Muchea, Western Australia
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Muchea is a town in the Shire of Chittering, located Template:Cvt north north-east of Perth. Its postcode is 6501. The town's name comes from the Aboriginal word "Muchela" which means in Nyoongar 'water hole', referring to the abundance of water in Muchea.
History
The area was first surveyed as farmland in 1845 as part of a property to be owned by George Moore. The opening of a railway siding in the area between 1892 and 1898 caused permanent structures to be built and by 1903 farmlots were surveyed close to the siding. The townsite was later gazetted in 1904.[1]
In 1960, the Muchea Tracking Station was established about 4 kilometres (2 mi) SSW[2] outside of town as part of NASA's Mercury project. In 1962, the first Australian to speak with a space traveller did so from the Muchea facility. The station was closed in 1964.[3][4]
Western Power has a substation in the area[5] to which a 164 MW / 905 MWh grid battery is being built.[6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Muchea Tracking Station: 1960–1964". 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A MAN ON THE MOON Along the rood to Honeysuckle Creek (4 September 1965)", The Bulletin, 87 (4462), John Haynes and J.F. Archibald: 22, 4 September 1965, ISSN 0007-4039
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Construction begins at Neoen's six-hour duration battery in Australia's far west". Energy Storage. 15 April 2026.
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