Badjaling, Western Australia Explained

Type:town
Badjaling
State:wa
Lga:Shire of Quairading
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Coordinates:-31.997°N 117.499°W
Postcode:6383
Est:1914
Elevation:230
Stategov:Central Wheatbelt
Fedgov:O'Connor
Dist1:178
Dir1:east
Location1:Perth
Dist2:10
Dir2:east
Location2:Quairading
Dist3:51
Dir3:north west
Location3:Corrigin

Badjaling is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia located close to the Salt River, and is approximately 155km (96miles) east of Perth.

History

The townsite was originally declared as Yuruga in 1914 but the name was changed to Badjaling later the same year. The word Badjalling is the Aboriginal name for the nearby soak and springs. Badjal means the feathers discarded as a bird is plucked.

In 1932, the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding of the York–Bruce Rock railway line.[1]

The railway siding was the usual location of departure for the annual Stacey lamb train carrying several thousand lambs raised by L J Stacy of Quairading to Robbs Jetty Abattoir.[2]

Geography

The Pink Lake of Quairading is actually at Badjaling, with the main road, Bruce Rock–Quairading Road, crossing it.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Country elevators . The West Australian. Perth. 6 July 1932. 6 April 2013. 10. National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Stacy Train's Record Haul . . Western Australia . 18 October 1963 . 24 January 2020 . 3 . Trove .
  3. Web site: Top 10 Best Pink Lakes in the World . Traveleering . 19 August 2021. 22 January 2022.