Eucla
Location of Eucla in Western Australia (red)
Postcode	6443
State	Western Australia, Australia
Latitude and Longitude	31°43′S 128°53′E
Local Government Area	Dundas
State Electorate	Goldfields-Esperance
Federal Electorate	Western Australia
First explored	1841
First surveyed	1870
Proclaimed or gazetted as a town	1877
Proclaimed a municipality
Declared a city
Historic population counts
Population 2001 census
Population – current estimate	50
Highway(s)
River(s)
Railway link (date)

Road Sign

Eucla is the easternmost town in Western Australia, and is the largest settlement on the Nullarbor Plain. It is located at 31°43′S 128°53′E, on the Great Australian Bight approximately 13 kilometres (8 miles) west of the South Australian border. It is in the Shire of Dundas in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It has a population of about 50 people. Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... NASA - Visible Earth, Nullarbor. ... The Great Australian Bight is a large bight, or open bay, encompassing an area of the Southern Ocean located off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Goldfields-Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. ...

Eucla's climate is dry and usually mild, though very hot days can occur accompanied by hot northerly winds from the Great Victoria Desert. Average maximum temperatures vary from 25–26 °C from December to March, to 18 °C in July. The average annual rainfall of 267 mm is evenly spread through the year, with monthly totals ranging from 14 mm in January to 31 mm in May. The highest temperature was 47.9°c (118.2 °F) on 3 January 1979. The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

The Eucla area was passed through by the explorer Edward John Eyre in 1841. A port was discovered at Eucla in 1867, and in 1870, John Forrest camped at the location for nearly two weeks. In 1873, work commenced on a telegraph line from Albany to Adelaide. Land was set aside at Eucla for the establishment of a manual repeater station, and when the telegraph line opened in 1877, Eucla was one of the most important telegraph stations on the line. A major function of the station before the introduction of morse code in Australia was as a conversion point between the two telegraphy standards used in Western Australia and South Australia. A jetty and tram line were also constructed for offloading supplies brought in by sea. Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 - 30 November 1901). ... take you to calendar). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... John Forrest, 1898 Sir John Forrest, PC, GCMG (22 August 1847–2 September 1918), sometimes incorrectly referred to Lord Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury, was an Australian explorer, the first premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australias first federal parliament. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Telegraphy. ... Location of Albany, Western Australia Albany, (, ), is a city of approximately 30,000 people on the south coast of Western Australia, 408 kilometres southeast of Perth. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting information, using standardized sequences of short and long marks or pulses — commonly known as dots and dashes — for the letters, numerals and special characters of a message. ... Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...

In the 1890s a rabbit plague passed through the area and ate much of the Delisser Sandhills' dune vegetation, thus destabilising the dune system and causing large sand drifts to encroach on the townsite. The original town was abandoned, and a new townsite established about five kilometres to the east. The ruins of the telegraph station still stand amongst the dunes, and are a local tourist attraction. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. ... A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. ... Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by eolian (wind-related) processes. ...

The origin of the name Eucla is uncertain. Eyre did not record any name for the area in 1841, but by the time of Forrest's visit in 1870, Eucla was the accepted name for the area. Probably Eucla is a form of an Aboriginal name for the area. take you to calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ...

Telegraph Station

See also

• Rabbits in Australia

A European Rabbit in Australia In Australia, rabbits are the most serious mammalian pests, an invasive species, and are responsible for the extinction of about as many native animals as the fox. ...

External links

• Eucla travel guide
• Climate averages for Eucla