Carrabin, Western Australia

Town in Western Australia

31°23′00″S 118°41′00″E / 31.38333°S 118.68333°E / -31.38333; 118.68333Population0 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1912Postcode(s)6423Elevation359 m (1,178 ft)Area157.1 km² (60.7 sq mi)Location

299 km (186 mi) ENE of Perth
43 km (27 mi) ENE of Merredin

LGA(s)Shire of WestoniaState electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt Federal division(s)O'Connor

Carrabin is a small town located about 43 kilometres (27 mi) east-north-east of Merredin, on the railway line between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia.^[2]

History

The town was gazetted in 1912, and took its name from the already existing railway siding located adjacent to the townsite. It is an Aboriginal name of unknown meaning.^[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]

It also is the site of an agricultural research station.^[5]^[6]

Rail services

The Prospector service, which runs each way between East Perth and Kalgoorlie once or twice each day, stops at Carrabin.^[7]

Preceding station	Transwa			Following station
Burracoppin towards East Perth		Prospector		Bodallin towards Kalgoorlie

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Carrabin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Carrabin Station". 10 December 2005. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ "History of country town names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Western Australia; Scholz, G; Smolinski, H (1987), The soils of South Carrabin Research Station light land annex, Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Resource Management, retrieved 10 March 2012
^ Bolland, M. D. A. (Michael David Anthony); Porter, W. M; Western Australia. Division of Plant Industries (1991), The responses of different plant species to superphosphate applications on uniform yellow sandplain soil at South Carrabin, Western Australia, Division of Plant Industries, Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, ISBN 978-0-646-08522-7
^ "Prospector Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2024.