Cadoux, Western Australia

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


caption =
lga = Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
postcode = 6466
pop =
est = 1927
elevation= 372
fedgov = O'Connor
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
dist1 = 180 | location1 = Perthcoord|-30.768|117.135|type:city(100)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Cadoux is a town located in the north eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is about convert|180|km|mi|0 northeast of Perth, within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.

When it was decided to establish a railway siding here in 1927 the local road board secretary suggested "Cado", after the name of the farmer who owned the land. The name was later confirmed to be correctly spelt Cadoux, and honours Donald Cadoux, an English settler, who arrived in Western Australia in 1909. He died at Gallipoli during World War I and his name was suggested as a fitting memorial for the town.cn|date=November 2007

The townsite was gazetted in 1929 [LandInfo WA|c|C|2007-06-08] and the railway siding was opened in the same year. It was on the Amery–Kalannie line at 149 miles 49 chains.

Cadoux earthquake

On 2 June 1979 there was a significant earthquake just east of the town. It had a Richter magnitude of 6.1 and was the second most damaging earthquake in the history of Western Australia. Damage to the area was estimated to be $3.8 million (in 1979 dollars). No one was injured.cn|date=November 2007

References

Further reading

* Naismith, M. (1979) "Report on the Cadoux earthquake, June 1979". Perth: Structures Branch, Architectural Division, Public Works Department of W.A.
* Higham, Geoffrey "Where was That? an historical gazetteer of Western Australia". Geoproject Solutions, Winthrop, W.A. ISBN 0-646-44186-8
* [http://www.seismicity.segs.uwa.edu.au/seismicity_of_western_australia/wa_historical?p=44594 A history of earthquakes in Western Australia]

External links

* [http://www.seismicity.segs.uwa.edu.au/seismicity_of_western_australia/wa_historical/cadoux Cadoux Earthquake]
* [http://www.wongan.wa.gov.au/ Shire of Wongan-Ballidu]