Southern Cross, Western Australia
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| Population | 762 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | 1890 | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6426 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Yilgarn | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eyre | ||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||
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Southern Cross is a town in Western Australia, 371 kilometres east of state capital Perth on the Great Eastern Highway. It was founded by gold prospectors in 1888, and gazetted in 1890.[2] It is the major town and administrative centre of the Shire of Yilgarn.[3] At the 2011 census, Southern Cross had a population of 762.[1]
The town of Southern Cross is one of the many towns which run along the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie Goldfields Water Supply Scheme engineered by C. Y. O'Connor.[4]
A succession of gold rushes in the Yilgarn region near Southern Cross in 1887, at Coolgardie in 1892, and at Kalgoorlie in 1893 caused a population explosion in the barren and dry desert centre of Western Australia.
It is named after the Southern Cross constellation, and the town's streets are named after constellations and stars.[5][6][7]
The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[8]
Southern Cross is in the Federal electorate of O'Connor.[9]
Railway station
Southern Cross railway station is on the standard gauge railway from Perth to Kalgoorlie. The construction and opening of the line from Perth was completed on 1 May 1967, and the connection to Kalgoorlie via Koolyanobbing was completed by 4 November 1968 [10]
The Prospector and Indian Pacific passenger trains service the town.
Narrow gauge line
The former narrow gauge railway reached Southern Cross on 1 July 1894.[11][12][13] and the Southern Cross to Coolgardie narrow gauge railway (via Boorabbin) was closed 29 November 1971 [14]
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.[15]
See also
References
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