Kokardine, Western Australia

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Kokardine
Western Australia
Kokardine is located in Western Australia
Kokardine
Kokardine
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Elevation 397 m (1,302 ft)
Location
  • 190 km (118 mi) NE of Perth
  • 33 km (21 mi) NW of Koorda
LGA(s) Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
State electorate(s) Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division(s) Durack

Kokardine is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, northwest of Koorda. It is located within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.[1]

The name Kokardine, which may mean "water in the grass", is derived from the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak, first recorded by a surveyor in 1892.[2]

History

In 1927, with the Ejanding North railway under construction between the towns now known as Amery and Kalannie, the Wongan Hills road board asked that a townsite be set aside at the siding and place later named Kokardine. The townsite was gazetted in 1929.[2]

See also

  • CBH class – a class of locomotive, one of which is named after the locality

References

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