Perenjori, Western Australia

Perenjori is a townsite in the northern agricultural region, 348 kilometres (216 mi) north of Perth and 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-east of Morawa. It is located on the Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway line which was opened in 1915. Perenjori was approved as the name of a siding in April 1913, and later that year the government decided to establish a townsite there. Perenjori townsite was gazetted in 1916.

In 1932, the

Dan Woodall was the first permanent settler in the areas. He came to the area in 1905 to manage Perangery Station, then owned by the Lee Steere family. In 1906, the four Farrell brothers came to the area to take up land. The Lands Department approved agricultural lots of 1000 acres instead of the large pastoral leases which had been granted in the past. Perenjori was declared a town on 16 February 1916.[5]

Tourism

Perenjori is on the Wildflower Way—a tourist drive that runs from Dalwallinu to Geraldton. Late August to October is the wildflower season and, depending upon the season, the countryside may be alive with flowers including orchids, carpets of white, pink and yellow everlastings and the unique wreath leschenaultia.^[6]

Transport

In 2008,

External links

Media related to Perenjori, Western Australia at Wikimedia Commons

• Perenjori Cemetery

"History of country town names – P". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2008.