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]

Wuraming is 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

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wuraming (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wuraming (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. "Wiilman". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. "Wiilman (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  7. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  8. "Railway Line Precinct - Boddington to Dwellingup". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.