| Three
Springs
THREE
SPRINGS Latitude : 29 32 S Longitude : 115 46 E
The townsite of Three Springs is located in the northern agricultural
region, 316 km north of Perth and 23 km north west of Carnamah. Land
in this region was taken up for pastoral leasing in the 1860's, but
it was the construction of the Midland Railway through the area that
opened it up. When this section of the railway was opened in 1895,
Three Springs was one of the new stations on the line. The Midland
railway Company was granted the land on the eastern side of the railway,
but land on the western side remained in government hands. Demand
from settlers resulted in the government opening up land, and the
Kadathinni Agricultural Area was declared in 1905. In 1907 the government
decided to declare a townsite adjacent to the Three Springs Station,
and following the survey of lots, Kadathinni townsite was gazetted
in 1908. It was also intended to change the name of the station when
the townsite was named, but this was overlooked, and it remained Three
Springs. The townsite was also locally known as Three Springs, and
in 1946 Kadathinni was changed to Three Springs to conform with local
usage.
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