Gabbin, Western Australia

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Gabbin
Western Australia
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Gabbin
Coordinates 30°48′00″S117°40′59″E / 30.8°S 117.683°E / -30.8; 117.683 Coordinates: 30°48′00″S117°40′59″E / 30.8°S 117.683°E / -30.8; 117.683
Population107 (2006 census) [1]
Established1918
Postcode(s) 6476
Elevation343 m (1,125 ft)
Location
  • 255 km (158 mi) north east of Perth
  • 19 km (12 mi) east of Koorda
  • 95 km (59 mi) north west of Merredin
LGA(s) Shire of Mount Marshall
State electorate(s) Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division(s) Durack

Gabbin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Wheatbelt (Western Australia) region in Western Australia

The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation. It partially surrounds the Perth metropolitan area, extending north from Perth to the Mid West region, and east to the Goldfields-Esperance region. It is bordered to the south by the South West and Great Southern regions, and to the west by the Indian Ocean, the Perth metropolitan area, and the Peel region. Altogether, it has an area of 154,862 square kilometres (59,793 sq mi).

Western Australia State in Australia

Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11 percent of the national total – of whom the vast majority live in the south-west corner, 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.

The townsite originally served as a railway station for the Wyalkatchem to Mount Marshall line that was constructed through the area in 1913. The townsite was gazetted in 1918 and was named after the railway station. [2]

Wyalkatchem, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

Wyalkatchem townsite is located in the central agricultural region, 192 kilometres (119 mi) east-north-east of Perth and 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Dowerin. At the 2006 census, Wyalkatchem had a population of 344.

In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. [3] Work on the bulk handling depot commenced late in 1933. [4]

CBH Group grain-handling co-operative

The CBH Group, is a grain growers' cooperative that handles, markets and processes grain from the wheatbelt of Western Australia.

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gabbin (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – G" . Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  3. "Country elevators". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. "Country news". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 2 October 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 7 April 2013.