Pintharuka, Western Australia
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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
During the planning of the railway to be constructed between Mullewa
and Wongan Hills
in 1912 the local progress association equested that a townsite be surveyed at the siding that was to be built in the present townsite. The name od the siding was chosen as Pintharika in 1913 and he townsite was gazetted later the same year.
The areas main industry is in agriculture particularly cereal
cropping and raising livestock. The toen and area was flood
ed and many sheep killed in 1948 resulting from hail and rain from violent thunderstorms in 1948.
The name of the town is taken from a nearby well
which was surveyed and recorded in 1910. The name is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is not known.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
townsite in the Mid West region
Regions of Western Australia
Regionalisations of Western Australia are systems by which Western Australia is divided into distinct geographic regions. The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for economic development purposes, of which there are nine.Other regionalisations...
of Western Australia
Western Australia
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. The town is located between the towns of 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 :...
and Mullewa
Mullewa, Western Australia
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on the Mullewa-Wubin Road
During the planning of the railway to be constructed between Mullewa
Mullewa, Western Australia
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and 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....
in 1912 the local progress association equested that a townsite be surveyed at the siding that was to be built in the present townsite. The name od the siding was chosen as Pintharika in 1913 and he townsite was gazetted later the same year.
The areas main industry is in agriculture particularly cereal
Cereal
Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...
cropping and raising livestock. The toen and area was flood
Flood
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water...
ed and many sheep killed in 1948 resulting from hail and rain from violent thunderstorms in 1948.
The name of the town is taken from a nearby well
Water well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...
which was surveyed and recorded in 1910. The name is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is not known.