ALDERSYDE

 

GPS 32 22 23.06 S 117 16 46.52 E

 

 

 

 

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STATISTICS

Distance from Perth

160 Km

Population

30

Average Rainfall

445mm

Mean Max Temp

23.4C

Mean Min Temp

10.4C

 

SERVICES

Police

08 9887 1008

Fire and Rescue

08 9887 1477

Medical

08 9887 2222

Visitor Centre

08 9887 1066

 

CARAVAN PARKS

See Pingelly

 

HOTEL / MOTEL

See Pingelly

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

 

link to Mingor.net website

DESCRIPTION

 

Aldersyde is now little more than a hamlet consisting of a wheat-bin, a few houses, a church and a CWA hall.

The area is primarily a cereal cropping district and the large grain handling facility in town is just one of many scattered through the landscape.

HISTORY

 

A townsite was established on the Brookton-Kunjin Railway when land was resumed from four existing properties in 1913.

Mr Frederick Pyke had named his property Aldersyde and that was the name chosen for the new town when it was gazetted in 1915.

Other names that were suggested for the town were Nuralgin and Markegin.

A school opened on November 23rd 1925 and was initially held in the town hall. The first teacher was Miss E. A. Brinkworth.

When the Markegin school closed the building was moved to Aldersyde and opened on February 3rd 1928. It closed in 1968 and today only a small memorial plaque marks the spot where it once stood.

 

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ATTRACTIONS

 

Mourumbine heritage trail,.

 

BUILDINGS OF NOTE

 

Hall, Pioneer Memorial Church 1954, Old blacksmiths shed.

 

ELECTORAL ZONES

 

State : Wagin

Federal : O'Connor

 

OTHER INFO.

 

Postcode : 6306

Local Government : Shire of Brookton

 

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