Eneabba, Western Australia

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

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caption =
lga = Shire of Carnamah
postcode = 6518
est = 1961
pop = 250 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC53856|name=Eneabba (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-09-20]
elevation= 99
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Moore
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 282
dir1 = North
location1= Perth
dist2 = 31
dir2 = West North West
location2= Leeman
dist3 = 70
dir3 = South East
location3= Dongara

Eneabba is a town on the Brand Highway located 278 km north of Perth, Western Australia.

The area is famous for its spectacular display of wildflowers in the spring. It is also home to the Iluka Resources mineral sands facility.

The first European to visit the area was Lieutenant Grey during his expedition of the West Coast. He was forced to walk through the area after his boats were lost. During his time in the area he named the Arrowsmith river.The first settlers arrived in the 1870s and survived by shepherding, trapping horses and pigs and living on wild game. [cite web|url=http://www.eneabba.net/Eneabba/Trivia.html|title=Eneabba - History|year=2007|accessdate=2008-09-20]

The area around Eneabba was opened up for agricultural purposes in the 1950s. This in turn initiated the need for a town to be developed. The town was gazetted in 1961. [cite web|url=http://www.landcorp.com.au/portal/page?_pageid=33,662266,33_662285&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&region=MID%20WEST%20REGION&locality=%25&land_type=%25&minselect=blank&maxselect=blank&project=ENEAB|title=Landcorp - Eneabba|year=2007|accessdate=2008-09-20]

The name of the town comes from the Aboriginal name of the nearby springs. The meaning of the word in "small water". Early settlers called the same spring "pocket knife spring" from a story of the amazing powers of a knife that was dropped in the spring. [LandInfo|c|E|2008-09-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.carnamah.wa.gov.au Shire of Carnamah]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~auschs/ca1.html The Carnamah-Winchester Database - past residents of Carnamah, Winchester and Eneabba]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~auschs/t1.html The Three Springs Database - past residents of Three Springs, Arrino and Eneabba]