 1900 until the Dwellingup fires of 1961...

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  • Nangetty
  • Nannine
    Nannine, Western Australia
    Nannine is a ghost town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located on the northern bank of Lake Anneen, approximately 35 kilometres south-southwest of Meekatharra, and 735 kilometres north-northeast of Perth....

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  • Nannup
    Nannup, Western Australia
    Nannup is a town and shire in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth on the Blackwood River at the crossroads of Vasse Highway and Brockman Highway, linking Nannup to most of the Lower South West's regional centres...

  • Nanson
    Nanson, Western Australia
    Nanson is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, between the city of Geraldton and the town of Northampton. The town is situated on the banks of the Chapman River in the Chapman Valley. At the 2006 census, Nanson had a population of 386....

  • Narembeen
    Narembeen, Western Australia
    Narembeen is a town in the Western Australia wheatbelt. It is 286 km, almost due east, from Perth, the capital of WA. It is the major settlement in the Shire of Narembeen, in which the major industries are growing cereal crops and raising cattle and sheep....

  • Narrikup
    Narrikup, Western Australia
    Narrikup is a small town between Albany and Mount Barker in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Narrikup had a population of 515....

  • Narrogin
    Narrogin, Western Australia
    Narrogin is a large town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin...

  • New Norcia
    New Norcia, Western Australia
    New Norcia is a town in Western Australia, north of Perth, along the Great Northern Highway. It is situated next to the banks of the Moore River, in the Shire of Victoria Plains.New Norcia is the only monastic town in Australia...

  • Newdegate
    Newdegate, Western Australia
    Newdegate is a townsite in the great southern agricultural region, 399 km south-east of Perth and 52 km east of Lake Grace in Western Australia. The townsite was gazetted in 1925 and honours Sir Francis Newdegate, the Governor of Western Australia from 1920 to 1924...

  • Newman
    Newman, Western Australia
    Newman, located about 1186 km north of Perth and 9 km north of the Tropic of Capricorn, is a town in the Pilbara region. It can be reached by the Great Northern Highway...

  • Nornalup
    Nornalup, Western Australia
    Nornalup is a small town located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located along the South Coast Highway and on the banks of the Frankland River. The name derives from the local indigenous language: "Place of the Black Snake" - Norne - meaning "black snake" -up meaning...

  • Norseman
    Norseman, Western Australia
    Norseman is a town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, east of Perth and above sea level. It is also the starting point of the Eyre Highway, and the last major town in Western Australia before the South Australian border to the...

  • North Bannister
    North Bannister, Western Australia
    North Bannister is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway between Armadale and Williams....

  • North Dandalup
    North Dandalup, Western Australia
    North Dandalup is a small town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway between Serpentine and Pinjarra. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray...

  • North Yunderup
    North Yunderup, Western Australia
    North Yunderup is a locality near Mandurah, Western Australia, located on the north bank of the Murray River within the Shire of Murray. Its postcode is 6208, and in the 2006 Census, it had a population of 792 with a median age of 44, nearly all of whom live in separate dwellings....

  • Northam
    Northam, Western Australia
    Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about north-east of Perth in the Avon Valley. At the 2006 census, Northam had a population of 6,009. Northam is the largest town in the Avon region...

  • Northampton
    Northampton, Western Australia
    Northampton is a town north of Geraldton, in the Mid West region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 813. It is historic, with an outstanding National Trust building. The town lies on the North West Coastal Highway. Formerly named Gwalla after the location's...

  • Northcliffe
    Northcliffe, Western Australia
    Northcliffe is a town located in the lower South West region of Western Australia, about south of the town of Pemberton. At the 2006 census, Northcliffe had a population of 412....

  • Nullagine
    Nullagine, Western Australia
    Nullagine is an old goldrush town in Western Australia's Pilbara region. It is located on the Nullagine River 296 km south-east of Port Hedland and 1,364 km north-north-east of Perth on the old Great Northern Highway....

  • Nungarin
    Nungarin, Western Australia
    Nungarin is a town located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and north of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Nungarin. At the 2006 census, Nungarin had a population of 142.-History:...

  • Nyabing
    Nyabing, Western Australia
    Nyabing is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The name is of Aboriginal origin and is thought to derive from the Aboriginal word "ne-yameng" which is the name of an everlasting flower Helipterum manglessii....


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  • Oakajee
    Oakajee, Western Australia
    Oakajee is a locality located in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about north of the city of Geraldton and about inland from the coastline.The area is associated with the Oakajee Port which is due for completion in 2012....

