Piesseville, Western Australia

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Piesseville Western Australia
Established:	1903
Postcode:	6315
Elevation:	303 m
Location:	211 km from Perth 17 km from Wagin
LGA:	Shire of Wagin
State District:	Wagin
Federal Division:	O'Connor
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall 22.8 °C 73 °F 9.7 °C 49 °F 436.1 mm 17.2 in

Piesseville (33°11′S 117°17′E; post code: 6315) is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 215km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Wagin. It is also on the Great Southern Railway.

Contents 1 History 2 Present day 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

In the 1860s, early settlers came to the area to graze their flocks, but the first official records of it began in 1889 when the Great Southern Railway opened, and a siding called Buchanan River was opened. In 1897, the Government set aside land for subdivision here, and in 1903 lots were surveyed and the town of Buchanan gazetted. The land agent at Katanning reported considerable interest, and a hall, school and other facilities had been completed by 1904.

However, the name clashed with a town in New South Wales (now little more than a historic gallery outside Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley), so the town was renamed Barton in 1905 to honour Australia's first prime minister (1901-1903), Sir Edmund Barton. However, after the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917, another railway station named after Barton in the South Australian stretch of the Nullarbor Plain led to another name change - this time to Piesse, after two local residents, in December 1918. Five years later, the town was changed to its present name - its fourth in 20 years.^[1]

[edit] Present day

Piesseville today is more of an agricultural locality, although the original 1904 hall still stands.

[edit] References

1. ^ Department of Land Information. History of country town names - P. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.194° 117.288°

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Towns in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia
Southern Wheatbelt: Aldersyde | Arthur River | Brookton | Congelin | Cuballing | Darkan | Duranillin | Dwarda | Highbury | Kweda | Narrogin | North Bannister | Piesseville | Pingelly | Popanyinning | Quindanning | Wagin | Wandering | Williams | Yornaning
South Eastern Wheatbelt: Bendering | Bullaring | Corrigin | Dudinin | Dumbleyung | Harrismith | Holt Rock | Hyden | Jitarning | Karlgarin | Kondinin | Kukerin | Kulin | Lake Grace | Lake King | Newdegate | Pingaring | Tincurrin | Wickepin | Varley | Yealering