Burakin, Western Australia
Town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia
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Burakin is a small town near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
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| Coordinates: 30.524°S 117.173°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
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| Location | |
| Established | 1928 |
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| Area | |
• Total | 342.5 km2 (132.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 30 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode | 6467 |
The townsite was gazetted in 1928.[2] The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin.[3]
Railways
Burakin is the junction for the Amery to Kalannie railway line and the branch railway line to Bonnie Rock. The line was completed on 27 April 1931.[4] Despite aspirations for the railway in the 1930s.[5] services between Beacon and Bonnie Rock were under threat of suspension in 1953,[6][7] and closed in the same year.[8]
