Burracoppin, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Burracoppin
state = Western Australia


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lga = Shire of Merredin
postcode = 6421
est = 1891
pop = 322 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC53381|name=Burracoppin (S) (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-08-29]
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stategov = Central Wheatbelt
fedgov = Kalgoorlie
dist1 = 283
dir1 = East
location1= Perth
dist2 = 25
dir2 = East
location2= Merredincoord|-31.397|118.477|type:city(322)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Burracoppin is a townsite on the Great Eastern Highway, east of Merredin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

The town was gazetted in 1891. It takes its name from Burracoppin Rock, a nearby granite rock, the name of which was first recorded in 1864 as Burancooping Rock. It was also shown as Lansdowne Hill in 1836. It is an Aboriginal name said to mean "near a big hill". [LandInfo WA|c|B|2007-06-08]

It serves as a stop on the Prospector rural train service.

It is the setting for the novel "Mr Jelly's Business" by Arthur W. Upfield, one in the series of Napoleon Bonaparte whodunits.

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