Wialki, Western Australia

Wialki
Western Australia
Wialki grain receival point, 2014
Wialki is located in Western Australia
Wialki
Wialki
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Coordinates30°28′35″S 118°07′18″E / 30.47639°S 118.12167°E / -30.47639; 118.12167
Population45 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1933
Postcode(s)6473
Elevation414 m (1,358 ft)
Area889.1 km2 (343.3 sq mi)
Location
  • 341 km (212 mi) north east of Perth
  • 25 km (16 mi) east of Beacon
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)Durack

Wialki is a townsite in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is situated between Beacon and Bonnie Rock, in the shires of Mount Marshall and Mukinbudin.

Wialki was originally a siding on the Burakin to Bonnie Rock railway extension planned to pass through the area in 1929; the district surveyor suggested the station should be named Datjoin but the Railway department chose the name Wialki after the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak. The station was named in 1930 and the townsite was gazetted in 1933.[2] The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. A second bulk wheat bin was constructed in town in 1940 just as the first bulk bin was filled.[3] The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[4]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wialki (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "History of country town names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Country news". The West Australian. Perth. 17 January 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

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