Kokardine Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 30°41′S117°11′E / 30.69°S 117.18°E |
Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Wongan-Ballidu |
State electorate(s) | Moore |
Federal division(s) | Durack |
Kokardine is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, northwest of Koorda. It is located within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu. [1]
The name Kokardine, which may mean "water in the grass", is derived from the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak, first recorded by a surveyor in 1892. [2]
In 1927, with the Ejanding North railway under construction between the towns now known as Amery and Kalannie, the Wongan Hills road board asked that a townsite be set aside at the siding and place later named Kokardine. The townsite was gazetted in 1929. [2]
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