Collie, Western Australia

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Collie is a town in Western Australia (WA), located 203km from Perth ^[1] near the junction of the Collie and Harris rivers, in the middle of dense jarrah forest and the only coalfields in WA. Collie has a population of around 9,000 people. ^[2]

Collie is mainly known as a coal producing centre, but also offers industrial, agricultural and aquaculture tourism industries. ^[2] Muja Power station is located east of the town, and to its west is the Wellington Dam, a popular fishing, swimming and boating spot.

Collie was once referred to as a "dirty mining town",^[3] but on April 8, 2006, it won the Australian Tidy Towns Competition from finalists from six States and the Northern Territory. ^[4] Collie was named the top Tidy Town because of the commitment of the community to recycling, waste management, beautification and community projects.

Contents 1 Things to see 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Things to see

• Collie Tourist Information Centre
• Steam Locomotive Museum
• Collie Museum
• All Saints Anglican Church

[edit] Gallery

Muja Power Station.

Colliefields Hotel.

Collie Railway Station.

Main Street Collie.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.36000° 116.150000°

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
• Collie portal
• South West portal
• Wellington National Park

Local Government Areas of South West Western Australia
Augusta-Margaret River | Boyup Brook | Bridgetown-Greenbushes | Bunbury | Busselton | Capel | Collie | Dardanup | Donnybrook-Balingup | Harvey | Manjimup | Nannup