MILING

HEMA Map reference 76/H5

30° 29' 24" S 116° 21' 35" E

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Description

Miling is at the centre of a rich agricultural area and the huge grain silos in town mark this as one of the biggest grain receival centres in W.A. Farming in the area dates from 1906 and a railway siding was established in 1925.

Early development was around the Duckling Mining Spring (also listed as Dookling Marling Sand Hole) about 8 kilometres north of the current town. The town's name derives from the fact that one of the locals changed a sign from Mining Spring to Miling Spring and the name change stuck.  Where the duckling came from is anyone's guess.

Henry Seymour was one of the earliest settlers in the area and became known as the 'father of Miling'.

The local hotel, built by Paddy Connelly dates from the 1930s. The town was gazetted in 1949. One source says that the name originated from a nearby spring known as Marling Sand Hole.
 

Tall tales and true: Wheat bag stacking record

On December 12th 1927 Bill Cestrilli set a record for stacking bags of wheat that has never been broken. He stacked 1,725 bags in 8 hours. The equates to moving 143 tonnes of wheat.