  • Ocean Beach
    Ocean Beach, Western Australia
    Ocean Beach is a tourist attraction located about South of the town of Denmark in Western Australia.The beach is part of Ratcliffe Bay and is surrounded to the East by the Nullaki Peninsula and a smaller granite headland, Wilson Head, to the East...

  • Ongerup
    Ongerup, Western Australia
    Ongerup is a town located 410 km south-east of Perth and 54 km east of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.- History :The name Ongerup means Place of the male kangaroo in the local Noongar language....

  • Onslow
    Onslow, Western Australia
    Onslow is a coastal town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, north of Perth. It currently has a population of around 573 people and is in the Shire of Ashburton Local Government Area....

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  • Pannawonica
    Pannawonica, Western Australia
    The town of Pannawonica is an iron-ore mining town located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, near the Robe River, about 200 km south-west from Karratha...

  • Paraburdoo
    Paraburdoo, Western Australia
    Paraburdoo is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The name of the town comes from the Aboriginal word for 'white cockatoo'. It is located 1,536 kilometres north of Perth and 79 kilometres southwest of Tom Price. Paraburdoo was developed in the early 1970s to support Hamersley...

  • Paynes Find
    Paynes Find, Western Australia
    Paynes Find is a former gold rush settlement approximately northeast of Perth in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is reachable by the Great Northern Highway. Only a roadhouse, which serves as a fuel stop, and a few other buildings remain today. The area is renowned for its...

  • Peak Hill
    Peak Hill, Western Australia
    Peak Hill is the name of a goldfield, locality and the site of a gold mining ghost town in the Murchison Region of Western Australia. The gold mine covers 2,162 hectares and consists of four open-cut mines, titled Main, Jubilee, Fiveways and Harmony....

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  • Pemberton
    Pemberton, Western Australia
    Pemberton is a town located in the South West region of Western Australia, named after the early settler Pemberton Walcott. It is the home of the karri tree, the largest tree in Western Australia and the third largest hardwood tree in the world...

  • Perenjori
    Perenjori, Western Australia
    Perenjori is a townsite in the northern agricultural region, 348 km north of Perth and 39 km south-east of Morawa. It is located on the Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway line which was opened in 1915. Perenjori was approved as the name of a siding in April 1913, and later that year the...

  • Perth
    Perth, Western Australia
    Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

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  • Piawaning
    Piawaning, Western Australia
    The townsite of Piawaning is located in the northern agricultural region, 160 km north-east of Perth and 28 km north-east of New Norcia. At the 2006 census, Piawaning had a population of 309....

  • Piesseville
    Piesseville, Western Australia
    Piesseville is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Wagin. It is also on the Great Southern Railway...

  • Pindar
    Pindar, Western Australia
    Pindar is a small town in the Mid West Region of Western Australia. It is located about 30 km east of MullewaIn 1894, the Northern Railway from Geraldton to Mullewa was opened, and four year later was extended to Cue...

  • Pingaring
    Pingaring, Western Australia
    Pingaring is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The name of the town is the Indigenous Australian name of a nearby spring that was first recorded by surveyors in 1926....

  • Pingelly
    Pingelly, Western Australia
    Pingelly is a town and shire located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, from Perth via the Brookton Highway and Great Southern Highway. The town is also located on the Great Southern railway line...

  • Pingrup
    Pingrup, Western Australia
    Pingrup is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The name of the town is Indigenous Australian in origin and was the name of a lake that is close to the townsite.The meaning of the word is unknown. The name first appeared on charts of the area in 1873.The townsite came into...

  • Pinjarra
    Pinjarra, Western Australia
    Pinjarra is a town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, from the state capital, Perth and south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray. At the 2006 census, Pinjarra had a population of 3,279.Pinjarra is an area...

  • Pintharuka
    Pintharuka, Western Australia
    Pintharuka is an abandoned townsite in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town is located between the towns of Morawa and Mullewa on the Mullewa-Wubin Road...

  • Pithara
    Pithara, Western Australia
    Pithara is a small town in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is located about 240 km north of Perth, in the Shire of Dalwallinu. At the 2006 census, Pithara had a population of 341....

  • Point Samson
    Point Samson, Western Australia
    ,Point Samson is a small coastal hamlet 1,579 km north of Perth and 18 km north of Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town is a popular holiday location for the nearby mining towns, including Wickham, Karratha and Dampier. Fishing is the main industry...

  • Popanyinning
    Popanyinning, Western Australia
    Popanyinning is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, along Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Narrogin. At the 2006 census, Popanyinning had a population of 87.-History:...

