Wagin, Western Australia
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| Wagin Western Australia |
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| Population: | 1,246 (2001 Census) | ||||||
| Established: | 1890s | ||||||
| Postcode: | 6315 | ||||||
| Elevation: | 303 m | ||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Wagin | ||||||
| State District: | Wagin | ||||||
| Federal Division: | O'Connor | ||||||
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Wagin (; post code: 6315) is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 225km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Katanning. It is also on State Route 107. The main industries are wheat and sheep farming.
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[edit] History
The name of the town is derived from Wagin Lake, a usually dry salt lake south of the town. The name is Aboriginal, having been first recorded for the lake by a surveyor in 1869-72. There is uncertainty about the actual meaning of 'Wagin' but it is likely that it either means 'the place where emus watered' or is a variation of 'wedge-an' an Aboriginal word for 'emu'.
The first European explorer through the area was John Septimus Roe, the Surveyor General of Western Australia in 1835 en route to Albany from Perth. Between 1835 and 1889 a few settlers eked a simple living by cutting sandalwood and shepherding small flocks of sheep. Land was granted to pastoralists in the Wagin area from the late 1870s onwards.
The town itself came into existence after the construction of the Great Southern Railway which was completed in 1889 with the town originally called Wagin Lake. In 1898 Wagin was proclaimed a town with the word Lake dropped.[1]
[edit] Present Day
Wagin is one of the largest towns in the Southern Wheatbelt region, and annually hosts the Woolorama, one of Western Australia's largest Agricultural Shows. The event held in March regularly attracts over 30,000 visitors.
Elevation: 257m above sea level
[edit] References
- ^ Landgate. History of country town names - W. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Shire of Wagin
- Woolorama website
- Climate of Wagin (Bureau of Meteorology)
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