| Mandiga Western Australia | |
|---|---|
  Mandiga | |
| Coordinates | 30°48′00″S117°46′01″E / 30.80°S 117.767°E Coordinates: 30°48′00″S117°46′01″E / 30.80°S 117.767°E |
| Established | 1919 |
| Postcode(s) | 6477 |
| Elevation | 377 m (1,237 ft) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Mount Marshall |
| State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt |
| Federal Division(s) | Durack |
Mandiga is a town in Western Australia, in the Shire of Mount Marshall. It is located between the towns of Koorda and Mukinbudin in the Wheatbelt region.
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 Shire of Mount Marshall is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-northwest of Merredin and about 300 kilometres (186 mi) northeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 10,190 square kilometres (3,934 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Bencubbin.
Koorda is a town in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 236 kilometres (147 mi) east of Perth and 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Wyalkatchem at the northeastern end of the Cowcowing Lakes. It is the main town in the Shire of Koorda. At the 2006 census, Koorda had a population of 260.
Originating as a railway siding on the Wyalkatchem to Mount Marshall railway line which was opened in 1917. A town had been considered in the area in 1916 when the railway was planned. The town was gazetted in 1919, [1] but little development ever took place in the town.
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.
The name is Aboriginal in origin and came from a list supplied by the surveyor Frederick Brockman who, in turn, got the names from an indigenous person in Margaret River. The name is thought to mean young girl and is correctly spelt as Mandigga.
Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, also known as Frederick Slade Brockman, was a Surveyor General and explorer of Western Australia.
Margaret River is a town in the South West of Western Australia, located in the valley of the eponymous Margaret River, 277 kilometres (172 mi) south of Perth, the state capital. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.
