Badjaling, Western Australia
Badjaling Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 31°59′49″S 117°29′56″E / 31.997°S 117.499°ECoordinates: 31°59′49″S 117°29′56″E / 31.997°S 117.499°E |
Established | 1914 |
Postcode(s) | 6383 |
Elevation | 230 m (755 ft) |
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Quairading |
State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt |
Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Badjaling is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia located close to the Salt River.
History[]
The townsite was originally declared as Yuruga in 1914 but the name was changed to Badjaling later the same year. The word Badjalling is the Aboriginal name for the nearby soak and springs. Badjal means the feathers discarded as a bird is plucked.[1]
In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.[2]
The railway siding was the usual location of departure for the annual carrying several thousand lambs raised by L J Stacy of Quairading to Robbs Jetty Abattoir.[3]
Geography[]
The Pink Lake of Quairading is actually at Badjaling, with the main road crossing it.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "History of country town names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
- ^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Stacy Train's Record Haul". The Beverley Times. Western Australia. 18 October 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 24 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Top 10 Best Pink Lakes In the World". Traveleering. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- Towns in Western Australia
- Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
- Shire of Quairading