Coonana, Western Australia
Coonana is a small Aboriginal community in Western Australia located 775 kilometres (482 mi) east of Perth, between Kalgoorlie and Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Coonana had a population of 83.
The community is situated on the 250,000-acre (100,000 ha) pastoral lease Upurl Upurlila Ngurratja and is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Trans-Australian Railway line between the stations of Chifley and Zanthus.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coonana (Indigenous Location)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Coonana – Welcome to our community". 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "National Australian Railway Museum" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.