Kwolyin, Western Australia

Town in Western Australia

31°56′S 117°46′E / 31.933°S 117.767°E / -31.933; 117.767Population20 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1913Postcode(s)6385Elevation280 m (919 ft)Area343.1 km² (132.5 sq mi)Location

203 km (126 mi) east of Perth
33 km (21 mi) south of Kellerberrin
70 km (43 mi) south west of Merredin

LGA(s)Shire of Bruce Rock State electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt Federal division(s)O'Connor

Kwolyin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

The first European to visit the area, in 1864, was the explorer Charles Cooke Hunt, who charted a large granite hill in the area by its Indigenous Australian name of Qualyin Hill. The meaning of the name is unknown.

By 1908 the area had been settled and the local progress association requested that the government declare a townsite along the Quairading to Nunagin railway that was being proposed.

The townsite was selected in 1912 due to its position near Coaring Spring and the townsite was gazetted in 1913, the same year the railway was opened. The station was initially named as Koarin but later renamed as Kwolyin.^[2] Kwolyin's State Hotel was constructed in 1914. It was destroyed by arson in February 1992. The gutted hotel building was demolished in 1992.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kwolyin (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 8 October 2008.
^ Thomson, Chris (26 January 2012). "Port Kennedy pair charged over pub fire". The Sunday Times. Perth, WA. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ "State Hotel". Eastern Districts Chronicle. York, WA. 24 October 1919. Retrieved 5 August 2016.