Rawlinna, Western Australia
| Rawlinna Western Australia | |
|---|---|
 The Rawlinna post office | |
  Rawlinna | |
| Coordinates | 31°00′00″S 125°20′00″E / 31.00000°S 125.33333°E |
| Population | 33 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 6434 |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder |
| State electorate(s) | Eyre |
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor |
Rawlinna is a remote locality[2] and railway siding on the Trans-Australian Railway in Western Australia. It is also the site of a small lime mine, in which the lime is extracted from the limestone that is prevalent in the area. The lime is mostly used in the gold production process at Kalgoorlie.
Geography
Rawlinna is also the start of the Connie Sue Highway, an outback track that leads to Warburton.
There is no fuel for sale at Rawlinna. The closest locations are Caiguna and Cocklebiddy on the Eyre Highway, more than 100 km to the south.
Transport
The Indian Pacific, the Great Southern Rail train that runs between Sydney and Perth, calls at the siding twice a week in each direction. Passengers can alight or disembark on request.
In the past, when the Trans-Australian Railway required personnel to live and work at railway stations, Rawlinna supported a school.[3]
The 1,000,000-hectare (2.5-million-acre) sheep station, Rawlinna Station, is bordered by the railway line.[4]
Notable derailments of trains crossing the Nullarbor near or at Rawlinna occurred in 1930,[5][6] 1955,[7] 1975,[8] December 2015,[9] and April 2016.[10][11]
Some of the derailments are attributed to washaways; the 1931 and 1955 reports allude to the main cause being damage from water.[12]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rawlinna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Example of isolation: (1967) New rail delay : food gets low. (Food is running low at Rawlinna where stranded passenger trains were held up because of washaways of the train track. Another train is stranded at Parkeston) Daily News, 26 January 1967, page 2
- ^ Gable, Walter, (1993) Rawlinna School [Perth, W.A : W. Gable, 1993](on title page: Rural & Isolated Schools : the development of Western Australia).
- ^ "Rawlinna". Jumbuck Pastoral. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "TRANS. TRAIN DERAILED AT RAWLINNA". The Daily News. Vol. XLIX, no. 17, 364. Western Australia. 31 December 1930. p. 1 (HOME (FlNAL) EDITION). Retrieved 24 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GREAT WESTERN EXPRESS DERAILED NEAR RAWLINNA". The West Australian. Vol. XLVII, no. 8, 902. Western Australia. 3 January 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 24 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ORDEAL BY TRAIN". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2927. Western Australia. 9 January 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WA rail link closed". The Canberra Times. Vol. 49, no. 13, 984. 7 February 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ http://www.artc.com.au/2015/12/06/rawlinna-naretha-derailment/
- ^ http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/rair/ro-2016-005/
- ^ https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/regional/goldfields/a/31409045/derailment-near-rawlinna-puts-trains-out-of-action/
- ^ "ENGINE DERAILED". The Mercury. Vol. CXXXIV, no. 19, 782. Tasmania. 1 January 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
Media related to Rawlinna, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons
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