Burracoppin, Western Australia
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Burracoppin () is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in Western Australia.
The town was gazetted in 1891. It takes its name from Burracoppin Rock, a nearby granite rock, the name of which was first recorded in 1864 as Burancooping Rock. It was also shown as Lansdowne Hill in 1836. It is an Aboriginal name said to mean "near a big hill". [1]
It serves as a stop on the Prospector rural train service.
| Preceding station (inbound) |
Transwa Trains network | Following station (outbound) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merredin | Prospector | Carrabin | ||
