Miling, Western Australia

Town in Western Australia

30°29′S 116°22′E / 30.483°S 116.367°E / -30.483; 116.367Population101 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)6575Area696.5 km² (268.9 sq mi)Location200 km (124 mi) N of PerthLGA(s)Shire of MooraState electorate(s)Moore Federal division(s)Durack

Miling is a small town in the Shire of Moora, 200 kilometres (124 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 101.

Miling is the terminus of the Clackline–Miling railway branch line 150 miles from Perth. This branch line originally started at Clackline, but – after the changes to the Eastern Railway in 1966 – commenced at West Toodyay.

Miling is within the network known as the "wheatbins", which are areas served by the Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia.^[2]

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.^[3]

The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.^[4]

Notes

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Miling (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Aerial Surveys Australia; HRRC (1963), Aerial photographs of the Miling wheat bin, 2 Dec. 1963 [picture], retrieved 18 October 2012
^ "Country elevators". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ "CBH receival sites" (PDF). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.