Miling, Western Australia

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Miling
Western Australia
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The Miling Hotel
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Miling
Coordinates 30°29′S116°22′E / 30.483°S 116.367°E / -30.483; 116.367 Coordinates: 30°29′S116°22′E / 30.483°S 116.367°E / -30.483; 116.367
Population205 (2006 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 6575
Location200 km (124 mi) N of Perth
LGA(s) Shire of Moora
State electorate(s) Moore
Federal Division(s) Durack

Miling is a small town in the Shire of Moora, 200 kilometres (124 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia. At the 2006 census, it had a population of 205. [1]

Miling is the terminus of the Clackline–Miling railway branch line 150 miles from Perth. This branch line originally started at Clackline, but -- after the changes to the Eastern Railway in 1966 -- commenced at West Toodyay.

Miling is within the network known as the 'wheatbins', which are areas served by the Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia [2]

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]

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Miling (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. Aerial Surveys Australia; HRRC (1963), Aerial photographs of the Miling wheat bin, 2 Dec. 1963 [picture] , retrieved 18 October 2012
  3. "Country elevators". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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