Cunderdin

History

The Shire of Cunderdin (2014) reported the first European visitor to the area was Charles Cooke Hunt, who explored the area in 1864 and recorded the name Cunderdin, from the Nyungar Aboriginal name of a nearby hill. The meaning of the name is thought to mean either "place of the bandicoot" or "place of flowers" (Shire of Cunderdin, 2014). Significantly in 1894 the railway arrived signalling the earliest settlement in the town (Shire of Cunderdin, 2014). The townsite was gazetted in 1906. In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. An elevator was duly erected the following year next to the Westralian Farmers grain-shed. In late 1933 the local tennis courts were first opened in front of a crowd of about 100 players, a tournament was held the same afternoon. The local hospital also had an X-ray plant installed and commissioned a week later.

Most-observed species

• Australian Ringneck

  Barnardius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) · Aves
  62
• Australian Raven

  Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  57
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  50
• Yellow-throated Miner

  Manorina flavigula (Gould, 1840) · Aves
  45
• Gray Teal

  Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 · Aves
  42
• Singing Honeyeater

  Gavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  42
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  35
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  34

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-27
  32 km NW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4.2 — 2025-03-27
  57 km WNW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4 — 2025-01-25
  59 km ENE of York, Australia
• M 4.1 — 2024-10-02
  50 km NW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4.4 — 2024-08-18
  70 km WNW of Merredin, Australia
• M 4.6 — 2024-08-18
  62 km WNW of Merredin, Australia