Burakin Western Australia | |
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Dowerin-Kalannie Road, Burakin, 2014 | |
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Coordinates | 30°31′26″S 117°10′23″E / 30.524°S 117.173°E |
Population | 30 ( SAL 2021) [1] |
Established | 1928 |
Postcode(s) | 6467 |
Elevation | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
Area | 342.5 km2 (132.2 sq mi) |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Wongan-Ballidu |
State electorate(s) | Moore |
Federal division(s) | Durack |
Burakin is a small town near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The townsite was gazetted in 1928. [2] The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin. [3]
Burakin is the junction for the branch railway line to Bonnie Rock. The line was completed on 27 April 1931, but services beyond Beacon were withdrawn from late 1997. [4]
In 2000 and 2001 Burakin was the epicentre of a series of earthquakes now known as the Burakin Swarm – a significant series of seismographic events that are considered important in understanding the South West Seismic Zone. [5] [6]
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Burakin, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons
Burakin Western Australia | |
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Dowerin-Kalannie Road, Burakin, 2014 | |
| |
Coordinates | 30°31′26″S 117°10′23″E / 30.524°S 117.173°E |
Population | 30 ( SAL 2021) [1] |
Established | 1928 |
Postcode(s) | 6467 |
Elevation | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
Area | 342.5 km2 (132.2 sq mi) |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Wongan-Ballidu |
State electorate(s) | Moore |
Federal division(s) | Durack |
Burakin is a small town near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The townsite was gazetted in 1928. [2] The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin. [3]
Burakin is the junction for the branch railway line to Bonnie Rock. The line was completed on 27 April 1931, but services beyond Beacon were withdrawn from late 1997. [4]
In 2000 and 2001 Burakin was the epicentre of a series of earthquakes now known as the Burakin Swarm – a significant series of seismographic events that are considered important in understanding the South West Seismic Zone. [5] [6]
Media related to
Burakin, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons