Bindoon, Western Australia

Bindoon
Western Australia
Bindoon Town Hall
Bindoon is located in Western Australia
Bindoon
Bindoon
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Coordinates31°22′48″S 116°05′49″E / 31.38°S 116.097°E / -31.38; 116.097
Population1,215 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1953
Postcode(s)6502
Elevation135 m (443 ft)
Area330 km2 (130 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Chittering
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Durack

Bindoon is a town 84 kilometres (52 mi) from Perth city on the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering.[2] The name Bindoon is thought to be Aboriginal in origin and to mean "place where the yams grow".[citation needed] The name has been in use in the area since 1843 when an early settler, William Brockman, named the property he had surveyed as Bindoon. The townsite was gazetted in 1953.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bindoon (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Main Roads WA Distance from Perth". 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  3. ^ "History of country town names – B". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2008.