Burakin, Western Australia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Burakin Western Australia
Dowerin-Kalannie Road, Burakin, 2014
Burakin Location in Western Australia
Established	1928
Postcode(s)	6467
Elevation	359 m (1,178 ft)
Area	[convert: needs a number]
Location	242 km (150 mi) NNE of Perth 45 km (28 mi) NW of Koorda
LGA(s)	Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
State electorate(s)	Moore
Federal Division(s)	Durack

Burakin is a small town near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

The townsite was gazetted in 1928. The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin.

Railways

Burakin is the junction for the Amery to Kalannie railway line and the branch railway line to Bonnie Rock. The line was completed on 27 April 1931. Despite aspirations for the railway in the 1930s. services between Beacon and Bonnie Rock were under threat of suspension in 1953, and closed in the same year.

Earthquakes

In 2000 and 2001 Burakin was the epicentre of a series of earthquakes, now known as the Burakin Swarm – a significant series of seismographic events that are considered important in understanding the South West Seismic Zone.