Established 1917 State electorate(s) Collie-Preston Founded 1917 Postal code 6225 Federal division Division of Forrest | Postcode(s) 6225 Elevation 233 m Local time Sunday 2:57 PM Lga Shire of Collie | |
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Location 214 km (133 mi) SSE of Perth
12 km (7 mi) SSE of Collie Weather 29°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 22% Humidity | ||
Shotts is a small town in Western Australia located in the South West Region just off the Coalfields Road between Collie and Darkan
Map of Shotts WA 6225, Australia
The town originated as a railway siding named Benelaking on the Collie to Narrogin line in 1911. Later the same year the town was renamed as Shotts, in honour of the coal mining town of the same name near Glasgow. The Premier Coal Mining Company operated a coal mine near to the siding and in 1913 the Company asked for a town to be established there and were supported by the Collie Road Board. The town was gazetted in 1917.
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