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Kukerin, Western Australia
Kukerin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Wagin and Lake Grace just off State Route 107. The town itself is small but services a considerable agricultural region in the eastern Shire of Dumbleyung. At the 2006 census, Kukerin had a population of 190.
==History==
According to an official source, Kukerin's name is of Aboriginal origin, was first recorded as the name of a local soak and gully in 1908 and has also been spelled "Cookerin", but the precise meaning is not known. However, in local languages, words such as ''karkar'' mean "east", and the townsite is near the eastern edge of country traditionally owned by the Wiilman people.〔(Nicholas Thieberger 1996, "4.2.9 Wiilman", ''Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages, South of the Kimberley'' ) (2 February 2015). 〕 〔[http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wudjari.htm [South Australian Museum, 2014, "Wudjari (WA)", ''Tindale Tribes''] (2 February 2015). 〕 There is no evidence for a popular theory that the area was named after sandalwood cutters named "Cooke" and "Ring".
Until 1912, the area was known as Merilup (a name that now refers to an area to the south). In the 1870s, John Holland took up a pastoral lease of in the area and established a sandalwood depot. Sandalwood cutters opened up much of the surrounding area, and in 1904 the Rabbit-Proof Fence was built near the town.
In 1912, the town was gazetted when it became the terminus of an extension of the Wagin to Dumbleyung train line in 1912.〔 The primary school and hall were built in 1914, and Kukerin Hotel began trading in 1928 — all are still open to this day. During 2012 the town will be celebrating its Centenary with a variety of celebratory events.
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