  • Porongurup
    Porongurup, Western Australia
    Porongurup is the name of a small mountain range in the Shire of Plantagenet in Western Australia and of a small village on the northern slopes of the range. At the 2006 census, Porongurup had a population of 370.The name is derived from the Aboriginal place-name, and consequently arrived with no...

  • Port Denison
    Port Denison, Western Australia
    Port Denison is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Irwin and it is located southwest of Dongara on the Indian Ocean coast.-History:...

  • Port Gregory
    Port Gregory, Western Australia
    Gregory is a small town and fishing port in the Mid West region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Gregory had a population of 46.Port Gregory, located close to the mouth of the Hutt River, was established in 1849 and named after brothers Augustus and Frank Gregory, two of Western...

  • Port Hedland
    Port Hedland, Western Australia
    Port Hedland is the highest tonnage port in Australia and largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with a population of approximately 14,000 ....

  • Preston Beach
    Preston Beach, Western Australia
    Preston Beach is a small town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the Old Coast Road, between Mandurah and Bunbury in the Yalgorup National Park.-History:...

  • Prevelly
    Prevelly, Western Australia
    Prevelly is a townsite in the South West region of Western Australia. It is located on the coast at the mouth of Margaret River at the northern end of Calgardup Bay...


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  • Quairading
    Quairading, Western Australia
    Quairading is a Western Australian town located in the Wheatbelt region. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Quairading.-History:The town was named for Quairading Spring, derived from a local Aboriginal word recorded in 1872 by surveyor Alexander Forrest. The first European settler in the...

  • Quindalup
    Quindalup, Western Australia
    Quindalup is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. It is situated along Caves Road between Busseltonand Dunsborough on Geographe Bay. At the 2006 census, Quindalup had a population of 1,015....

  • Quindanning
    Quindanning, Western Australia
    Quindanning is a small town located halfway between Boddington and Williams along the Pinjarra-Williams Road. At the 2006 census, Quindanning had a population of 163....


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  • Ranford
    Ranford, Western Australia
    Ranford is a town located north-east of Boddington along the road from Pinjarra to Williams.-History:The town's name honours Henry Samuel Ranford, who had traversed the Hotham River and marked out the first holdings in the vicinity...

  • Ravensthorpe
    Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
    Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south east of Perth, 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe...

  • Rawlinna
    Rawlinna, Western Australia
    Rawlinna is a remote locality and railway siding on the Trans-Australian Railway in Western Australia. It is also the site of a small lime mine, in which the lime is extracted from the limestone that is prevalent in the area...

  • Redmond
    Redmond, Western Australia
    Redmond is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It is located 399 km South South East of Perth and the closest populated town is Albany....

  • Reedy
    Reedy, Western Australia
    Reedy is an abandoned town in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The town is located between Cue and Meekatharra in the Mid West region of Western Australia....

  • Regans Ford
    Regans Ford, Western Australia
    Regans Ford is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north of Perth in the Shire of Dandaragan.-History:...

  • Rocky Gully
    Rocky Gully, Western Australia
    Rocky Gully is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The town is located along the Muirs Highway, about from the Kent River....

  • Roebourne
    Roebourne, Western Australia
    Roebourne is an old gold rush town in Western Australia's Pilbara region. It is 202 km from Port Hedland and 1,563 km from Perth, the state's capital. It prospered during its gold boom of the late 19th century and was once the biggest settlement between Darwin and Perth...

  • Roelands
    Roelands, Western Australia
    Roelands is a town located in the South West region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Brunswick Junction and Bunbury...

  • Rosa Brook
    Rosa Brook, Western Australia
    Rosa Brook is a town in the South West region of Western Australia. It is located 288 km South of Perth and the closest populated town is Margaret River. Rosa Brook has a community hall and a local store which was established in 1932 by the Darnell family. The region is best known for farming beef...


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  • Salmon Gums
    Salmon Gums, Western Australia
    Salmon Gums is a small town in Western Australia located 106 km north of Esperance on the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway. The name is derived from a prominent stretch of Eucalyptus salmonophloia trees which formed a landmark in the town's early days. The town is part of the Shire of Esperance...

  • Sandstone
    Sandstone, Western Australia
    Sandstone is a small town located in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town is located 157 kilometres east of Mount Magnet and 661 kilometres north of the state capital, Perth...

  • Scaddan
    Scaddan, Western Australia
    Scaddan is a small town in Western Australia located east of Perth situated just off the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway between Norseman and Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....

