Shotts
Western Australia
Shotts is located in Western Australia
Shotts
Shotts
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Coordinates33°22′59″S 116°16′01″E / 33.383°S 116.267°E / -33.383; 116.267
Population9 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1917
Postcode(s)6225
Elevation233 m (764 ft)
Area75.1 km2 (29.0 sq mi)
Location
  • 214 km (133 mi) SSE of Perth
  • 12 km (7 mi) SSE of Collie
LGA(s)Shire of Collie
State electorate(s)Collie-Preston
Federal division(s)Forrest

Shotts is a small town in Western Australia located in the South West region just off the Coalfields Highway between Collie and Darkan

The town originated as a railway siding named Benelaking on the Collie to Narrogin line in 1911. Later the same year the town was renamed as Shotts in honour of the coal mining town of the same name in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Premier Coal Mining Company operated a coal mine near to the siding and in 1913 the Company asked for a town to be established there and were supported by the Collie Road Board. The town was gazetted in 1917.[2]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Shotts (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "History of country town names – S". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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