Babakin, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Babakin

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caption = Main (only?) street.
lga = Shire of Bruce Rock
est = 1914
postcode = 6428
pop = 25
dist1 = 235 | dir1 = E | location1 = Perth
dist2 = 35 | dir2 = SW | location2 = Bruce Rock
dist3 = 29 | dir3 = NE | location3 = Corrigin
fedgov = O'Connor
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
state = wacoord|-32.12|118.024|type:city(25)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Babakin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between the towns of Bruce Rock and Corrigin. It has a population of approximately 25 people, and provides the local farming community with a school, shop, hall and sporting facilities.

Babakin was a pastoral lease from 1873 to 1914 at this location, first taken up by C. Heal (Jnr). The name stems from a Noongar term for the dingo.

The area is an inhabitant area for a very rare plant species, the Western Underground Orchid ("Rhizanthella gardneri").

References

* Higham, Geoffrey "Where was That? an historical gazetteer of Western Australia". Geoproject Solutions, Winthrop, W.A: ISBN 0-646-44186-8.
* Lovell, Avon. "Bruce Rock : a revised history" Bruce Rock, W.A: Bruce Rock Shire Council, 1993. ISBN 0646058444.
** A rare and beautiful thing. Feature on "Rhizanthella gardneri" - in Lovell, p. 167-174.