Kulja, Western Australia

Town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia

30°30′S 117°19′E / 30.500°S 117.317°E / -30.500; 117.317Population20 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1928Postcode(s)6470Elevation321 m (1,053 ft)Area526.7 km² (203.4 sq mi)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 KoordaState electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt Federal division(s)Durack

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

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 receiving site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.^[3]

History

Kulja had a post office between 1928 and 1973. There was also a Kulja Railway Construction post office 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

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kulja (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
^ "CBH receiving sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^ Dzelme, John (1976) Place and Date Stamps of Western Australia, p. 103 Perth, W.A: published by the author
^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013 – via National Library of Australia.