Tenindewa, Western Australia
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Tenindewa in a small town located between Geraldton and Mullewa
along the Geraldton – Mount Magnet Road in the Mid West region of Western Australia
. At the 2006 census
, Tenindewa had a population of 143.
A railway from Geraldton and Mullewa
was constructed in 1894 and passed through the area. By 1908 a station was opened in the location of the town and had the name 55 mile siding. Later in 1908 the name of the station was changed to the Aboriginal name of a nearby gulley, Kockatea. The name was changed again almost a year later to Tenindewa.The name is also Aboriginal in origin and its meaning is unknown. The townsite was gazetted in 1913.
Mullewa, Western Australia
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along the Geraldton – Mount Magnet Road in the Mid West region of Western Australia
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. At the 2006 census
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, Tenindewa had a population of 143.
A railway from Geraldton and Mullewa
Mullewa, Western Australia
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was constructed in 1894 and passed through the area. By 1908 a station was opened in the location of the town and had the name 55 mile siding. Later in 1908 the name of the station was changed to the Aboriginal name of a nearby gulley, Kockatea. The name was changed again almost a year later to Tenindewa.The name is also Aboriginal in origin and its meaning is unknown. The townsite was gazetted in 1913.