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Kurrawang Western Australia
Kurrawang
Coordinates	30°49′08″S 121°20′56″E / 30.819°S 121.349°E / -30.819; 121.349
Established	1910
Postcode(s)	6430
Elevation	369 m (1,211 ft)
Location	574 km (357 mi) ENE of Perth 25 km (16 mi) NW of Coolgardie
LGA(s)	Shire of Coolgardie
State electorate(s)	Eyre
Federal division(s)	O'Connor

Kurrawang is a town in Western Australia between Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie just off Great Eastern Highway in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.

The town was first established as a railway station in the early 1900s on the Eastern line to Kalgoorlie. The area was also a junction of the timber lines in the region. Firewood companies used the timber lines to collect firewood to provide the heat energy needed by condensers that were used to make potable water from saline water. A progress association was formed following a unanimous decision by the townspeople in 1907 and a committee was elected at the same meeting. The town was gazetted in 1910.

Ned Hogan, later premier of Victoria, worked as a timber-cutter in the district and was secretary of the Kurrawang Firewood Workers' Union in 1911. Victoria Cross recipient John Carroll was also a resident of Kurrawang for several decades and worked on the timber lines as a guard.

The town's name is Aboriginal in origin but the meaning is unknown. It is thought that it may be related to the bird of the same name.

References

1. "Kurrawang". Western Argus. Kalgoorlie: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
2. "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
3. Jonas, Pam (1983). "Edmond John (Ned) Hogan (1883–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9.
4. Clark, Rex (1979). "John Carroll (1891–1971)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7.

• Towns in Western Australia
• Ghost towns of the Goldfields of Western Australia