Bindi Bindi, Western Australia
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Bindi Bindi is a small town located between Moora
and Wongan Hills
in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
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The town originated as a Western Australian Government Railways
siding and was gazetted in 1947. The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the word for stick or skewer with which a coat is hung on to. The doubling of the word is to indicate many of them.
The main industry in town is wheat
farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.
Moora, Western Australia
Moora is a townsite located 177 km north of Perth in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Moora was one of the original stations on the Midland railway line to Walkaway, and the townsite was gazetted in 1895...
and Wongan Hills
Wongan Hills, Western Australia
Wongan Hills is a town in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is approximately 182 km north of the State capital Perth, at an altitude of 286 metres....
in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The town originated as a Western Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways was most common name of the Western Australian government rail transport authority from 1890 to 1976. It is, in its current form, known as the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia....
siding and was gazetted in 1947. The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the word for stick or skewer with which a coat is hung on to. The doubling of the word is to indicate many of them.
The main industry in town is wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.