Muntadgin, Western Australia
Encyclopedia
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.
Originating as a railway siding on the Narembeen
to Merredin
line the district surveyor thought the location would be ideal for a townsite. The townsite was surveyed and gazetted in 1925.
A hotel licance was granted in 1931 to Colin Geoffery Elliot to run the hotel that had recently been constructed in the town.
The name is Aboriginal in origina and is taken from the nearby Muntadgin Soak which first appeared on maps of the area in 1912.
Currently the town still has a wheat
siding, the Muntadgin hotel that provides meals and accommodation and recreation facilities including a golf course. The town celebrted its 75th anniversary in 2005.
Great Eastern Highway
The Great Eastern Highway is a major road between the Western Australian cities of Perth and Kalgoorlie. It is a key route for vehicles accessing the eastern wheatbelt and the eastern goldfields...
on Brissenden Road, situated between the towns of Bruce Rock
Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Bruce Rock is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and southwest of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Bruce Rock....
and 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...
in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Muntadgin had a population of 113.
Originating as a railway siding on the 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....
to 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...
line the district surveyor thought the location would be ideal for a townsite. The townsite was surveyed and gazetted in 1925.
A hotel licance was granted in 1931 to Colin Geoffery Elliot to run the hotel that had recently been constructed in the town.
The name is Aboriginal in origina and is taken from the nearby Muntadgin Soak which first appeared on maps of the area in 1912.
Currently the town still has a wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
siding, the Muntadgin hotel that provides meals and accommodation and recreation facilities including a golf course. The town celebrted its 75th anniversary in 2005.