Cunderdin Museum

Cunderdin Museum

Cunderdin, Western Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LGA: Shire of Cunderdin
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: O'Connor
Coordinates: 31°39′22″S 117°14′38″E/31.656°S 117.244°E/-31.656; 117.244
Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth,[2] on Great Eastern Highway.

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[edit] History
The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby hill. The meaning of the name is unknown but is thought to mean place of the bandicoot.

Like many small towns in the area, Cunderdin developed as a stop-off town during the gold rush in the WA Goldfields. Significantly in 1894 the railway arrived signalling the earliest settlement in the town. Later, in 1901, the Goldfields Water Scheme designed by C. Y. O'Connor led to a renewed increase in population of the town. The townsite was gazetted in 1906.[3]


[edit] Economy
As part of the wheatbelt, the economy of Cunderdin is primarily agricultural. There is an agricultural college 3 km north of the town; it is one of the six campuses of the Western Australia College of Agriculture. There are approximately 110 students supported by 50 staff and their families.[4]

Cunderdin Airstrip is situated next to the agriculture college.[4] It was built early in the Second World War as a base for the RAAF flying school and bomber base.[5]


[edit] Farming
Cunderdin is mostly a farming community. Former Chairman of the WA Colleges of Agriculture, Alan Carter, is one of the many farmers to occupy land in the region. His produce consists of wheat, lupins, canola and also livestock. There is also great livestock production. The Jolma Poll Dorset Stud, run by Perry Jasper and Co., has been very successful when competing in exhibition shows in Perth and Adelaide.


[edit] Places of interest

Ettamogah Pub, CunderdinCunderdin Museum [6]
Youndegin, 19 km south of Cunderdin, has the ruins of the earliest settlement in the area
Cunderdin Hill Lookout - panoramic views of the area
Railway Water Tower
Ettamogah Pub
Cunderdin mini-golf course, which is situated next to the Cunderdin Reservoir, itself part of the Goldfields water supply scheme
Cunderdin Pool
Historic sites of Youndigin and Doonananning
Cunderdin Town Oval
Rick Hart Seconds
Golden Pipeline
C Y O'Connor Park
Cunderdin daviesia (Daviesiacunderdin) is a small to medium sized shrub, which grows to 1.6 m high. It appears that it is isolated to the Cunderdin area.[7]

Visitors cannot help but notice the large Ettamogah theme hotel and pub when driving through the town, due to its redness and a car on its roof. It is based on the comics of Ken Maynard and is one of a few of these pubs scattered throughout Australia. There are similar venues in Sydney, Albury-Wodonga,[8] The Sunshine Coast, Queensland and Morley.

Cunderdin also serves as a stop on the Prospector and Avonlink rural train services.

CUNDERDIN WA

Cunderdin, Western Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LGA: Shire of Cunderdin
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: O'Connor
Coordinates: 31°39′22″S 117°14′38″E/31.656°S 117.244°E/-31.656; 117.244
Cunderdin is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia 156 km east of Perth,[2] on Great Eastern Highway.

Contents [hide]

[edit] History
The first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Aboriginal name of a nearby hill. The meaning of the name is unknown but is thought to mean place of the bandicoot.

Like many small towns in the area, Cunderdin developed as a stop-off town during the gold rush in the WA Goldfields. Significantly in 1894 the railway arrived signalling the earliest settlement in the town. Later, in 1901, the Goldfields Water Scheme designed by C. Y. O'Connor led to a renewed increase in population of the town. The townsite was gazetted in 1906.[3]


[edit] Economy
As part of the wheatbelt, the economy of Cunderdin is primarily agricultural. There is an agricultural college 3 km north of the town; it is one of the six campuses of the Western Australia College of Agriculture. There are approximately 110 students supported by 50 staff and their families.[4]

Cunderdin Airstrip is situated next to the agriculture college.[4] It was built early in the Second World War as a base for the RAAF flying school and bomber base.[5]


[edit] Farming
Cunderdin is mostly a farming community. Former Chairman of the WA Colleges of Agriculture, Alan Carter, is one of the many farmers to occupy land in the region. His produce consists of wheat, lupins, canola and also livestock. There is also great livestock production. The Jolma Poll Dorset Stud, run by Perry Jasper and Co., has been very successful when competing in exhibition shows in Perth and Adelaide.


[edit] Places of interest

Ettamogah Pub, CunderdinCunderdin Museum [6]
Youndegin, 19 km south of Cunderdin, has the ruins of the earliest settlement in the area
Cunderdin Hill Lookout - panoramic views of the area
Railway Water Tower
Ettamogah Pub
Cunderdin mini-golf course, which is situated next to the Cunderdin Reservoir, itself part of the Goldfields water supply scheme
Cunderdin Pool
Historic sites of Youndigin and Doonananning
Cunderdin Town Oval
Rick Hart Seconds
Golden Pipeline
C Y O'Connor Park
Cunderdin daviesia (Daviesiacunderdin) is a small to medium sized shrub, which grows to 1.6 m high. It appears that it is isolated to the Cunderdin area.[7]

Visitors cannot help but notice the large Ettamogah theme hotel and pub when driving through the town, due to its redness and a car on its roof. It is based on the comics of Ken Maynard and is one of a few of these pubs scattered throughout Australia. There are similar venues in Sydney, Albury-Wodonga,[8] The Sunshine Coast, Queensland and Morley.

Cunderdin also serves as a stop on the Prospector and Avonlink rural train services.
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