Mukinbudin is a small town in the north eastern Wheatbelt region of

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, approximately east of Perth and north of Merredin near Lake Campion. It is the main town in the

Shire of Mukinbudin The Shire of Mukinbudin is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about north of Merredin, Western Australia, Merredin and about east ...

. At the

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, Mukinbudin had a population of 336. The present Shire of Mukinbudin was settled by pastoralists who in the 1870s took up large leases in excess of to run sheep and by

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cutters and miners en route to the

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. In 1910 the first of the farmers arrived to commence wheat growing on their blocks and it was some time before they added stock to what had been entirely a wheat growing enterprise. An extension of the Mount Marshall railway line to Mukinbudin and

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was approved in 1922 and opened in October 1923. The town site was gazetted in 1922. In 1932 the

Wheat Pool of Western Australia Cooperative Wheat Pool of Western Australia, commonly known as the Wheat Pool of Western Australia, is a cooperative of wheat growers in Western Australia. The cooperative was formed in 1922 and one of the inaugural trustees was Charles Walter Harp ...

announced that the town would have two

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, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. The surrounding areas produce

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and other

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crops. The town is a receival site for

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. The town was hit by a wild storm in February 2011 and was lashed by strong winds with gusts over 125 km/h, large

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s and experienced some flooding. Dozens of power poles and hundreds of trees were blown over and parts of roads were washed away.

Politics

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

Notable people

Mark Seaby Mark Seaby (born 1 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules football player. He is best known as a former premiership player with the West Coast Eagles as well as being a backup ruckman for the Sydney Swans. Biography Originally fr ...

– AFL footballer * Rowan Jones – AFL footballer *

Todd Menegola Todd Clement Menegola (born 25 December 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL). Menegola started his career at Swan Districts in 1989 and was from Mukinbudin originally. ...

– AFL footballer

References

External links

Shire of Mukinbudin
{{authority control Mukinbudin Wheatbelt (Western Australia) Grain receival points of Western Australia