Kulja, Western Australia

Kulja is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is situated along the Bonnie Rock to Burakin Road.

Kulja
Western Australia
Kulja grain receival point, 2014
Kulja
Coordinates30°30′S 117°19′E
Population93 (2006 census)[1]
Established1928
Postcode(s)6470
Elevation321 m (1,053 ft)
Location
  • 253 km (157 mi) north east of Perth
  • 43 km (27 mi) north north west of Koorda
  • 64 km (40 mi) east of Dalwallinu
LGA(s)Shire of Koorda
State electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division(s)Durack

The area was charted in 1908 and the Indigenous Australian name of a local soak was recorded as Kulja. The townsite was originally established in the late 1920s as part of a railway siding on the Ejanding North Railway line. The townsite was gazetted in 1928 once a large enough local population had settled in the area.[2]

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.[3]

History

Kulja had a post office between 1928 and 1973. There was also a post office called Kulja Railway Construction between 1929 and 1931.[4]

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]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kulja (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – K". Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. Dzelme, John (1976) Place and Date Stamps of Western Australia, p. 103 Perth, W.A: published by the author
  5. "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

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