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History of country town names - Z


The following information is a summary of the origins for towns names in rural Western Australia. Please select the first letter of the town you wish to see.
Please note: The names of all rural towns are being added progressively to the database.

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ZANTHUS

Latitude 31° 04' S Longitude 123° 34' E

There are no townsites in Western Australia starting with the letter Z, so the railway station of Zanthus has been included. The station is located 797 km east of Perth and 202 km east of Kalgoorlie on the Trans-Australian rail line. The name was applied by the Commonwealth Railways when the line opened in 1917. It is derived from the latter part of the genus name for the Kangaroo Paw, Anigozanthus. Anigozanthus manglesii is the Western Australian floral emblem.

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