Walkaway, WA, 6528
Posted by: 
SeabreezeOZ
S 28° 56.404 E 114° 48.112
50J E 285750 N 6796665
A post office in the local store of a tiny country town
Waymark Code: WMEWQJ
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 07/15/2012
Views: 3
Walkaway is a small town in the City of Greater Geraldton local government area of Western Australia.
Its name is a corruption of the native "Wagga wah", referring to the bend in the nearby Greenough River, and was originally given to the railway station when a line was built from Geraldton in 1887. In 1894 it was linked with Midland Junction by the building of a private line - that of the Midland Railway Company, constructed by an engineer and later the first General Manager of the Company, Edward Keane. With the railway and an expanding agricultural area, the township grew until with the dieselisation of the railway systems, and the take-over by the State of the Midland Railway in 1964, decline set in. This was also accentuated by the gradual absorption of the original smallholdings into the larger holdings of today's farming demands.
The post office is situated inside the local store.
State/Territory: WA
Post Boxes: Yes
Current use: Yes
Historical Significance: Not listed
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