Kulja, Western Australia

Kulja
Western Australia
Kulja
Population: 93 (2006 Census) [1]
Established: 1928
Postcode: 6470
Elevation: 321 m (1,053 ft)
Location:
  • 253 km (157 mi) North East of Perth
  • 43 km (27 mi) North North West of Koorda
  • 64 km (40 mi) East of Dalwallinu
LGA: Shire of Koorda
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: Durack

Kulja is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is situated along the Bonnie Rock Burakin Road.

The area was charted in 1908 and the Indigenous Australian name of a local soak was recorded as Kulja. The townsite was originally established in the late 1920s as part of a railway siding on the Ejanding North Railway line. The townsite was gazetted in 1928 once a large enough local population had settled in the area.[2]

History

Kulja had a post office between 1928 and 1973. There was also a post office called Kulja Railway Construction between 1929 and 1931.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kulja (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC54441&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
  2. ^ 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 2008-10-07. 
  3. ^ Dzelme, John (1976) Place and Date Stamps of Western Australia, p. 103 Perth, W.A: published by the author