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The Shire of Merredin is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 250 kilometres (155 mi) east of Perth, the state capital. Its seat of government is the town of Merredin, where 2,804 of the Shire's 3,595 residents live. The Shire covers an area of 3,300 square kilometres (1,274 sq mi).
Merredin Town Hall, Merredin Clock Tower Building: Merredin Railway Station Group: 1577: Lot 1503: Todd Street: Merredin: Merredin Railway Station Museum, Old Railway Station: Merredin Post Office: 1578: Corner: Barrack & Bates Street: Merredin
Merredin / ˈ m ɛr ə d ɪ n / is a town in Western Australia, located in the central Wheatbelt roughly midway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, on Route 94, Great Eastern Highway.It is located on the route of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, and as a result is also on the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail.
The heritage listed shire office building was opened in January 1929. [3] The painter John Perceval was born in Bruce Rock in 1923. 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 on the Merredin to Narrogin railway line. [4]
Map of local government areas in Western Australia. There are 137 local government areas (LGAs) in Western Australia, [1] which comprise 27 cities, 102 shires, and 8 towns that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the Local Government Act 1995. [2]
The railway line, as well as the Merredin to Narrogin railway line running in parallel further west, still exist, but are designated as "Not in use" on the Arc Infrastructure map in 2024. [ 10 ] At the northern terminus, at Merredin, four entries related to the railways are on the State Register of Heritage Places : the Merredin Railway Station ...
Shire of Merredin: State electorate(s) Central Wheatbelt: Federal division(s) Durack: Burracoppin is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in the ...
Hines Hill is a town located 240 km (150 mi) east of Perth, between the towns of Merredin and Doodlakine in Western Australia. The town is situated on the Great Eastern Highway and also on the edge of Lake Baandee. The town has one of the first privately owned weighbridges in Western Australia is located close to the town. [2]