Kwolyin, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Kwolyin
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Bruce Rock
postcode = 6385
est = 1913
pop = 132 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC54461|name=Kwolyin (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-08]
elevation= 280
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 203
dir1 = East
location1= Perth
dist2 = 33
dir2 = South
location2= Kellerberrin
dist3 = 70
dir3 = South West
location3= Merredin

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. [LandInfo WA|c|K|2008-10-08]

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