Burracoppin, Western Australia
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 Burracoppin
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| Population: | 322 (2006 Census) [1] |
| Established: | 1891 |
| Postcode: | 6421 |
| Location: | |
| LGA: | Shire of Merredin |
| State electorate: | Central Wheatbelt |
| Federal Division: | Durack |
Coordinates: 31°23′49″S 118°28′37″E / 31.397°S 118.477°E
Burracoppin is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The town was gazetted in 1891. It takes its name from Burracoppin Rock, a nearby granite rock, the name of which was first recorded in 1864 as Burancooping Rock. It was also shown as Lansdowne Hill in 1836. It is an Aboriginal name said to mean "near a big hill".[2]
It serves as a stop on the Prospector rural train service.
It is the setting for the novel Mr Jelly's Business by Arthur W. Upfield, one in the series of Napoleon Bonaparte whodunits.
Burracoppin is also the site where the first Rabbit Proof Fence (No. 1) was started in 1901, with construction heading south to Esperance and north towards Port Hedland. Burracoppin was the main depot for the Rabbit Proof Fence. All gates through the fence and wells for the fence runners (those who look after the fence) were numbered from this town. Parts of the original fence are still viewable in Burracoppin along with some of the original gates.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Burracoppin (S) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC53381&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
http://www.merredin.wa.gov.au/about/our_towns.html
| Preceding station | Transwa Trains network | Following station | ||
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towards East Perth
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Prospector |
towards Kalgoorlie
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