Korrelocking, Western Australia

Korrelocking
Western Australia
Korrelocking; Western Australia
	Korrelocking town hall, 2013
	Korrelocking
Coordinates	31°12′S117°28′E / 31.200°S 117.467°E
Population	58 (SAL 2021)
Established	1911
Postcode(s)	6485
Elevation	343 m (1,125 ft)
Location	201 km (125 mi) north east of Perth ; 10 km (6 mi) east of Wyalkatchem ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Wyalkatchem
State electorate(s)	Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)	Durack

Last updated April 02, 2024

Korrelocking is a small town situated between Wyalkatchem and Trayning in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Korrelocking had a population of 76.^[2]

During the construction of the Merredin to Dowerin railway line the government decided to establish a station in the area. The Yuragin progress association petitioned for a townsite to be declared at the station.

The town was gazetted in 1911, shortly before the opening of the railway line.^[3]

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,^[4] which in effect saw Korrelocking as one of the first five bulk wheat locations on the Western Australian Government Railways network, and a site of the beginning of bulk wheat handling in Western Australia.^[5]

The name of the town is an Aboriginal word for a nearby water well that had been recorded when the area had been surveyed in 1892. The meaning of the name is not known.

A bioblitz was conducted in 2012 in a bush reserve between Korrelocking and Wyalkatchem. 54 people took part and collected samples of scorpions, pseudoscorpions, isopods, spiders. and centipedes, including some new species.^[6]

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References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Korrelocking (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Korrelocking (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
↑ "Country elevators". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ "BULK HANDLING". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 524. Western Australia. 5 January 1933. p. 50. Retrieved 4 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "2012 BioBlitz at Korrelocking". Bennelongia. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Korrelocking (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[Census2006Y-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Korrelocking (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[3] "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

[4] "Country elevators". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[5] "BULK HANDLING". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 524. Western Australia. 5 January 1933. p. 50. Retrieved 4 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[6] "2012 BioBlitz at Korrelocking". Bennelongia. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

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