Ajana, Western Australia
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Ajana is a small town in Western Australia
located on the Ajana Back Road 531 kilometres (330 mi) north-west of Perth
in the Mid West Region
The name of the town is Aboriginal
in origin and is thought either to be the local name for the area or to come from the Aboriginal word meaning "mine".
The townsite was declared in 1915.
A telegraph station
, built in 1845, located at the nearby Mount View provided early communications for the town. The station later became a post office
in 1922. A school was built in the town in 1944.
. The line opened on 6 January 1913 and closed on 29 April 1957.
A railway dam was constructed to supply water for steam engines in 1913.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
located on the Ajana Back Road 531 kilometres (330 mi) north-west of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in the Mid West Region
The name of the town is Aboriginal
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
in origin and is thought either to be the local name for the area or to come from the Aboriginal word meaning "mine".
The townsite was declared in 1915.
A telegraph station
Telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages via some form of signalling technology. Telegraphy requires messages to be converted to a code which is known to both sender and receiver...
, built in 1845, located at the nearby Mount View provided early communications for the town. The station later became a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
in 1922. A school was built in the town in 1944.
Railways
It was the terminus of a branch line of the Western Australian Government RailwaysWestern Australian Government Railways
Western Australian Government Railways was most common name of the Western Australian government rail transport authority from 1890 to 1976. It is, in its current form, known as the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia....
. The line opened on 6 January 1913 and closed on 29 April 1957.
A railway dam was constructed to supply water for steam engines in 1913.