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Ajana is a locality within the shire of Northampton in Western Australia. It has a small town located on the Ajana Back Road, north-west of Perth in the Mid West Region. "Barrel Well" Aboriginal Community is located in Ajana several kilometres from the townsite. The name ''Ajana'' is Aboriginal in origin and is thought either to be the Nanda name for the area or to be derived from a similar word meaning "mine". == History == Ajana was the terminus of an extension to the first government railway line in Western Australia. The line originally ran from Northampton to Geraldton; it was extended to Ajana to encourage the development of lead mining and agriculture in the area. The station opened on 6 January 1913, and the townsite was declared on 26 November 1915. A telegraph station, built in 1845, located at the nearby Mount View, provided early communications for the town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morowa Historical Society - Ghosttowns of Western Australia )〕 A post office was established in 1922, and a school was built in the town in 1944.〔 The railway station closed on 29 April 1957.〔''Rails to Ajana'' Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, February, 2001 pp 45-53〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ajana, Western Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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