Carrabin, Western Australia

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Carrabin is a small town located about Script error: No such module "convert". east-north-east of Merredin, on the railway line between Merredin and Southern Cross in Western Australia.[1]

History

The town was gazetted in 1912, and took its name from the already existing railway siding located adjacent to the townsite. It is an Aboriginal name of unknown meaning.[2]

In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.[3]

It also is the site of an agricultural research station.[4][5]

Rail services

The Prospector service, which runs each way between East Perth and Kalgoorlie once or twice each day, stops at Carrabin.[6]

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