Marradong, Western Australia Explained

Type:town
Marradong
Lga:Shire of Boddington
Coordinates:-32.863°N 116.451°W
Map Type:nomap
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Est:1890s
Postcode:6390
Dist1:131
Dir1:SE
Location1:Perth
Dist2:8
Dir2:S
Location2:Boddington
Stategov:Central Wheatbelt
Fedgov:O'Connor
State:wa
Near-Nw:Wuraming
Near-N:Boddington
Near-Ne:Crossman
Near-W:Lower Hotham
Near-E:Williams
Near-Sw:Lower Hotham
Near-S:Quinndaning
Near-Se:Williams

Marradong is a former town located 8km (05miles) south of Boddington along the road from Pinjarra to Williams.

History

Marradong was the major centre in the region until the 1920s, having been settled by the Batt, Pollard and Fawcett families, and once boasted a shop, post office, hotel, church, telegraph station and a one-roomed school. The town was also the home of the Marradong Road Board, first convened in 1903. After the arrival of the railway in Boddington, most facilities moved there and by 1930 Marradong had been largely abandoned.[1]

All that remains of the town is the tiny St Albans Anglican Church and cemetery (1894), a few old homes in varying states of repair and some palm trees which once stood outside the Laura Hotel. The agricultural hall was demolished in 1989 and a small fire station has been built on the site. The locality is now mostly inhabited by local farmers who primarily produce wool, lamb, beef, oats, hay, barley, lupins, canola and timber.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History. Shire of Boddington. 2006-10-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061013041431/http://www.boddington.wa.gov.au/history. 2006-10-13.
  2. News: Travel - Boddington. Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-10-14 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2004-02-08.