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  • Serpentine
    Serpentine, Western Australia
    Serpentine is a town located south-southeast of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and 7 km south of Mundijong. Serpentine is located on the South Western Railway between Perth and Bunbury, and was one of the original stations when the line was opened in 1893...

  • Shackleton
    Shackleton, Western Australia
    Shackleton in a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town is located close to the Salt River and along the railway line between Bruce Rock and Quairading....

  • Shay Gap
    Shay Gap, Western Australia
    Shay Gap was an iron ore mining town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 1 574 km northnortheast of Perth and 188 km east of Port Hedland ....

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  • South Kumminin
    South Kumminin, Western Australia
    South Kumminin in a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The name is Indigenous Australian in origin but its meaning is unknown....

  • South Yunderup
    South Yunderup, Western Australia
    South Yunderup is a township near Mandurah, Western Australia, located on the south bank of the Murray River within the Shire of Murray. Its postcode is 6208, and in the 2006 Census, it had a population of 1,965 with a median age of 50...

  • Southern Cross
    Southern Cross, Western Australia
    Southern Cross is a town in Western Australia, 371 kilometres east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway. It was founded by gold prospectors in 1888, and gazetted in 1890. It is the major town and administrative centre of the Shire of Yilgarn...

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  • Tambellup
    Tambellup, Western Australia
    The townsite of Tambellup is located in Western Australia's Great Southern Agricultural region, 317 km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway where it crosses the Gordon River...

  • Tammin
    Tammin, Western Australia
    The town of Tammin is located in the central agricultural region, east of Perth, Western Australia and midway between the towns of Cunderdin and Kellerberrin on the Great Eastern Highway.-History:...

  • Tardun
    Tardun, Western Australia
    Tardun in a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The townsite is located along the Mullewa to Wongan Hills railway line. The location of the town was decided in 1913 when the route of the railway was being planned....

  • Telfer
    Telfer, Western Australia
    Telfer is a minesite in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, within the Great Sandy Desert. Telfer was previously the state's most isolated town, located north-east of the state capital Perth...

  • Tenindewa
    Tenindewa, Western Australia
    Tenindewa in a small town located between Geraldton and Mullewa along the Geraldton – Mount Magnet Road in the Mid West region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Tenindewa had a population of 143....

  • Tenterden
    Tenterden, Western Australia
    Tenterden is a town located 328 km south-east of Perth in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The townsite is located on one of the sidings on the Great Southern Railway line. The siding was established in 1891 and shortly afterward the government made land available for agricultural...

  • The Lakes
    The Lakes, Western Australia
    The Lakes is a locality in Western Australia within the Shire of Mundaring. It is located east of the capital city of Perth at the junction of the Great Eastern Highway and the Great Southern Highway, and is the easternmost suburb within the Metropolitan Region Scheme...

  • Three Springs
    Three Springs, Western Australia
    Three Springs is located 313 km north of Perth, Western Australia on the Midlands Road. Wheat farming is the main industry.The first Europeans to pass through the Three Springs area were Lieutenant George Grey and his party in 1839. The next exploration of the area in 1846 was undertaken by...

  • Tincurrin
    Tincurrin, Western Australia
    Tincurrin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth and within the Shire of Wickepin.-History:Tincurrin's name is of Aboriginal origin, and was first recorded in 1892 by J.O. Oxley, a surveyor, for a spring in the area, but the meaning is not known...

  • Tom Price
    Tom Price, Western Australia
    Tom Price, situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, is an industrial town. The town is located inland, at the edge of the Hamersley Range...

  • Toodyay
    Toodyay, Western Australia
    Toodyay is a town located in the Wheatbelt region in the Avon Valley, 85 km north-east of Perth, Western Australia. Toodyay is connected to Perth via both rail and road.-History:...

  • Torbay
    Torbay, Western Australia
    Torbay is a small township in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, 25 kilometres west of Albany. There is a crater on Mars named after it....

  • 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....

  • Tuckanarra
    Tuckanarra, Western Australia
    Tuckanarra is a small town in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The town is located between Cue and Meekatharra along the Great Northern Highway in the Mid West region of Western Australia....

  • Tunney
    Tunney, Western Australia
    Tunney is a town located along the Albany Highway between Kojonup and Cranbrook, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.The district was first settled in the 1850s and by 1909 a new settler named J.A. Atcheson wrote to the government asking for assistance with establishing a school and...


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  • Wagerup
    Wagerup, Western Australia
    Wagerup is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey.-History:...

