MUNDRABILLA

HEMA Map reference 83/G6

31° 49' 01" S 128° 13' 31" E

Statistics

Caravan Parks

Roadhouse             08 9039 3465

Services

Attractions

Wanteen Beach.

Buildings of note

Unknown

Calendar of events

Unknown

Description

Now a roadhouse on the Eyre Highway, nearby Mundrabilla station was established by Bill and Ann McGill and John and Tom Kennedy (two Irishmen) in 1871. This was the first sheep station on the Nullarbor. The area they settled was not the only hostile obstacle to overcome. Tom Kennedy was speared to death by Aborigines and Anne McGill died in childbirth in 1879.
 

Early in the 20th century there was a great deal of exploratory drilling for underground water sources. A bore sunk at Mundrabilla went down 472 metres but all it found was rock.

The area contains fragments of a meteorite spread over a 60 kilometre range which makes it one of the largest meteorite sites in the world.