Established 1910 State electorate(s) Eyre Postal code 6430 Federal division Division of O'Connor | Postcode(s) 6430 Elevation 369 m Lga Shire of Coolgardie | |
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Location 574 km (357 mi) ENE of Perth
15 km (9 mi) SW of Coolgardie Weather 15°C, Wind SE at 21 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Kurrawang is an abandoned town in Western Australia between Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie just off Great Eastern Highway in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The town was first established as a railway station in the early 1900s on the Eastern line to Kalgoorlie. The area was also a junction of the timberlines in the region. Firewood companies used the timberlines to collect firewood to provide the heat energy needed by condensers which in turn were used to make potable water from saline water. A progress association was formed following a unanimous decision by the townspeople in 1907 and a committee was elected at the same meeting. The town was gazetted in 1910
The word is Aboriginal in origin but the meaning is unknown. It is thought that it may be related to the bird of the same name.