Kweda is a small town that is located in the
Wheatbelt region of
Western Australia
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, about east of the town of
Brookton.
History
The government was planning to build a railway line between Brookton and Kunjin (near
Corrigin), in 1913. One of the proposed stations was a "Quandadine Siding", that is located near the Quandadine Pool in the
Avon River. Marshall Fox, the district surveyor, proposed creating a townsite here in 1914, and the land was resumed for this purpose later that year.
By the time the
Brookton to Corrigin railway was opened in 1915, the name of the siding had been changed to Kweda, and this was the name applied when the townsite was gazetted in 1918. This name may be derived from "Queeda", a
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...
name for the ''
Casuarina
''Casuarina'', also known as she-oak, Australian pine and native pine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and e ...
'' tree.
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Pictures taken at Kweda (Don Copley)
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Towns in Western Australia
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)