Burakin Western Australia | |
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Coordinates | 30°31′26″S 117°10′23″E / 30.524°S 117.173°E |
Population | 30 (SAL 2021)[1] |
Established | 1928 |
Postcode(s) | 6467 |
Elevation | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
Area | 342.5 km2 (132.2 sq mi) |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Wongan-Ballidu |
State electorate(s) | Moore |
Federal division(s) | Durack |
Burakin is a small town near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
The townsite was gazetted in 1928.[2] The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin.[3]