  • Wagin
    Wagin, Western Australia
    Wagin is a town and shire in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, approximately 225 km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Katanning. It is also on State Route 107. The main industries are wheat and sheep farming.-History:The name of the town is...

  • Walebing
    Walebing, Western Australia
    Walebing is a small town in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Located at in the Shire of Moora, it takes its name from the original homestead established by Anthony O'Grady Lefroy in the 1840s....

  • Walkaway
    Walkaway, Western Australia
    Walkaway is a small town in the City of Greater Geraldton local government area of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Walkaway had a population of 262....

  • Walpole
    Walpole, Western Australia
    Walpole is a town in Western Australia, 432 km SSE of Perth and 66 km west of Denmark.Walpole lies very close to the northern point of the 100-hectare Walpole Inlet, from which it takes its name....

  • Wandering
    Wandering, Western Australia
    Wandering is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately from the state capital, Perth, just off the Albany Highway. It is the main town in the Shire of Wandering...

  • Wannamal
    Wannamal, Western Australia
    Wannamal in a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town's name is taken from the nearby Wannamal Lake, a name of Indigenous Australian origin that was first recorded in 1853. The meaning of the word is thought to mean lake....

  • Warburton
    Warburton, Western Australia
    Warburton or Warburton Ranges is an Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia, just to the south of the Gibson Desert and located on the Great Central Road and Gunbarrel Highway...

  • Warmun
  • Waroona
    Waroona, Western Australia
    Waroona is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Pinjarra and Harvey. The town is the seat of the Shire of Waroona. At the 2006 census, Waroona had a population of 1,864.-History:...

  • Waterloo
    Waterloo, Western Australia
    Waterloo is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, located on the South Western Highway between Bunbury and Brunswick Junction....

  • Watheroo
    Watheroo, Western Australia
    Watheroo in a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia.Land in the area was settled by James Oliver in 1851, the area was surveyed in 1871 and the name Watheroo was charted for the first....

  • Welbungin
    Welbungin, Western Australia
    Welbungin is a small town located just of the Koorda-Southern Cross road 287km from Perthin the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.Land was reserved in the area for a town hall as early as 1915 but it was not until the extension of the railway line from Mount Mashall to Lake Brown was planned to...

  • Wellstead
    Wellstead, Western Australia
    Wellstead is a small rural town situated in Western Australia in the Great Southern region between Albany and Esperance.The name commemorates the Wellstead family who settled in the area in 1860 and had held grazing land between Cape Riche and Bremer Bay....

  • Westonia
    Westonia, Western Australia
    Westonia is a small town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 10 kilometres north of the Great Eastern Highway. It is the main town in the Shire of Westonia.-History:...

  • Wialki
    Wialki, Western Australia
    Wialki is a small town in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is situated between Beacon and Bonnie Rock.The town was formed as a result of an extension to the railway was planned to pass through the area in 1929...

  • Wicherina
  • Wickepin
    Wickepin, Western Australia
    Wickepin is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth and east of Narrogin. At the 2006 census, Wickepin had a population of 244.-History:...

  • Wickham
    Wickham, Western Australia
    Wickham is a townsite located 1,572 km north of Perth and 13 km north of Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.-History:...

  • Widgiemooltha
    Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
    Widgiemooltha is an abandoned town in Western Australia located east of Perth between Kambalda and Norseman in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....

  • Williams
    Williams, Western Australia
    Williams is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway and 32 kilometres west of Narrogin. The Williams River passes through the town. At the 2006 census, Williams had a population of 338.-History:Williams is...

  • Wiluna
    Wiluna, Western Australia
    Wiluna is a complex town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated on the edge of the Western Desert at the gateway to the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel Highway. It is the service centre of the local area for the local Aboriginal people, the pastoral industry, mining, and...

  • Witchcliffe
    Witchcliffe, Western Australia
    Witchcliffe is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, located a few kilometres south of Margaret River on the Bussell Highway.The name originates from a cave in the area, Witchcliffe cave, that was recorded by a surveyor in 1900...

  • Wittenoom
    Wittenoom, Western Australia
    Wittenoom is a ghost town located 1,106 kilometres north-northeast of Perth in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the site of Australia's greatest industrial disaster....

  • Wokalup
    Wokalup, Western Australia
    Wokalup is a town located in the South West region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Harvey and Brunswick Junction. At the 2006 census, Wokalup had a population of 449....

  • Wongan Hills
    Wongan Hills, Western Australia
    Wongan Hills is a town in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is approximately 182 km north of the State capital Perth, at an altitude of 286 metres....

