Popanyinning
Town
Popanyinning General Store, 2014
Popanyinning
Interactive map of Popanyinning
Coordinates: 32°40′00″S117°07′00″E / 32.66667°S 117.11667°E / -32.66667; 117.11667
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
LGA	Shire of Cuballing
Location	173 km (107 mi) from Perth 17 km (11 mi) from Pingelly
Established	1889
Government
•  State electorate	Central Wheatbelt
•  Federal division	O'Connor
Area
• Total	186.4 km2 (72.0 sq mi)
Population
• Total	208 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	6309

Popanyinning is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, along Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Narrogin. At the date of the 2021 census, Popanyinning had a population of 208. ^[2]

Contents

• History
• References
• External links

History

The name means "water hole" in the local Noongar language and was first recorded in a survey in 1869 for a pool in the Hotham River, and was previously spelt "Popaning" or "Popanying". The first pioneers arrived in 1893, mainly railway construction workers and their families, and the town became one of the original sidings on the Great Southern Railway. ^[3] In 1903, the State Government had a few lots surveyed at the siding to meet the needs of local settlers, and in 1904 the townsite was gazetted. Within two years, 72 families were living in the district and the town was an agricultural trading post where settlers could buy supplies or conduct business with incoming or outgoing railway traffic. The Popanyinning Hotel was built in April 1906, and many small stores operated nearby.

However, the town did not grow after the 1920s, and on 9 July 1978 the hotel burnt down, never to be rebuilt. ^[4]

References

External links

Media related to Popanyinning, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons