Nangeenan, Western Australia

Nangeenan
Town
View of the Marleys Transport depot at Nangeenan in December 2014
View of the Marleys Transport depot at Nangeenan in December 2014
Nangeenan is located in Western Australia
Nangeenan
Nangeenan
Interactive map of Nangeenan
Coordinates: 31°32′S 118°10′E / 31.533°S 118.167°E / -31.533; 118.167
CountryAustralia
StateWestern Australia
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
 • Total
184.6 km2 (71.3 sq mi)
Population
 • Total75 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode
6414

Nangeenan is a small town west of Merredin on the Great Eastern Highway, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. A railway siding was opened by the Western Australian Government Railways on the Eastern railway line in 1898.[2] People moved into the town shortly after.

Nangeenan was officially recognised as a town in 1905.[3]

It has a local hall which was built in 1912.[3] It has been in use since around the time of World War I.[4][5] During the same era, Nangeenan was the site of a "state farm",[6] a term used at the time for a research station of the Department of Agriculture.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Nangeenan (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ↑ Summary of WAGR Weekly Notices Rail Heritage WA
  3. 1 2 "Nangeenan Western Australia. Nangeenan Photos by Mingor". www.mingor.net. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Nangeenan". Merredin Mercury. Vol. IV, no. 193. Western Australia. 4 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Nangeenan". Merredin Mercury. Vol. III, no. 141. Western Australia. 28 April 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "NANGEENAN". Western Mail. Vol. XXIX, no. 1, 493. Western Australia. 7 August 1914. p. 22. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ Cyril and Ethel Peet Memorial Fund (1908), Nangeenan State Farm homestead, retrieved 4 October 2022

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