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Tammin, Western Australia

Field	Value
type	town
name	Tammin
state	wa
image	Tammin, Western Australia.jpg
caption	Tammin townsite
lga	Shire of Tammin
local_map	yes
zoom	14
coordinates
postcode	6409
est	1899
pop
area
elevation	311
stategov	Central Wheatbelt
fedgov	Durack
dist1	184
dir1	east
location1	Perth
dist2	22
dir2	west
location2	Kellerberrin
dist3	24
dir3	east
location3	Cunderdin

Tammin is a town in the central agricultural region of Western Australia, 184 km east of Perth and midway between the towns of Cunderdin and Kellerberrin on the Great Eastern Highway.

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.

It also serves as a stop on the Prospector and MerredinLink rural train services.

History

The first European to settle in the area was John Packham in 1893. The railway to Southern Cross was constructed through the area in 1894–95, and Tammin was one of the original stations when the line opened in 1895. As the surrounding area developed for agriculture, there was sufficient demand for land in the area for the government to declare a townsite, and the Tammin townsite was gazetted in 1899.

Tammin is an Aboriginal name derived from the nearby Tammin Rock, a name first recorded by the explorer Charles Cooke Hunt in 1864. The rock possibly derives its name from the "Tammar", the Aboriginal name of the "black gloved wallaby", which was once found in this area. Another source records it as possibly meaning "a grandmother or a grandfather".

The local Agricultural Hall was opened in 1911 by the Minister of Agriculture.

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.

Rail services

Transwa's MerredinLink and Prospector services stop at Tammin, at least one service each day.

References

(2006). "Shire of Tammin Website".
(2011). "CBH receival sites".
(22 June 1911). "Country". National Library of Australia.
(6 July 1932). "Country elevators". National Library of Australia.
"AvonLink and MerredinLink Timetable". Public Transport Authority.
"Prospector Timetable". Public Transport Authority.

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