Caron, Western Australia

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Caron | state = WA | image = File:Caron Coal Stage, September 2021 03.jpg | caption = The state heritage listed Caron Coal Stage, September 2021 | lga = [[Shire of Perenjori]] | mapframe-marker = yes | local_map = yes | zoom = 10 | coordinates = {{coord|29.633|S|116.317|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 6616 | est = 1921 | pop = | elevation= 324 | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Moore|Moore]] | fedgov = [[Division of Durack|Durack]] | dist1 = 336 | dir1 = N | location1= [[Perth]] | dist2 = 12 | dir2 = S | location2= [[Perenjori, Western Australia|Perenjori]] | dist3 = | dir3 = | location3= }} '''Caron''' is a small town located on the Mullewa-Wubin Road in the [[Mid West (Western Australia)|Mid West]] region of [[Western Australia]]. It is situated between the towns of [[Perenjori, Western Australia|Perenjori]] and [[Dalwallinu, Western Australia|Dalwallinu]].

The town is named after the nearby Caron [[Spring (hydrosphere)|Spring]] which is located about {{convert|26|km|mi|0}} to the west. Originating as a railway station along the [[Wongan Hills, Western Australia|Wongan]] to [[Mullewa, Western Australia|Mullewa]] [[Avon Yard to Mullewa railway line|railway line]], the townsite was gazetted in 1921.<ref>{{LandInfo WA|c|C|5 May 2011}}</ref>

The name is [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] in origin, being a word for ''hail'' or ''hailstone''. The [[Heritage Council of Western Australia|heritage]]-listed Caron Coal Stage, built in the golden age of [[steam locomotive]]s, and the associated railway [[dam]] are located close to the town.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/en/Destinations/Wheatbelt_and_Wave_Rock/North_East_Wheatbelt/Pages/Perenjori.aspx | title=Australia's Golden Outback – Perenjori| accessdate=5 May 2010 }}</ref> The stage is a simple example of an elevated concrete [[coal bin]], constructed in 1930 or 1931 to provide fuel to the trains of the era, and is the only remaining trace of the Caron siding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/C%20-%20A-D/4562%20Carol%20Coal%20(P-AD).PDF |title=Register of heritage places – Assessment documentation |accessdate=5 May 2010 |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921021506/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/C%20-%20A-D/4562%20Carol%20Coal%20%28P-AD%29.PDF |archivedate=21 September 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.heritage.wa.gov.au/assets/files/General_Publications/criteria_for_assessment_local_places_and_areas.pdf| title=Criteria for the Assessment of Local Heritage Places and Areas| accessdate=2011-07-05 | publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia| page=15 (picture)| year = 2007}}</ref>

The state's steam rail system often had to counteract [[drought]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37645203?searchTerm=Water%20by%20Rail&searchLimits=#pstart3509017 |title=Water by Rail |newspaper=[[Western Mail (Western Australia)|Western Mail (Perth, WA)]] |date=19 November 1925 |accessdate=5 July 2011 |page=21 |publisher=at National Library of Australia}}</ref> and, in 1948, special trains had to haul in {{convert|200000|impgal|L|order=flip|abbr=off}} of [[water]] to Caron, Perenjori and Buntine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39091690 |title=Current comment on rural matters of the moment THE PASSING PARADE. |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Perth, WA |date=11 November 1948 |accessdate=5 May 2011 |page=57}}</ref>

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[[Category:Shire of Perenjori]]