Bindoon
Australia / Bindoon, Western Australia
Location ID: #10100172
Bindoon is a town 84 kilometres (52 mi) from Perth city on the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering. The name Bindoon is thought to be Aboriginal in origin and to mean "place where the yams grow". The name has been in use in the area since 1843 when an early settler, William Brockman, named the property he had surveyed as Bindoon. The townsite was gazetted in 1953.
The town services predominantly cattle, sheep and fruit growing (particularly citrus fruit) district.
Location Category:
- AERIALS - *;
- AGRICULTURE - *;
- AGRICULTURE - Fields / Pastures / Meadows;
- LANDSCAPES - *;
- LANDSCAPES - Rolling Hills