Kulja, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Kulja
state = wa


caption =
lga = Shire of Koorda
postcode = 6470
est = 1928
pop = 93 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC54441|name=Kulja (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-07]
elevation= 321
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Central Wheatbelt
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 253
dir1 = North East
location1= Perth
dist2 = 43
dir2 = North North West
location2= Koorda
dist3 = 64
dir3 = East
location3= Dalwallinu

Kulja is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The town is situated along the Bonnie Rock Burakin Road.

The area was charted in 1908 and the Indigenous Australian name of a local soak was recorded as Kulja.The townsite was originally established in the late 1920s as part of a railway siding on the Ejanding North Railway line. The townsite was gazetted in 1928 once a large enough local population had settled in the area. [LandInfo WA|c|K|2008-10-07]

History

Kulja had a post office between 1928 and 1973. There was also a post office called Kulja Railway Construction between 1929 and 1931. [Dzelme, John (1976) "Place and Date Stamps of Western Australia", p. 103 Perth, W.A: published by the author]

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