Established 1915 LGA(s) Shire of Brookton Elevation 250 m Local time Sunday 8:40 PM Federal division Division of O'Connor | Postcode(s) 6306 State electorate(s) Wagin Founded 1915 Postal code 6306 | |
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Location 190 km (118 mi) ESE of Perth
43 km (27 mi) E of Brookton Weather 16°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 50% Humidity | ||
Kweda is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of the town of Brookton.
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Map of Kweda WA 6306, Australia
History
The government was planning to build a railway line between Brookton and Kunjin (near Corrigin, in 1913, and one of the proposed stations was a "Quandadine Siding", located near Quandadine Pool in the Avon River. Marshall Fox, the district surveyor proposed creating a townsite here in 1914, and land was resumed for this purpose later that year. By the time the railway line was opened in 1915 the name of the siding had been changed to Kweda, and this was the name applied when the townsite was gazetted in 1918. This name may be derived from "Queeda", a Noongar Aboriginal name for the Casuarina tree.
References
Kweda, Western Australia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA