Tincurrin


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Tincurrin
Western Australia
Population: < 100
Established: 1914
Postcode: 6361
Location:
  • 250 km (155 mi) from Perth
  • 58 km (36 mi) from Narrogin
LGA: Shire of Wickepin
State electorate: Wagin
Federal Division: O’Connor

Coordinates: 32°58′37″S 117°46′30″E / 32.977°S 117.775°E / -32.977; 117.775

Tincurrin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 250 kilometres (155 mi) south-east of Perth and within the Shire of Wickepin.

History

Tincurrin’s name is of Aboriginal origin, and was first recorded in 1892 by J.O. Oxley, a surveyor, for a spring in the area, but the meaning is not known. When a railway was being constructed from Narrogin to Kondinin in 1911, the government proposed a siding here, which was constructed in 1914 with the name “Tinkurrin”. Land nearby was set aside for a townsite the following year, and in 1922 Tincurrin was gazetted.[1] In 1925 a post office was built and in 1938-39 a one-classroom school (which today has 10 students) and CBH grain handling bins were constructed.[2]

Tincurrin has a primary school (K-4), agricultural hall, Elders store (the general store having closed in 2004) and post office. The area around Tincurrin is home to wildflowers in spring, especially verticordia.

References

  1. ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. “History of country town names”. http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names. Retrieved 2007-04-17. 
  2. ^ Shire of Wickepin. “Shire of Wickepin – Townsites”. http://www.wickepin.wa.gov.au/community/townsites.html. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 

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Tincurrin

Tincurrin


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