Wubin, Western Australia
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| Wubin Western Australia |
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| Established: | 1913 |
| Postcode: | 6612 |
| Location: | 287 km (178 mi) NNE of Perth |
| LGA: | Shire of Dalwallinu |
| State District: | Merredin |
| Federal Division: | O'Connor |
The townsite of Wubin is located in the northern agricultural region, 272 km north north east of Perth and 21 km north of Dalwallinu. Wubin was originally approved as a siding name on the proposed Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway line in April 1913, land also being set aside and a townsite gazetted the same year. The first lots in the townsite were sold in June 1914, and the railway line opened in 1915. Wubin derives its name from the Aboriginal name for a nearby water source, Woobin Well, first recorded by a surveyor in 1907. The spelling Wubin was adopted to conform with spelling rules for Aboriginal names adopted by the Lands & Surveys Department.
Wubin flourished like most farming towns during the post WWII era, during that time an all weather road was constructed across Lake Moore to Paynes Find substantially reducing travel times north to the mining areas in the Murchison and Pilbara regions. It is this road, now part of the Great Northern Highway, that is now the economic heart of the town.
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- Cail, Bert, Reudavey, Judith and Wornes, Joy. 2005 Prepared to pioneer : a history of Wubin, 1908 to 1939 Wubin, W.A., Wubin Progress Incorporated.
