Bodallin, Western Australia

Bodallin Western Australia
The Bodallin Roadhouse, 2017
Bodallin
Coordinates	31.371°S 118.851°E / -31.371; 118.851
Population	40 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1918
Postcode(s)	6424
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Area	744.3 km^2 (287.4 sq mi)
Location	323 km (201 mi) east of Perth 48 km (30 mi) west of Southern Cross 56 km (35 mi) east of Merredin
LGA(s)	Shire of Yilgarn
State electorate(s)	Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)	O'Connor

Bodallin is a town located around halfway between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia.

History

The town takes its name from the railway siding of this name, established between 1894 and 1897. When gazetted in 1918 the town was spelt Boddalin. This was amended in 1947 to Bodallin.^[2]

In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.^[3]

It is a stop on the Prospector rural train service, and is a location of a crossing loop on the railway.

The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.^[4]

Rail services

The Prospector service, which runs each way between East Perth and Kalgoorlie once or twice each day, stops at Bodallin.^[5]

Preceding station	Transwa			Following station
Carrabin towards East Perth		Prospector		Moorine Rock towards Kalgoorlie

See also

• Eastern Goldfields Railway

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bodallin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "History of country town names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
3. "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
4. "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
5. "Prospector Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

External links

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