349:. However, the locality did not receive a siding until 30 August 1911. In its early years, both names Cannawigra and Cannawigara were used to describe the railway station. Some controversy arose when the location was permanently changed to Cannawigara during the early 1940s, though this name was already being used by the railway department. The name is a corruption of the word Camiaguigara, a
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