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Burracoppin was gazetted in 1891 and owes its existence to the Yilgarn gold rush and during those days was a bustling railhead. The town's name is derviced from Burracoppin Rock, a nearby granite rock, the name of which was first recorded in 1864 as Burancooping Rock. It was also shown as Lansdowne Hill in 1836. It is an Aboriginal name said to mean "near a big hill".

Burracoppin is also the site where the first Rabbit Proof Fence (No. 1) was started in 1901, with construction heading south to Esperance and north towards Port Hedland. Burracoppin was the main depot for the Rabbit Proof Fence. The main industry in town is wheat farming.

• Population: 104 1
• Postcode: 6421
• Location: 283 km east of Perth
• Main Roads: Great Eastern Hwy
• Radio Stations: FM: ABC RN (107.3 MHz) and Hit 105.1 (105.1 MHz). AM: ABC Great Southern (558 kHz), ABC Mid-West & Wheatbelt (531 kHz), ABC Pilbara (1215 kHz), ABC Radio Perth (720 kHz), ABC RN (612 kHz) and Triple M (1098 kHz)

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	Burracoppin Primary School Site: Piles of rubble and a sign are all that remain of Burracoppin Primary School, April 2018. The school closed in 2000. Image © Paul Rands
	No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence: Commencement point of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence in 1901, April 2018. Image © Paul Rands
	Rabbit Proof Fence Information Board: Information board erected to commemorate 100 years since the construction of the Rabbit Proof Fence at Burracoppin, April 2018. Image © Paul Rands

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Burracoppin (SSC), 2016 Census QuickStats

Last updated: 02-Aug-2020 21:52

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