Burracoppin, Western Australia
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Burracoppin is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The town was gazetted in 1891. It takes its name from Burracoppin Rock, a nearby granite rock, the name of which was first recorded in 1864 as Burancooping Rock. It was also shown as Lansdowne Hill in 1836. It is an Aboriginal name said to mean "near a big hill".[1]
It serves as a stop on the Prospector rural train service.
It is the setting for the novel "Mr Jelly's Business" by Arthur W. Upfield, one in the series of Napoleon Bonaparte whodunits.
[edit] References
- ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of country town names - B. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
| Preceding station | Transwa Trains network | Following station | ||
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towards East Perth
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Prospector |
towards Kalgoorlie
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