Murdong, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 33°44′33″S 117°34′37″E / 33.74250°S 117.57690°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 24 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6317 | ||||||||||||
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Murdong is a rural locality of the Shire of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Great Southern Highway and the Great Southern Railway run through the locality from north to south.[3][4]
Murdong spans the traditional land of the Koreng[5][6] and Kaneang peoples,[7][8] both of the Noongar nation.[9]
Murdong was a siding on the Great Southern Railway, operational from 1904 to 2000.[10][11]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Murdong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Murdong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Koreng (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Kaneang". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Kaneang (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Railway map of Western Australia, 1952". Trove. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Back Along the Line: Section 31 Avon Yard - Albany" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2024.