Mooliabeenee (also found misspelt as Mooliabeenie) is a locality in
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 ...
, east of
Gingin, within the
Shire of Chittering.
The nearby Mooliabeenie station lies on the Millendon Junction (near
Midland) to
Dongara section of the railway line now managed by
Arc Infrastructure. It was originally built in 1894 as part of the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...
.
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Also nearby is a disused long airstrip which was used by the ]United States Army Air Corps
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an increasingly important part of modern warfare, a philosophical ri ...
during World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
and associated with the Caversham Airfield
Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for use by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the United States Navy.
The airfield had ...
at Middle Swan. Like the Caversham Airfield, the Mooliabeenee Airfield was later used as a motor racing track.motorkhana
Motorkhana is a low-cost form of motorsport, unique to Australia and New Zealand but similar to autotesting in the UK and Ireland and gymkhana in the US. It involves manoeuvring a car through tight tests as quickly as possible - one car at a time ...
events.
See also
* List of airports in Victoria
* Aviation transport in Australia
References
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External links
Gazetteer of Australia
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Towns in Western Australia
Defunct airports in Western Australia