Tarin Rock () is a locality,

railway siding In rail terminology, a siding is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur. It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end. Sidings often have lighter r ...

and rock formation on the Wagin to

Lake Grace A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a depression (geology), basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land an ...

branch line, located approximately 18 km east of Kukerin in

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. Tarin Rock was a stop on the

Wagin to Newdegate railway line The Wagin to Newdegate railway line is a Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia, railway line in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, connecting Wagin, Western Australia, Wagin via Lake Grace, Western A ...

. The surrounding areas produce

wheat Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...

and other

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crops. The primary remnants of the town include the Tarin Rock Tennis Club, the surge receival site for

Cooperative Bulk Handling The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym An acronym is a type of abbreviation consisting of a phrase whose only pronounced elements are the initial letters or initial sounds of words inside that phrase. Acronyms are often spelled ...

and the cemetery to the south.

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History of Tarin Rock area
Wheatbelt (Western Australia) Towns in Western Australia Grain receival points of Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub