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Bruce Rock, Western Australia

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award for the wheatbelt in 2003 following a push to rejuvenate older buildings, installing landscaping and the completion of an
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feature located close to the town. The townsite was gazetted in 1913.
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cutter, John Rufus Bruce, who worked in the area in 1879.
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listed shire office building was opened in January 1929.
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A waste transfer station was also upgraded. 652: 540:"Bruce Rock wins wheatbelt Tidy Towns honour" 378:Economically the area depends on cropping of 412:Wheatbelt railway lines of Western Australia 1783:Grain receival points of Western Australia 659: 645: 445: 37: 436:"Bruce Rock (urban centre and locality)" 351:announced that the town would have two 167:1,108.2 km (427.9 sq mi) 1765: 640: 544:Australian Broadcasting Corporation 460:"History of country town names – B" 13: 61: 14: 1799: 620: 357:Merredin to Narrogin railway line 625: 344:was born in Bruce Rock in 1923. 60: 53: 43:Johnson Street, Bruce Rock, 2014 432:Australian Bureau of Statistics 349:Wheat Pool of Western Australia 177:243 km (151 mi) E of 584: 558: 532: 504: 478: 452: 424: 183:49 km (30 mi) SW of 1: 1778:Wheatbelt (Western Australia) 632:Bruce Rock, Western Australia 417: 291:. It is the main town in the 7: 405: 10: 1804: 1773:Towns in Western Australia 373: 298: 900: 679: 400:Cooperative Bulk Handling 326:The rock was named after 279:is a town in the eastern 266: 228: 216: 204: 192: 171: 163: 155: 145: 137: 122: 83: 79: 48: 36: 23: 159:276 m (906 ft) 597:. 2011. Archived from 568:. 2011. Archived from 488:. 2011. 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Western Australia

Bruce Rock is located in Western Australia
Coordinates
31°52′52″S 118°08′53″E / 31.881°S 118.148°E / -31.881; 118.148
2021
Postcode(s)
Perth
Merredin
LGA(s)
Shire of Bruce Rock
State electorate(s)
Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)
O'Connor
Wheatbelt
Western Australia
Merredin
Shire of Bruce Rock
Narrogin
Nungarin
granite
sandalwood
heritage
John Perceval
Wheat Pool of Western Australia
grain elevators
Merredin to Narrogin railway line
tidy town
amphitheatre

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