Mullewa is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 450 kilometres (280 mi) north of Perth and 98 kilometres (61 mi) east-northeast of Geraldton. Mullewa is well known for its abundance of wildflowers in the spring and is one of the few places in Western Australia the wreath flower grows in. The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.^[3]

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Mullewa Western Australia
Jose Street, Mullewa, 2018
Mullewa
Coordinates	28°32′13″S 115°30′43″E
Population	312 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established	1894
Postcode(s)	6630
Elevation	281 m (922 ft)[2]
Area	415.1 km2 (160.3 sq mi)
Location	450 km (280 mi) N of Perth 98 km (61 mi) ENE of Geraldton
LGA(s)	City of Greater Geraldton
State electorate(s)	Moore
Federal division(s)	Durack

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European settlers moved to the area in 1869 to take up pastoral leases for farming.^[4] In 1894, the government built a narrow gauge railway from Geraldton to Mullewa and the town was gazetted in the same year.^[4] The town is named after Mullewa Spring, whose name is based on an Aboriginal name recorded by surveyor John Forrest in 1873.^[4] The meaning of the name is not certain, but the most accepted meaning is "place of fog".^[4]

The architect priest Mgr John Hawes built the Church mainly with his own hands and the help of parishioners. Work started in 1921 and the stone and tile church was completed, after some interruptions, in 1927. The eclectic design of the Church shows some influence of Spanish Mission style. Hawes built a presbytery for himself next to the church and this, known as the Priesthouse, was finished in 1929: it has been used as a museum since 1980.^[5]

• Images of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel complex
• The Church, front
• Gargoyle on the Church
• Church, side view
• Priesthouse and Church
• Priesthouse, street view

One of the Western Australian Government Railways named overnight passenger services from Perth was known as The Mullewa, which ceased operation in 1974. Mullewa was the junction of the railway line northeast to Meekatharra, and south to Northam.^[6] The southward line is no longer operationally connected.^[7]

Iron ore from Tallering Peak mine was hauled by road 65 km south to Mullewa, and loaded onto railway wagons for hauling 107 km west-southwest to Geraldton, where ships of up to 60,000 DWT were loaded.^[8]

Mullewa has a semi-arid climate with hot summers and mild to cool winters. The town features a dry summer/wetter winter routine, thus giving its climate some characteristics of the Mediterranean one.