Kulja, Western Australia

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Kulja
Western Australia
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Kulja
Kulja, Western Australia
Coordinates 30°30′S117°19′E / 30.500°S 117.317°E / -30.500; 117.317
Population20 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1928
Postcode(s) 6470
Elevation321 m (1,053 ft)
Area526.7 km2 (203.4 sq mi)
Location
  • 253 km (157 mi) north east of Perth
  • 43 km (27 mi) north north west of Koorda
  • 64 km (40 mi) east of Dalwallinu
LGA(s) Shire of Koorda
State electorate(s) Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s) Durack

Kulja is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is situated along the Bonnie Rock to Burakin Road.

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The area was charted in 1908 and the Indigenous Australian name of a local soak was recorded as Kulja. The townsite was originally established in the late 1920s as part of a railway siding on the Ejanding North Railway line. The townsite was gazetted in 1928 once a large enough local population had settled in the area. [2]

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receiving site for Cooperative Bulk Handling. [3]

History

Kulja had a post office between 1928 and 1973. There was also a Kulja Railway Construction post office between 1929 and 1931. [4]

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. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kulja (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "CBH receiving sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Dzelme, John (1976) Place and Date Stamps of Western Australia, p. 103 Perth, W.A: published by the author
  5. ↑ "Country elevators". The West Australian . Perth. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013– via National Library of Australia.

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