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Town in Western Australia
Popanyinning
Western Australia
Popanyinning General Store, 2014
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Coordinates32°40′00″S 117°07′00″E / 32.66667°S 117.11667°E / -32.66667; 117.11667
Population208 (SAL 2021)
Established1889
Postcode(s)6309
Area186.4 km (72.0 sq mi)
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.

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. 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.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Popanyinning (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "2016 Census QuickStats: Popanyinning".
  3. "History of country town names – P". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. 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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Media related to Popanyinning, 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
  • Places in bold are the council seat for the local government area
  • Places in italics are either former settlements or settlements that do not have an official postcode
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