Bodallin, Western Australia

Bodallin is a town located around half way between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia.

Bodallin
Western Australia
The Bodallin Roadhouse, 2017
Bodallin
Coordinates31.371°S 118.851°E / -31.371; 118.851
Population14 (?)
Established1918
Postcode(s)6424
Elevation374 m (1,227 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yilgarn
State electorate(s)Eyre
Federal Division(s)O'Connor

History

The town takes its name from the railway siding of this name, established between 1894 and 1897. When gazetted in 1918 the town was spelt Boddalin. This was amended in 1947 to Bodallin.[1]

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.[2]

It serves as a stop on the Prospector rural train service, and is a location of a crossing loop on the railway.

The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.[3]

Rail services

The Prospector service, which runs each way between East Perth and Kalgoorlie once or twice each day, stops at Bodallin.[4]

Preceding station Transwa Following station
Carrabin
towards East Perth
 Prospector Moorine Rock
towards Kalgoorlie
gollark: I think the school also has some sort of PCB production equipment extant.
gollark: Actually, the time per unit time increases asymptotically as you approach 1970.
gollark: Yes. Barely.
gollark: Imagine CRT monitors.
gollark: But they do talk about this cohort being better than the previous one somehow.

See also

Eastern Goldfields Railway

References
  1. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – B". Retrieved 8 June 2007.
  2. "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  3. "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. "Prospector Timetable" (PDF). Transwa. Public Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

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