  • Woodanilling
    Woodanilling, Western Australia
    Woodanilling is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, 254 km south of Perth on the Great Southern Highway, 24 km from Katanning and 30 km from Wagin....

  • Wooramel
  • Wooroloo
    Wooroloo, Western Australia
    Wooroloo is a town on the outer fringe of the Perth metropolitan area, located off Great Eastern Highway in the eastern part of the Shire of Mundaring. At the 2006 census, Wooroloo had a population of 254.-History:...

  • Wubin
    Wubin, Western Australia
    Wubin is located in the northern agricultural region, 272 km north-northeast of Perth and 21 km north of Dalwallinu. Wubin was originally approved as a siding name on the proposed Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway line in April 1913, land also being set aside and a townsite gazetted the...

  • Wundowie
    Wundowie, Western Australia
    Wundowie is a town in Western Australia located between Perth and Northam in the Darling Range. It was the location of an iron works, and siding and stopping place on the Eastern Railway....

  • Wyalkatchem
    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....

  • Wyndham
    Wyndham, Western Australia
    Wyndham is the oldest and northernmost town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, located on the Great Northern Highway, northeast of Perth. It was established in 1885 as a result of a gold rush at Halls Creek, and it is now a port and service centre for the east Kimberley with a...


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  • Yalgoo
    Yalgoo, Western Australia
    -Further reading:* Palmer, Alex. Yalgoo Fremantle, W.A: Lap Industries. ISBN 0959058400- See also :* Yalgoo - the ecological region* Thundelarra* Shire of Yalgoo - the local government region...

  • Yallingup
    Yallingup, Western Australia
    Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.-History and industry:...

  • Yanchep
    Yanchep, Western Australia
    Yanchep is an outer coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 56 kilometres north of Perth's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local government area. It was built by entrepreneur Alan Bond in the 1970s for the 1977 America's Cup...

  • Yarloop
    Yarloop, Western Australia
    Yarloop is a town located in the South West of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey. At the 2006 census, Yarloop had a population of 545.-History:...

  • Yealering
    Yealering, Western Australia
    Yealering is a town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 220km south-east of Perth between the towns of Wickepin and Corrigin. It is located beside a lake of the same name. While the town's population is small, it services a large agricultural district in the northern...

  • Yelbeni
    Yelbeni, Western Australia
    Yelbeni is small town 222 km East North East of Perth, Western Australia along the Nungaring-Wyalkatchem Road situated in the Wheatbelt Region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Yelbeni had a population of 118....

  • Yellowdine
    Yellowdine, Western Australia
    Yellowdine is located 402 km east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Eastern Highway. The townsite is in the goldfields region, situated in the Shire of Yilgarn.- History :...

  • Yerecoin
    Yerecoin, Western Australia
    Yerecoin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, in the Shire of Victoria Plains, north-northeast of the state capital, Perth.-History:Yerecoin was the Aboriginal name for a nearby well, first recorded by a surveyor in 1879...

  • Yilliminning
    Yilliminning, Western Australia
    Yilliminning is a small town located in the southern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of the state capital, Perth and 20 kilometres east of Narrogin. At the 2006 census, Yilliminning had a population of 337.-History:...

  • York
    York, Western Australia
    York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97 km east of Perth in the Avon Valley near Northam, and is the seat of the Shire of York...

  • Yorkrakine
    Yorkrakine
    Yorkrakine is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, and is part of the Shire of Tammin, east of the state capital, Perth. At the 2006 census, Yorkrakine had a population of 117....

  • Yornaning
    Yornaning, Western Australia
    Yornaning is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, on Great Southern Highway, between Pingelly and Narrogin.-History:...

  • Yornup
    Yornup, Western Australia
    Yornup is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia, situated between Bridgetown and Manjimup on the South Western Highway.Yornup's name is of Noongar Aboriginal origin. It was primarily a milling settlement, and Greenacres Mill continues to this day...

  • Youndegin
    Youndegin, Western Australia
    Youndegin is a small town 155 km east of Perth, Western Australia along the Goldfields Road situated in the Wheatbelt Region of Western Australia.The townsite of Youndegin was gazetted in 1892....

  • Yuna
    Yuna, Western Australia
    Yuna is a small mining town in Western Australia north east of Geraldton in the Shire of Chapman Valley.- Transport :It was the terminus of the railway line from Wokarina. The line opened on 3 May, 1912 and closed on 29 April, 1957.-References:...

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