Popanyinning, Western Australia

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Popanyinning
Western Australia
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Popanyinning
Popanyinning, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°40′00″S117°07′00″E / 32.66667°S 117.11667°E / -32.66667; 117.11667 Coordinates: 32°40′00″S117°07′00″E / 32.66667°S 117.11667°E / -32.66667; 117.11667
Population208 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1889
Postcode(s) 6309
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Cuballing
State electorate(s) Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Popanyinning is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, along Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Narrogin. At the date of the 2016 census, Popanyinning had a population of 180. [2]

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History

The name means "water hole" in the local Noongar language and was first recorded in a survey in 1869 for a pool in the Hotham River, and was previously spelt "Popaning" or "Popanying". The first pioneers arrived in 1893, mainly railway construction workers and their families, and the town became one of the original sidings on the Great Southern Railway. [3] In 1903, the State Government had a few lots surveyed at the siding to meet the needs of local settlers, and in 1904 the townsite was gazetted. Within two years, 72 families were living in the district and the town was an agricultural trading post where settlers could buy supplies or conduct business with incoming or outgoing railway traffic. The Popanyinning Hotel was built in April 1906, and many small stores operated nearby.

However, the town did not grow after the 1920s, and on 9 July 1978 the hotel burnt down, never to be rebuilt. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Popanyinning (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "2016 Census QuickStats: Popanyinning".
  3. ↑ "History of country town names – P". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
  4. ↑ Shire of Cuballing. "History – Popanyinning". Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2006.

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