Aldersyde, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Aldersyde


caption =
lga = Shire of Brookton
est = 1915
postcode = 6306
elevation= 238
pop =
dist1 = 179 | dir1 = ESE | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 32 | dir2 = E | location2 = Brookton
fedgov = Pearce
stategov = Wagin
state = wacoord|-32.374|117.278|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Aldersyde is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about convert|32|km|mi|0 east of the town of Brookton.

History

Land for a proposed townsite at the 18½ mile peg on the Brookton-Kunjin Railway (Kunjin being near Corrigin) was resumed from four properties in 1913. One of the properties, owned by Mr Frederick Pyke was named "Aldersyde", and this name was suggested as the name of the town by the local progress association in 1914. Nuralgin and Markegin were other names considered, and Aldersyde was gazetted in 1915. [LandInfo WA|c|A|2007-03-25]

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