Bungulla is a small town located on the
Great Eastern Highway
Great Eastern Highway is a road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles accessing the eastern Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance, Goldfie ...
in the central
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. In the 2021 Australian census, the area has been listed as South Tammin and registered a population of 126.
The town came into being as a railway station on the line to
Merredin. Its name is
Aboriginal in origin; the word ''Bun-Galla'' means the part of the body situated above the hips. The townsite was gazetted in 1910.
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Wheatbelt (Western Australia)