Madura, Western Australia
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| Madura Western Australia |
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| Established: | 1876 |
| Postcode: | 6443 |
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| LGA: | Shire of Dundas |
| State District: | Murchison-Eyre |
| Federal Division: | Kalgoorlie |
Madura ( ; post code: 6443) is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Nullarbor Plain.
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[edit] History
Madura was settled in 1876 as a place to breed quality cavalry horses for the British Indian Army for use in the Northwest Frontier region of India (now part of Pakistan). The horses were shipped from the coast at Eucla. (Cervantes, north of Perth, was also used for breeding.) The site was chosen as it was one of the few with free flowing bore water in the area. Madura's name is believed to originate from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, called Madura at that time.
[edit] Present day
Like other locations in the Nullarbor Plain area, the area consists of nothing more than a roadhouse, open 6:30am to 8:30pm each day. 2 km west of Madura is a scenic lookout with sweeping views of the Madura Pass across the escarpment and the Roe Plains. Natural blowholes may also be found nearby. The area is used for pastoral purposes, mainly sheep rearing.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. Travel - Madura. Retrieved on October 17, 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.
- Shire of Dundas - Towns of the Eyre Highway
- Nullarbor Net - Madura including local information.
| Towns on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia | |
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Western Australia: Norseman | Balladonia | Caiguna | Cocklebiddy | Madura | Mundrabilla | Eucla | |
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South Australia: Border Village | Nullarbor | Yalata | Nundroo | Penong | Ceduna | |
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