Karlgarin, Western Australia
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Karlgarin is a town located 321 km south east of Perth
in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
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Th first European to visit the area was Surveyor
General John Septimus Roe
who passed through in 1848. He recorded the name "Carlgarin" as the name of a nearby hill. Karlgarin is an Aboriginal word that is thought to mean "place of fire".
Karlgarin was selected as a soldier settlement site and a declaration of a townsite was sought in 1924. It was not until 1930 that the railway came to the area. The townsite was gazetted in 1931.
The town has an abandoned school, shop, telephone box, country club, church and a grain receival point complete with a railway siding. Karlgarin is home to the annual yabbie races and is often considered 'the gateway to Pingaring
'. The town's proximity to Hyden
, along with its location on the Brookton Highway
, means reliable tourism potential which the town is yet to capitalise on.
The town also shares a football team with Hyden, the Hyden/Karlgarin Football Club, which competes in the Eastern Districts Football League it also shares a hockey team with Hyden, the Karlgarin Hyden Hockey Club..
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 eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
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...
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Th first European to visit the area was Surveyor
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
General John Septimus Roe
John Septimus Roe
John Septimus Roe was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, and a Member of Western Australia's Legislative and Executive Councils for nearly 40 years.-Early life:...
who passed through in 1848. He recorded the name "Carlgarin" as the name of a nearby hill. Karlgarin is an Aboriginal word that is thought to mean "place of fire".
Karlgarin was selected as a soldier settlement site and a declaration of a townsite was sought in 1924. It was not until 1930 that the railway came to the area. The townsite was gazetted in 1931.
The town has an abandoned school, shop, telephone box, country club, church and a grain receival point complete with a railway siding. Karlgarin is home to the annual yabbie races and is often considered 'the gateway to Pingaring
Pingaring, Western Australia
Pingaring is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.The name of the town is the Indigenous Australian name of a nearby spring that was first recorded by surveyors in 1926....
'. The town's proximity to Hyden
Hyden, Western Australia
The town of Hyden is located 339 km east of Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Kondinin. Hyden is home to Wave Rock and Mulka's Cave, both popular local tourist attractions....
, along with its location on the Brookton Highway
Brookton Highway
Brookton Highway is a 504 kilometre long undivided single carriageway highway in Western Australia, running from the southern Perth suburb of Kelmscott, through Westdale, to the southern Wheatbelt town of Brookton...
, means reliable tourism potential which the town is yet to capitalise on.
The town also shares a football team with Hyden, the Hyden/Karlgarin Football Club, which competes in the Eastern Districts Football League it also shares a hockey team with Hyden, the Karlgarin Hyden Hockey Club..