Koojan is a small town located between
Moora and
Bindoon in the
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia.
When the
Midland railway was opened in 1894 the site of the present town was established as a railway siding. Some time afterward the area was surveyed and subdivided and the town was gazetted in 1910.
The town is named after the
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
word for a nearby pool of the
Moore River. The name was first recorded on maps which were surveyed in 1861 but the meaning of the word is unknown.
References
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Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
Towns in Western Australia
1894 establishments in Australia