Cadoux, Western Australia

Cadoux is a town in the northeastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is about 180 kilometres (112 mi) northeast of Perth, within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.

Cadoux Western Australia
Cadoux Traders, 2018
Cadoux
Coordinates	30.768°S 117.135°E / -30.768; 117.135
Population	56 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1927
Postcode(s)	6466
Elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
Area	448.5 km2 (173.2 sq mi)
Location	180 km (112 mi) from Perth
LGA(s)	Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
State electorate(s)	Moore
Federal division(s)	Durack

The townsite was gazetted in 1929^[2] and the railway siding was opened in the same year. It was on the Amery–Kalannie line at 149 miles 49 chains.

The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site.^[3]

Cadoux earthquakes

Cadoux, and neighbouring Burakin to the north, are considered unusually seismically active for Australia, with minor earthquakes reported on an annual basis. Notable events include in 2001 (Burakin swarm) and in 2022.^[4]

The most significant event, however, was on 2 June 1979 with a significant earthquake just east of the town. It had a Richter magnitude of 6.1 and was the second most damaging earthquake in the history of Western Australia.^[5] Damage to the area was estimated to be A$3.8 million (in 1979 dollars).^[6] Only one injury was recorded in the entire earthquake−a broken arm sustained by a child from falling masonry.^[7]

See also

• Earthquakes in Western Australia