Shackleton, Western Australia
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Shackleton in a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
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The town is located close to the Salt River
and along the railway line between Bruce Rock
and Quairading
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Originally a railway siding for the railway line when constructed in 1913, the town was developed privately before being gazetted in 1951.
The town is named after the Antarctic
explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
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The Bankwest branch in the town claimed to be the worlds smallest bank. The building measures 3m by 4m, but was closed in 1997.
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 is located close to the Salt River
Salt River (Western Australia)
Salt River is a saline river system in south-west Western Australia. It arises from a chain of salt lakes in the vicinity of Corrigin, flowing northward nearly to Bruce Rock then west and south-west past Quairading, before discharging into the Yenyening Lakes northeast of Brookton...
and along the railway line between Bruce Rock
Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Bruce Rock is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately east of Perth and southwest of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Bruce Rock....
and Quairading
Quairading, Western Australia
Quairading is a Western Australian town located in the Wheatbelt region. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Quairading.-History:The town was named for Quairading Spring, derived from a local Aboriginal word recorded in 1872 by surveyor Alexander Forrest. The first European settler in the...
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Originally a railway siding for the railway line when constructed in 1913, the town was developed privately before being gazetted in 1951.
The town is named after the Antarctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...
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The Bankwest branch in the town claimed to be the worlds smallest bank. The building measures 3m by 4m, but was closed in 1997.