Kweda is a small town located 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 ...
, about east of the town of
Brookton.
History
The government was planning to build a railway line between Brookton and Kunjin (near
Corrigin), in 1913, and one of the proposed stations was a "Quandadine Siding", located near Quandadine Pool in the
Avon River. Marshall Fox, the district surveyor, proposed creating a townsite here in 1914, and land was resumed for this purpose later that year.
By the time
the railway line was opened in 1915 the name of the siding had been changed to Kweda, and this was the name applied when the townsite was gazetted in 1918. This name may be derived from "Queeda", a
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the so ...
name for the ''
Casuarina
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'' tree.
References
External links
Pictures taken at Kweda(Don Copley)
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Towns in Western Australia
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)