Korrelocking is a small town situated between Wyalkatchem and Trayning in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Korrelocking had a population of 76.[2]
| Korrelocking Western Australia | |
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 Korrelocking town hall, 2013 | |
  Korrelocking | |
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| Coordinates | 31°12′S 117°28′E / 31.200°S 117.467°E |
| Population | 58 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Established | 1911 |
| Postcode(s) | 6485 |
| Elevation | 343 m (1,125 ft) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Wyalkatchem |
| State electorate(s) | Central Wheatbelt |
| Federal division(s) | Durack |
During the construction of the Merredin to Dowerin railway line the government decided to establish a station in the area. The Yuragin progress association petitioned for a townsite to be declared at the station.
The town was gazetted in 1911, shortly before the opening of the railway line.[3]
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,[4] which in effect saw Korrelocking as one of the first five bulk wheat locations on the Western Australian Government Railways network, and a site of the beginning of bulk wheat handling in Western Australia.[5]
The name of the town is an Aboriginal word for a nearby water well that had been recorded when the area had been surveyed in 1892. The meaning of the name is not known.
A bioblitz was conducted in 2012 in a bush reserve between Korrelocking and Wyalkatchem. 54 people took part and collected samples of scorpions, pseudoscorpions, isopods, spiders. and centipedes, including some new species.[6]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Korrelocking (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Korrelocking (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "BULK HANDLING". The West Australian. Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 524. Western Australia. 5 January 1933. p. 50. Retrieved 4 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "2012 BioBlitz at Korrelocking". Bennelongia. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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