Cadoux, Western Australia

Cadoux
Western Australia
Cadoux Traders, 2018
Cadoux is located in Western Australia
Cadoux
Cadoux
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Coordinates30°46′05″S 117°08′06″E / 30.768°S 117.135°E / -30.768; 117.135
Population56 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1927
Postcode(s)6466
Elevation372 m (1,220 ft)
Area448.5 km2 (173.2 sq mi)
Location180 km (112 mi) from Perth
LGA(s)Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Durack

Cadoux is a town in the northeastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is about 180 kilometres (112 mi) northeast of Perth, within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.

The townsite was gazetted in 1929[2] and the railway siding was opened in the same year. It was on the Amery–Kalannie line at 149 miles 49 chains.

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

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cadoux (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "History of country town names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
  3. ^ "CBH Receival Sites – Contact Details" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.