Eradu, Western Australia

Eradu
Western Australia
Eradu
Established: 1920
Postcode: 6532
Elevation: 177 m (581 ft)
Location:
  • 458 km (285 mi) North of Perth
  • 34 km (21 mi) East of Geraldton
LGA: City of Greater Geraldton
State District: Moore
Federal Division: Durack

Eradu is a small town in Western Australia located in the Mid West region of Western Australia located 34 km east of Geraldton on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet road.

Following the opening of the Nangulu-Mullewa railway line in 1894 a station was opened at the location of the current town-site. The name of the station was Greenough River until 1903. It remained a station with a station master from 1915 to 1921 and was gazetted as a town in 1920.[1] The station later became a siding until it was closed in 1973.

The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the name of a pool found in the nearby Greenough River.

References

  1. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names". http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names. Retrieved 2011-02-04.