Wuraming, Western Australia

Wuraming Western Australia
Foundations of the former Long Gully Bridge
Coordinates	32.84°S 116.25°E / -32.84; 116.25
Population	0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)	6390
Area	349.5 km^2 (134.9 sq mi)
Location	131 km (81 mi) from Perth 26 km (16 mi) from Boddington
LGA(s)	Shire of Boddington
State electorate(s)	Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)	O'Connor
Localities around Wuraming: Inglehope Mount Wells Bannister Nanga Brook Wuraming Marradong Hoffman Upper Murray Lower Hotham

Wuraming is a rural locality located in the Shire of Boddington in the Peel Region of Western Australia. The locality is almost completely forested except for a section in the north-east where parts of the Boddington Gold Mine operation are located.^[3][4]

The Shire of Boddington and the locality of Wuraming are located on the traditional land of the Wiilman people of the Noongar nation.^[5][6][7]

Wuraming was a siding on the Dwellingup to Boddington section of the Pinjarra to Narrogin railway until the line closed in 1968, with the line running north of the current Pinjarra-Williams Road.^[8]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wuraming (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wuraming (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
4. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
5. "Wiilman". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
6. "Wiilman (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
7. "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
8. "Railway Line Precinct - Boddington to Dwellingup". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

External links

• Historical map of the Townsite of Wuraming State Library of Western Australia