Wuraming, Western Australia

Locality in the Shire of Boddington, Western Australia

32°50′S 116°15′E / 32.84°S 116.25°E / -32.84; 116.25Population0 (SAL 2016)^[1]^[2]Postcode(s)6390Area349.5 km² (134.9 sq mi)Location

131 km (81 mi) from Perth
26 km (16 mi) from Boddington

LGA(s)Shire of BoddingtonState electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt Federal division(s)O'Connor

Localities around Wuraming:
Inglehope	Mount Wells	Bannister
Nanga Brook	Wuraming	Marradong
Hoffman	Upper Murray	Lower Hotham

Wuraming is a rural locality located in the Shire of Boddington in the Peel Region of Western Australia. The locality is almost completely forested except for a section in the north-east where parts of the Boddington Gold Mine operation are located.^[3]^[4]

The Shire of Boddington and the locality of Wuraming are located on the traditional land of the Wiilman people of the Noongar nation.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Wuraming was a siding on the Dwellingup to Boddington section of the Pinjarra to Narrogin railway until the line closed in 1968, with the line running north of the current Pinjarra-Williams Road.^[8]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wuraming (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wuraming (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Wiilman". www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Wiilman (WA)". www.samuseum.sa.gov.au. South Australian Museum. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "Railway Line Precinct - Boddington to Dwellingup". inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.