| 词条 | Wongan Hills, Western Australia |
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| name = Wongan Hills | state = wa | image = Fenton Place, Wongan Hills, 2016 (03).JPG | caption = View of Fenton Place, Wongan Hills, 2016 | lga = Shire of Wongan-Ballidu | coordinates = {{coord|30|54|00|S|116|43|00|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 6603 | est = 1911 | pop = 745 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | elevation= 286 | maxtemp = 24.9 | mintemp = 11.5 | rainfall = 361.8 | stategov = Central Wheatbelt | fedgov = Durack | dist1 = 182 | dir1 = NNE | location1= Perth }} Wongan Hills is a town in the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.[2] The town is approximately 182 km north of the state capital Perth, at an altitude of 286 metres. The town is named for a nearby range of hills that are found to the north-west of the town, also named Wongan Hills, which was first recorded in 1836 by Surveyor General of Western Australia John Septimus Roe. As part of Easter celebrations in 2009, a {{convert|1.8|by|1.1|km|mi|1|adj=on}} cross was laid out in a bare paddock using 460 half-tonne hay bales with the aid of GPS receivers. The cross was set alight on Good Friday night and was the end of a pilgrimage conducted on Easter Saturday.[3] HistoryThe area was settled by the 1900s, and in 1911 the town was gazetted and named after the range. "Wongan" is derived from the Indigenous Australian name "wangan-katta", "wanka" and "woongan". "Katta" is known to mean "hill", but the meaning of "wongan" is uncertain. It may be related to "kwongan", an indigenous word for sandplain, or "whispering", in which case "wongan katta" would mean "whispering hills" (katta is a word for hill).[4] In 1925 an agricultural research station was established about 5 km north of the town which assisted in the diversification and improvements in farm practices through the state. The area is a prosperous agricultural region with activities focused on sheep, grain and pig-farming.[5] Construction of a grain silo commenced in 1933 as part of the bulk handling scheme that had been introduced by the government and managed by Cooperative Bulk Handling.[6] In the early 1900s, poet Lilian Wooster Greaves lived with her family at Wongan Hills. Her book of poetry includes a number of prose and poetry items relating to living there at the time of the first world war.[7] Climate{{Weather box|location = Wongan Hills |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 47.4 |Feb record high C = 47.0 |Mar record high C = 43.5 |Apr record high C = 39.2 |May record high C = 34.7 |Jun record high C = 27.5 |Jul record high C = 25.4 |Aug record high C = 30.2 |Sep record high C = 35.2 |Oct record high C = 39.5 |Nov record high C = 42.0 |Dec record high C = 45.0 |year record high C = 47.4 |Jan high C = 34.6 |Feb high C = 34.1 |Mar high C = 30.9 |Apr high C = 26.4 |May high C = 21.5 |Jun high C = 18.2 |Jul high C = 17.0 |Aug high C = 17.9 |Sep high C = 20.7 |Oct high C = 25.2 |Nov high C = 29.2 |Dec high C = 32.5 |year high C = 25.7 |Jan mean C = 26.3 |Feb mean C = 26.2 |Mar mean C = 23.7 |Apr mean C = 19.9 |May mean C = 15.7 |Jun mean C = 13.0 |Jul mean C = 11.8 |Aug mean C = 12.3 |Sep mean C = 14.2 |Oct mean C = 17.7 |Nov mean C = 21.2 |Dec mean C = 24.2 |year mean C = 18.9 |Jan low C = 17.9 |Feb low C = 18.2 |Mar low C = 16.4 |Apr low C = 13.4 |May low C = 9.9 |Jun low C = 7.7 |Jul low C = 6.6 |Aug low C = 6.7 |Sep low C = 7.6 |Oct low C = 10.1 |Nov low C = 13.2 |Dec low C = 15.8 |year low C = 12.0 |Jan record low C = 9.8 |Feb record low C = 8.5 |Mar record low C = 5.5 |Apr record low C = 2.8 |May record low C = -0.6 |Jun record low C = -0.8 |Jul record low C = -0.9 |Aug record low C = -0.5 |Sep record low C = 0.5 |Oct record low C = 0.5 |Nov record low C = 3.4 |Dec record low C = 7.3 |year record low C = -0.9 |Jan precipitation mm = 15.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 15.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 20.8 |Apr precipitation mm = 22.6 |May precipitation mm = 51.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 69.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 69.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 51.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 29.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 19.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 12.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 10.0 |year precipitation mm = 388.2 |Jan precipitation days = 2.1 |Feb precipitation days = 2.3 |Mar precipitation days = 2.9 |Apr precipitation days = 4.9 |May precipitation days = 8.9 |Jun precipitation days = 12.3 |Jul precipitation days = 13.5 |Aug precipitation days = 12.2 |Sep precipitation days = 8.6 |Oct precipitation days = 5.9 |Nov precipitation days = 3.4 |Dec precipitation days = 2.0 |year precipitation days = 79.0 |humidity colour=green |Jan humidity = 24 |Feb humidity = 28 |Mar humidity = 31 |Apr humidity = 38 |May humidity = 48 |Jun humidity = 56 |Jul humidity = 58 |Aug humidity = 55 |Sep humidity = 47 |Oct humidity = 34 |Nov humidity = 28 |Dec humidity = 26 |year humidity = 39 |source 1 = [8] |date=July 2014 }} References1. ^{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL529200|name=Wongan Hills (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-10-02}} 2. ^{{Gazetteer of Australia | name = Wongan Hills | id = 285082}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/site-archive/rural/news/content/200904/s2538100.htm|title=Farmers construct huge straw cross for Easter service|last=|first=|date=|year=2009|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=2017-08-03}} 4. ^{{LandInfo WA|c|W|2007-05-25}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/en/Wheatbelt/Towns/Wongan+Hills/default.htm|title=Australia's Golden Outback – Wongan Hills|year=2006|accessdate=2008-08-26}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33308807|title=Country news|newspaper=The West Australian|location=Perth|date=6 September 1933|accessdate=7 April 2013|page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{Citation | author1=Greaves, Lilian Wooster | title=Wongan way | publication-date=1927 | publisher=[L.W. Greaves?] | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18239334 | accessdate=11 October 2012 }} 8. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_008137_All.shtml| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Wongan Hills|accessdate = 13 July 2014}} External links{{commonscat-inline}}
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