Collie, Western Australia
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Collie is a town in Western Australia (WA), located 203km from Perth [1] near the junction of the Collie and Harris rivers, in the middle of dense jarrah forest and the only coalfields in WA. Collie has a population of around 9,000 people. [2]
Collie is mainly known as a coal producing centre, but also offers industrial, agricultural and aquaculture tourism industries. [2] Muja Power station is located east of the town, and to its west is the Wellington Dam, a popular fishing, swimming and boating spot.
Collie was once referred to as a "dirty mining town",[3] but on April 8, 2006, it won the Australian Tidy Towns Competition from finalists from six States and the Northern Territory. [4] Collie was named the top Tidy Town because of the commitment of the community to recycling, waste management, beautification and community projects.
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[edit] Things to see
- Collie Tourist Information Centre
- Steam Locomotive Museum
- Collie Museum
- All Saints Anglican Church
- Amaroo Primary School
[edit] Gallery
 Muja Power Station. |
 Colliefields Hotel. |
 Collie Railway Station. |
 Main Street Collie. |
[edit] References
- ^ Collie - Western Australia's most important coal mining town www.smh.com.au. February 8, 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2006.
- ^ a b About Collie www.collierivervalley.org.au. Retrieved 13 August 2006
- ^ Sustainability DoE Issue 9. Retrieved 2 November 2006
- ^ 2006 Tidy Town Media Release www.collie.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 13 August 2006
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Collie portal
- South West portal
- Wellington National Park
Augusta-Margaret River · Boyup Brook · Bridgetown-Greenbushes · Bunbury · Busselton · Capel · Collie · Dardanup · Donnybrook-Balingup · Harvey · Manjimup · Nannup
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