Congelin is a locality in the
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, north of
Williams. It is located within the
Shire of Williams
The Shire of Williams is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Williams.
History
The Will ...
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History
The townsite was requested by the 14 Mile Brook Progress Association in 1911. The name, derived from a nearby pool, is of
Aboriginal origin but its meaning is unknown. Gazetted in 1913,
the town did not develop and to this day remains a sparsely populated agricultural area on the edge of the
Darling Scarp
The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to th ...
. Plans by the Shire of Williams to seal its part of the Congelin-
Narrogin road are in progress.
References
Towns in Western Australia
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
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