Type: | town |
Kokardine | |
Lga: | Shire of Wongan-Ballidu |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 10 |
Coordinates: | -30.69°N 117.18°W |
Elevation: | 397 |
Dist1: | 190 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Perth |
Dist2: | 33 |
Dir2: | NW |
Location2: | Koorda |
Fedgov: | Durack |
Stategov: | Moore |
State: | wa |
Kokardine is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, northwest of Koorda. It is located within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.[1]
The name Kokardine, which may mean "water in the grass", is derived from the Aboriginal name of a nearby soak, first recorded by a surveyor in 1892.[2]
In 1927, with the Ejanding North railway under construction between the towns now known as Amery and Kalannie, the Wongan Hills road board asked that a townsite be set aside at the siding and place later named Kokardine. The townsite was gazetted in 1929.[2]