Miling, Western Australia
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| name = Miling
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| caption = The Miling Hotel
| lga = Shire of Moora
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| postcode = 6575
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Miling is a small town in the Shire of Moora, {{convert|200|km|mi|0}} north of Perth, Western Australia. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, it had a population of 101.
Miling is the terminus of the Clackline–Miling railway branch line 150 miles from Perth. This branch line originally started at Clackline, but {{ndash}} after the changes to the Eastern Railway in 1966 {{ndash}} commenced at West Toodyay.
Miling is within the network known as the "wheatbins", which are areas served by the Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia.{{Citation | author1=Aerial Surveys Australia | author2=HRRC | title=Aerial photographs of the Miling wheat bin, 2 Dec. 1963 [picture] | publication-date=1963 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11454241 | access-date=18 October 2012}}
In 1932, the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32560140 |title=Country elevators |newspaper=The West Australian|location=Perth|date=6 July 1932|access-date=6 April 2013|page=10|publisher=National Library of Australia}}
The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf |title=CBH receival sites |year=2011 |access-date=1 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318082458/https://www.cbh.com.au/media/120302/cbh%20receival%20sites%20-%20contact%20details.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2012 }}
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References
- Seymour, A. L. (Amelia L.) (1979) The development of Miling. Miling [W.A.] : A.L. Seymour
{{Towns Wheatbelt South WA}}
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Category:Towns in Western Australia
Category:Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
Category:Grain receival points of Western Australia
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