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Town in Western Australia
Kununoppin
Western Australia
Wilson Street, Kununoppin, 2014
Kununoppin is located in Western AustraliaKununoppinKununoppin
Coordinates31°07′0″S 117°55′0″E / 31.11667°S 117.91667°E / -31.11667; 117.91667
Population49 (SAL 2021)
Established1911
Postcode(s)6489
Area2.7 km (1.0 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Trayning
State electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)Durack

Kununoppin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is located on the Nungarin–Wyalkatchem Road and in the Shire of Trayning local government area, 257 kilometres (160 mi) north east of the state capital, Perth, Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Kununoppin had a population of 151.

The site of a railway siding on the Dowerin to Merredin railway line, Kununoppin was gazetted as a townsite in 1911. The town's name derives from the Aboriginal name for the surrounding area. The name was first rendered as "Coonoonoppin"—the revised spelling of "Kununoppin" was adopted to conform with the Royal Geographical Society standard orthography for Aboriginal place names. (See -up for further details).

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.

The town—set in Salmon Gum woodland—features a series of tin sculptures. The sculptures are placed in various locations around the town.

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

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kununoppin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kununoppin (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Kununoppin". History of Country Town Names. Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys (1965), Kununoppin, Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A, retrieved 27 August 2024
  5. Kunnunoppin [i.e. Kununoppin], Commonwealth of Australia], 1944, retrieved 27 August 2024
  6. "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. "Kununoppin". The Wheatbelt. Merredin & Districts Visitor Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  8. "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

External links

Media related to Kununoppin, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons

Towns in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
Avon Sub-Region
Shire of Beverley
Shire of Cunderdin
Shire of Dowerin
Shire of Goomalling
Shire of Northam
Shire of Quairading
Shire of Tammin
Shire of Toodyay
Shire of Wyalkatchem
Shire of York
Central Coast Sub-Region
Shire of Chittering
Shire of Dandaragan
Shire of Gingin
Central East Sub-Region
Shire of Bruce Rock
Shire of Kellerberrin
Shire of Kondinin
Shire of Koorda
Shire of Merredin
Shire of Mount Marshall
Shire of Mukinbudin
Shire of Narembeen
Shire of Nungarin
Shire of Trayning
Shire of Westonia
Shire of Yilgarn
Central Midlands Sub-Region
Shire of Dalwallinu
Shire of Moora
Shire of Victoria Plains
Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
Wheatbelt South Sub-Region
Shire of Brookton
Shire of Corrigin
Shire of Cuballing
Shire of Dumbleyung
Shire of Kulin
Shire of Lake Grace
Shire of Narrogin
Shire of Pingelly
Shire of Wagin
Shire of Wandering
Shire of West Arthur
Shire of Wickepin
Shire of Williams
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  • Places in italics are either former settlements or settlements that do not have an official postcode


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