Amery, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Amery


caption =
lga = Shire of Dowerin
est = 1910
postcode = 6461
elevation= 307
pop =
dist1 = 175 | dir1 = NE | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 9 | dir2 = NE | location2 = Dowerin
fedgov = O'Connor
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
state = wacoord|-31.148|117.091|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Amery is a rail siding and townsite located convert|9|km|mi|1 northeast of Dowerin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

History

Amery was first known as "Ejanding" in 1910. Its name was changed to Amery in 1928, apparently because another railway siding approximately 26 km further north was to be named Ejanding. [LandInfo WA|c|A|2007-03-25]

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