Murdong, Western Australia
Locality in the Shire of Katanning, Western Australia
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Murdong is a rural locality of the Shire of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Great Southern Highway and the Great Southern Railway run through the locality from north to south.[2][3]
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| Coordinates: 33.74250°S 117.57690°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 24 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6317 | ||||||||||||
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Murdong spans the traditional land of the Koreng[4][5] and Kaneang peoples,[6][7] both of the Noongar nation.[8]
Murdong was a siding on the Great Southern Railway, operational from 1904 to 2000.[9][10]
