KWOLYIN

HEMA Map reference 74/C6

31° 55' 57" S 117° 45' 49" E

Statistics

Caravan Parks

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Services

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Buildings of note

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Calendar of events

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Description

As with many wheat belt towns, the development of Kwolyin was linked to the construction of the railways and it was established between Quairading and Bruce Rock.

The town site was gazetted in 1913 and the name proposed was Koarin. This was too close to Kauring so it was changed to Kwollyinn. After the RGS rules for Aboriginal word spelling were applied it became Kwolyin.

The name seems to have come from the Aboriginal name for a nearby granite outcrop. Charles Hunt recorded the name Qualyin Hill on an expedition in 1864.