Burakin, Western Australia

Burakin
Western Australia
Dowerin-Kalannie Road, Burakin, 2014
Burakin
Coordinates30°31′26″S 117°10′23″E / 30.524°S 117.173°E / -30.524; 117.173
Population30 (SAL 2021)
Established1928
Postcode(s)6467
Elevation359 m (1,178 ft)
Area342.5 km2 (132.2 sq mi)
Location
  • 242 km (150 mi) NNE of Perth
  • 45 km (28 mi) NW of Koorda
LGA(s)Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
State electorate(s)Moore
Federal division(s)Durack

Burakin is a small town near Kalannie in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

The townsite was gazetted in 1928. The name is an Aboriginal word of unknown meaning, and was suggested by the Wongan Hills Road Board in 1927. The original spelling was to have been Borrikin.