User:GrumpyMango/Wilkawatt

Wilkawatt is the location of a former village situated along the railway line 15 kilometres west of Lameroo, situated in the Hundred of Cotton. Wilkawatt was established following a petition by fourteen nearby settlers to Parliament, seeking a railway siding due to the difficulties of carrying goods to farm properties by land because of sand ridges and unmade roads. The Railways Commissioner approved the Cotton siding in April 1906, and in 1908 it was named Wilkawatt, an Aboriginal word meaning 'wild dog walk' (perhaps in recognition of the major geogrpahical feature in the Hundred of Cototn, the Dingo Range ridge of sandhills). A few houses were built along the street parallel to the Railway line. The former Postcode for Wilkawatt was 5301. Wilkawatt siding was officially closed on February 1 1980.