Kununoppin

Kununoppin
Western Australia
Wilson Street, Kununoppin, 2014
Kununoppin is located in Western Australia
Kununoppin
Kununoppin
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Coordinates31°07′0″S 117°55′0″E / 31.11667°S 117.91667°E / -31.11667; 117.91667
Population49 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1911
Postcode(s)6489
Area2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Trayning
State electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)Durack

Kununoppin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is located on the Nungarin–Wyalkatchem Road and in the Shire of Trayning local government area, 257 kilometres (160 mi) north east of the state capital, Perth, Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Kununoppin had a population of 151.[2]

The site of a railway siding on the Dowerin to Merredin railway line, Kununoppin was gazetted as a townsite in 1911.[3][4][5] The town's name derives from the Aboriginal name for the surrounding area. The name was first rendered as "Coonoonoppin"—the revised spelling of "Kununoppin" was adopted to conform with the Royal Geographical Society standard orthography for Aboriginal place names.[3] (See -up for further details).

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.[6]

The town—set in Salmon Gum woodland—features a series of tin sculptures. The sculptures are placed in various locations around the town.[7]

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[8]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kununoppin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kununoppin (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Kununoppin". History of Country Town Names. Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ^ Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1965), Kununoppin, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 27 August 2024
  5. ^ Kunnunoppin [i.e. Kununoppin], Commonwealth of Australia], 1944, retrieved 27 August 2024
  6. ^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Kununoppin". The Wheatbelt. Merredin & Districts Visitor Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  8. ^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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