Ardath, Western Australia

Ardath, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Ardath


caption =
lga = Shire of Bruce Rock
est = 1914
postcode = 6419
elevation= 219
pop = 25
dist1 = 255 | dir1 = E | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 20 | dir2 = S | location2 = Bruce Rock
dist3 = 48 | dir3 = NE | location3 = Corrigin
fedgov = O'Connor
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
state = wa
coord|-32.031|118.094|type:city(50)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Ardath is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia convert|20|km|mi|0 south of the town of Bruce Rock.

It was built to serve the Corrigin to Bruce Rock railway, and originally named Kerkenin in April 1914. However, confusion with Kukerin saw its name changed to Ardath, after the name of a prophet in the apocryphal 2 Esdras. [LandInfo WA|c|A|2007-03-25]

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