Wialki, Western Australia
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Wialki is a small town in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
. It is situated between Beacon
and Bonnie Rock
.
The town was formed as a result of an extension to the railway was planned to pass through the area in 1929. The district surveyor suggested the station should be named Datjoin but the Railway department chose the name Wialki after the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak
. The station was named in 1930 and the townsite was gazetted in 1933. The meaing of the name is not known.
The surrounding areas produce wheat
and other cereal
crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.
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...
. It is situated between Beacon
Beacon, Western Australia
Beacon is a town in Western Australia, in the Shire of Mount Marshall. It is located 42 km north of Bencubbin and 333 km northeast of Perth....
and Bonnie Rock
Bonnie Rock, Western Australia
Bonnie Rock is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The town was once the terminus of the railway to Beacon.The name of the town originated from a rock formation that is situated close to the town that was named by a sandalwood cutter. The townsite was gazetted in 1932.-...
.
The town was formed as a result of an extension to the railway was planned to pass through the area in 1929. The district surveyor suggested the station should be named Datjoin but the Railway department chose the name Wialki after the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak
Soakage
A soakage, or soak, is a source of water in Australian deserts.It is called thus because the water generally seeps into the sand, and is stored below, sometimes as part of an ephemeral river or creek system.-Aboriginal water source:...
. The station was named in 1930 and the townsite was gazetted in 1933. The meaing of the name is not known.
The surrounding areas produce 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...
and other cereal
Cereal
Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...
crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.