Kulja, Western Australia Explained

Type:town
Kulja
State:wa
Lga:Shire of Koorda
Local Map:yes
Zoom:9
Coordinates:-30.5°N 136°W
Postcode:6470
Est:1928
Elevation:321
Stategov:Central Wheatbelt
Fedgov:Durack
Dist1:253
Dir1:north east
Location1:Perth
Dist2:43
Dir2:north north west
Location2:Koorda
Dist3:64
Dir3:east
Location3:Dalwallinu

Kulja is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is situated along the Bonnie Rock to Burakin Road.

The area was charted in 1908 and the Indigenous Australian name of a local soak was recorded as Kulja.The townsite was originally established in the late 1920s as part of a railway siding on the Ejanding North Railway line. The townsite was gazetted in 1928 once a large enough local population had settled in the area.

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receiving site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[1]

History

Kulja had a post office between 1928 and 1973. There was also a Kulja Railway Construction post office between 1929 and 1931.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 . CBH receiving sites . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318082458/https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf . 18 March 2012 . 1 April 2013.
  2. Dzelme, John (1976) Place and Date Stamps of Western Australia, p. 103 Perth, W.A: published by the author
  3. News: Country elevators . The West Australian. Perth. 6 July 1932. 6 April 2013. 10. National Library of Australia.