Kookynie
- Local Government Area
- Menzies
- Postcode
- 6431
- Population
- 99
- Area
- 12,574.03 km²
- Coordinates
- -29.6373, 122.1024
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Kookynie
Kookynie is a town in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia. The name of the town is believed to be an Aboriginal word that means "waterhole" or "spring". From being a busy town with a population of around 1,500 in 1905, Kookynie has become a ghost town, with around 77 inhabitants in 2006 and 99 in 2021.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Kurnalpi 82 km
- Menzies (WA) 94 km