Wundowie, Western Australia
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Wundowie, Western Australia
Wundowie was the location of an iron works, and siding and stopping place on the Eastern Railway (Western Australia).
It was named in 1907 and was a siding on the Chidlow to Northam section of the railway.
The iron works commenced production in 1948, and the railway station was opened in 1949.
The railway line was continued for a while from Northam to service Wundowie - after the main closure of the Chidlows route and the opening of the Avon Valley route in 1966.
[edit] Further reading
- Clayden, B. J.(1958) A short history of the wood distillation, charcoal, iron and steel industry, Wundowie : the plant and the town Thesis - Graylands Teachers College. - held in Battye Library
- Seabrook, Benjamin.(2000) Wundowie the charcoal town.(reminisces about the town over the last 40 years). Avon Valley advocate, 26 Jan. 2000, p.14
- Saunders, D. M. and Pearce, D.G.(1978) The financial viability to Westrail of railing copper ore from Koolyanobbing to Avon and Wundowie for Agnew Clough Perth, W.A. Westrail, Management Services Bureau, Planning Division, 1978.
