Darkan, Western Australia

Darkan is a place and the administrative seat of the municipality of the Shire of West Arthur in Western Australia. The place is located in the Wheatbelt region, between Collie and the Albany Highway.

History

The area was initially inhabited by William John Gibbs and his family in the 1860s. Gibbs established a land that was named after the Aboriginal word indistinct Darkan. The town developed when the railway line from Collie to Narrogin was grown. 1906 Darkan was announced. Then Darkan grew rapidly. In the early 1990s, the railway line was closed, but the surrounding breeding on wool and the Tourismous have secured the existence of the place.

Geography

Darkan is located 202 km from Perth, 60 km from Wagin, and 60 km from Collie. According to the census in 2006, there were 202 people.

Things present Darkan

Darkan is the social and political center of the Shire of West Arthur. The town has a rest house, a supermarket, a Tele Centro, a hotel, tennis courts, playgrounds for basketball, a local high school, and a skate field. The place is surrounded by a fertile wheat - field.