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Wagin is a place and a shire in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia . It is located about 225 kilometers southeast of Perth .
etymology
The place and the Shire were named after the nearby Wagin Lake . The word wagin is derived from the Aboriginal language and its meaning is unclear, but it is believed that it means place where the emus watering or that it is a variation of the Aboriginal word "wedge-an" which means emus .
history
In 1835 , John Septimus Roe was the first European explorer in the area. At that time he was traveling between Perth and Albany . The first European settlers came to the region between 1885 and 1889 . The place was created with the expansion of the Great Southern Railway . The place was initially called Wagin Lake , but in 1898 Wagin was officially established and renamed Wagin Lake to Wagin .
Today's Wagin
Nowadays Wagin is one of the most important cities in the Southern Wheatbelt region. The Woolorama agricultural show , one of the most prominent in Western Australia, is held annually in March in Wagin.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Wagin (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
