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Perenjori, Western Australia

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name of a nearby water source, Perenjori Rockhole, being first recorded in 1911 when land was set aside for a water reserve at the rockhole. The rockhole was sometimes spelt Perengory or Perangery, and it is believed the name may be derived from the Peranj-jiddee bush which surrounded the rockhole.
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Dan Woodall was the first permanent settler in the areas. He came to the area in 1905 to manage Perangery Station, then owned by the Lee Steere family. In 1906, the four Farrell brothers came to the area to take up land. The Lands Department approved agricultural lots of 1000 acres instead of the
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which was opened in 1915. Perenjori was approved as the name of a siding in April 1913, and later that year the government decided to establish a townsite there. Perenjori townsite was gazetted in 1916.
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was building a loading point for iron ore traffic. Iron ore was hauled by road 85 kilometres (53 mi) from
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crops. A bulk wheat bin was constructed in the town in January 1940, which is capable of holding about 220,000
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large pastoral leases which had been granted in the past. Perenjori was declared a town on 16 February 1916.
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is a townsite in the northern agricultural region, 348 kilometres (216 mi) north of
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Perenjori is on the Wildflower Way—a tourist drive that runs from
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are loaded. In 2011 the loader was expected to be completed.
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Western Australia

Perenjori is located in Western Australia
Coordinates
29°26′35″S 116°17′06″E / 29.443°S 116.285°E / -29.443; 116.285
2021
Postcode(s)
Perth
Morawa
LGA(s)
Shire of Perenjori
State electorate(s)
Moore
Federal division(s)
Durack
Perth
Morawa
Wongan Hills
Mullewa
railway line
Wheat Pool of Western Australia
grain elevators
Aboriginal
Black Wattle
wheat
cereal
bushels
receival site
Cooperative Bulk Handling
Dalwallinu

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