Wialki, Western Australia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids WialkiWestern Australia |
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Wialki grain receival point, 2014
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Established | 1933 |
Postcode(s) | 6473 |
Elevation | 414 m (1,358 ft) |
Area | [convert: needs a number] |
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State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt |
Federal Division(s) | Durack |
Wialki is a townsite in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is situated between Beacon and Bonnie Rock, in the shires of Mount Marshall and Mukinbudin.
Wialki was originally a siding on the Burakin to Bonnie Rock railway extension planned to pass through the area in 1929; the district surveyor suggested the station should be named Datjoin but the Railway department chose the name Wialki after the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak. The station was named in 1930 and the townsite was gazetted in 1933. The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. A second bulk wheat bin was constructed in town in 1940 just as the first bulk bin was filled. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.
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