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Coordinates: 29°0459S 115°5801E / 29.083°S 115.967°E / -29.083; 115.967
 

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Pintharuka
Western Australia
The historic Pintharuka cemetery in August 2022
Pintharuka is located in Western Australia
Pintharuka

Pintharuka

Map
Coordinates29°04′59S 115°58′01E / 29.083°S 115.967°E / -29.083; 115.967
Population19 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1913
Postcode(s)6623
Elevation303 m (994 ft)
Area558 km2 (215 sq mi)
Location
  • 386 km (240 mi) N of Perth
  • 10 km (6 mi) N of Morawa
LGA(s)Shire of Morawa
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Durack

Pintharuka is an abandoned townsite[2] in the Mid West regionofWestern Australia. The town is located between the towns of Morawa and Mullewa on the Mullewa-Wubin Road

During the planning of the railway to be constructed between Mullewa and Wongan Hills in 1912, the local progress association requested that a townsite be surveyed at the siding that was to be built in the present townsite. The name of the siding was chosen as Pintharika in 1913 and the townsite was gazetted later the same year.[3]

The area's main industry is in agriculture: particularly cereal cropping and raising livestock. The town and the area was flooded and many sheep were killed in 1948 by the hail and rain from violent thunderstorms.[4]

The name of the town is taken from a nearby well which was surveyed and recorded in 1910. The name is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is not known.

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.[5]

The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pintharuka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  • ^ "Morowa Historical Society – Ghosttowns of Western Australia" (PDF). 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "History of country town names – P". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  • ^ "Thunderstorm damage". The West Australian. Perth. 25 November 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 7 May 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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