Narngulu, Western Australia
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Narngulu is an outer suburb of the
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n city of
Geraldton Geraldton (Wajarri language, Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu language, Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West (Western Australia), Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. As of the , Geraldt ...
, and is for the most part an industrial area.


History

In the 1890s the town was known as Mullewa Junction as it was where the Geraldton to Mullewa railway line met the Midland railway line, and the name was gazetted in 1903. By 1905, the town was starting to become confused with Mullewa further east, and the Commissioner of Railways asked for the town to be renamed. The name Crowther, after a local merchant, was objected to by the
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, as there was a town named Crowther between
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in New South Wales. The name Narngulu, meaning "to remember" in a local Aboriginal dialect, was chosen in 1906. The Greenough Regional Prison opened here in 1984.


Rail

The Narngulu line has required upgrading due to tonnages carried on the line as early as the 1950s. The location was part of proposed rail corridors to the Oakajee Port developments, which to date have not eventuated. The
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currently operate a large rail yard at Narngulu, known as either Narngulu Rail Maintenance facility, or Narngulu East Rail Depot.
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are processed at the
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plant, with
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being railed seven times a fortnight from
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References

{{Towns Mid West WA Suburbs of Geraldton