Bunjil,_Western_Australia

Bunjil, Western Australia

Bunjil, Western Australia

Town in Western Australia


Bunjil is a small town in Western Australia located on the Mullewa Wubin Road 326 kilometres (203 mi) north of Perth in the Mid West region. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 61.

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The townsite was gazetted in 1914,[2] 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 its meaning is unknown.

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.[3]

The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.[4]


References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bunjil (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "History of country town names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  3. "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

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