Koorda, Western Australia

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


caption =
lga = Shire of Koorda
postcode = 6475
est = 1910s
pop = 259
elevation= 307
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 236 | dir1 = NE | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 43 | dir2 = N | location2 = Wyalkatchem
dist3 = 36 | dir3 = W | location3 = Bencubbincoord|-30.831|117.484|type:city(260)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Koorda is a town located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately convert|236|km|mi|0 east of Perth and convert|43|km|mi|0 north of Wyalkatchem at the northeastern end of the Cowcowing Lakes. It is the main town in the Shire of Koorda.

History

In 1913 the government decided to construct a railway from Wyalkatchem to Mount Marshall (southeast of Bencubbin), and the Central Cowcowing Progress Association requested that land be set aside for a townsite at the proposed siding in this area. In 1914 the Jirimbi and Mulji Progress Association again requested a townsite here, and also in 1914 the proposed siding here was named Koorda at the suggestion of J Hope, the Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department. Hope took the name from a list of words obtained from a Noongar Aboriginal in the Margaret River area, the meaning being given as a "married person". Problems regarding resumption of land for the townsite and the exact siting of the siding meant that the townsite was not gazetted until 1917. [cite news | title = New Townsite on the Wyalkatchem-Mount Marshall Railway - Koorda (per 1517/13) | work = Western Australia Government Gazette | pages = 1917:155 | date = 2 February 1917] [LandInfo WA|c|K|2007-03-25]

Politics

Polling place statistics are shown below showing the votes from "Koorda" in the federal and state elections as indicated.

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