Welcome to the Shire of Mukinbudin Website
Local Profile
Mukinbudin is located 296 kilometres North East of Perth in the North Eastern Wheatbelt. The population of the Shire of Mukinbudin is approximately 800. The climate is moderate with cool wet winters with an average rainfall of 300mm. Winter temperatures range from 0 degrees Celsius to 26 degrees Celsius with frequent frosts during July and August. Summers are dry and hot with temperatures ranging from 18 degrees Celsius to 45 degrees Celsius. Spectacular electrical storms are experienced in January and February.
Mukinbudin boasts exceptional facilities (including sport and recreation facilities) that are second to none in this region. Mukinbudin pride's itself for it's strong community spirit and hospitality. There are a large variety of clubs to join including sport, social and craft and more! Read more in Community and Services.
How to get here (map 10): http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/internet/regions/touring_wa/distance_book/default.asp
A Brief History
The present Shire of Mukinbudin was settled by pastoralists who in the 1870s took up large leases in excess of 20,000 acres to run sheep and by Sandalwood Cutters and Miners en-route to the goldfields.
In 1910 the first of the farmers arrived to commence wheat growing on their 1000 acre block and it was some time before they added stock to what had been entirely a wheat growing enterprise. An extension of the Mt Marshall railway line to Mukinbudin and Lake Brown was approved in 1922 and opened in October 1923.
