Wuraming, Western Australia

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Wuraming
Western Australia
Foundations of the destroyed Asquith Bridge, Quindanning, April 2021 04.jpg
Foundations of the former Long Gully Bridge
Wuraming, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°50′S116°15′E / 32.84°S 116.25°E / -32.84; 116.25
Population0 (SAL 2016) [1] [2]
Postcode(s) 6390
Area349.5 km2 (134.9 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Boddington
State electorate(s) Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Localities around Wuraming:
Inglehope Mount Wells Bannister
Nanga Brook Wuraming Marradong
Hoffman Upper Murray Lower Hotham

Wuraming is a rural locality located in the Shire of Boddington in the Peel Region of Western Australia. The locality is almost completely forested except for a section in the north-east where parts of the Boddington Gold Mine operation are located. [3] [4]

The Shire of Boddington and the locality of Wuraming are located on the traditional land of the Wiilman people of the Noongar nation. [5] [6] [7]

Wuraming was a siding on the Dwellingup to Boddington section of the Pinjarra to Narrogin railway until the line closed in 1968, with the line running north of the current Pinjarra-Williams Road. [8]

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References

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