Gutha is a townsite in the

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, north of Morawa. The first Europeans to pass through the Gutha area were government Assistant Surveyor Augustus Charles Gregory and Francis Thomas Gregory (both attached to the department of the

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) and their brother Henry Churchman Gregory, on a public-private funded expedition to search for new agricultural land beyond the settled areas. They passed north of Gutha on 8 September 1846, on their way to the Irwin River. In 1913 it was decided to establish a railway siding there, north of Morawa on the

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– Mullewa railway. The district surveyor suggested the name "Muthingutha", the

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name of a nearby rockhole. This was shortened to Gutha by the Lands Department, and Gutha siding was established in 1915. It was gazetted as a townsite in 1914. The surrounding areas produce

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and other

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crops. The town was a receiving site for Cooperative Bulk Handling until 1 February 2019.

References

{{authority control Towns in Western Australia Shire of Morawa Grain receival points of Western Australia