Yuna, Western Australia
| Yuna Western Australia | |
|---|---|
  Yuna | |
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| Coordinates | 28°19′42″S 115°00′05″E / 28.328324°S 115.00151°E |
| Population | 43 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Established | 1913 |
| Postcode(s) | 6532 |
| Area | 348.2 km2 (134.4 sq mi) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Chapman Valley |
| State electorate(s) | Moore |
| Federal division(s) | Durack |
Yuna is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia, in the Shire of Chapman Valley, 62 kilometres (39 mi) northeast of the city of Geraldton.
The state government was petitioned in 1910 by the Yuna Farmer's Association to survey lots in 1910. The government delayed acting on the request until the Upper Chapman railway line extension route was decided on. This was completed in 1912 and then some wrangling over the best townsite ensued.
One site to the west near a spring and close to the railway line was dubbed West Yuna and a siding was built; it was gazetted as West Yuna in 1913, then changed to Whelarra in 1918 and finally cancelled in 1968.
The Yuna Agricultural Hall was built in 1919 then gutted by fire and then completely collapsing in 1922.[2]
Because of the site at West Yuna, development of the current site was initially opposed by the government and mined for pottery clay. A school was erected in 1927 and then the government decided to assist with development with lots being surveyed in 1929.[3]
The name is Aboriginal in origin and was first recorded in 1863 as Younah Springs; it is thought to mean bad or rotten meat.
The main industry in town is wheat farming, with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.[4]
Transport
[edit]It was the terminus of the railway line from Wokarina. The line opened on 3 May 1912 and closed on 29 April 1957.[5]
The Yuna-Dartmoor Railway Act 1933, assented to on 24 November 1933, authorised the construction of a 82 kilometres (51 mi) railway line from Yuna to Dartmoor and a contour survey was carried out but the line was not built.[6][7] In 1944, it was proposed that this railway line should be part of a Ajana to Mullewa line.[8]
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.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yuna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Yuna Agricultural Hall". Geraldton Guardian. Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 28 January 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "History of country town names – Y". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ Milne, Rod The Yuna Branch, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, August, 1990 pp179-186
- ^ "Yuna-Dartmoor Railway Act 1933". www.legislation.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 24 November 1933. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Yuna-Dartmoor Railway". trove.nla.gov.au. Western Mail. 13 September 1934. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Railway Extensions: Yuna-Mullewa line suggested". trove.nla.gov.au. The Irwin Index. 19 August 1944. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
References
[edit]- Vlahon, Jyne compiler (2002) In search of land : stories of Yuna Geraldton, W.A. : J. Vlahov, ISBN 0-646-42086-0
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