Northam

Northam is a town in the region of Western Australia, with a population of 6679 in 2021. It's 100 km east of Perth and like other nearby towns it was founded in the 1830s when the Avon Valley was colonised.
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  • Type: Town with 6,680 residents
  • Description: town in Wheatbelt region in Western Australia
  • Also known as: Northam, Australia”, “Northam, W.A.”, “Northam, Western Australia”, and “Northam, Western Australia, Australia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Northam railway station, Western Australia and Northam Senior High School.

Railway station
Northam railway station is located in Northam on the Eastern Railway route in . It is the second and more recent railway station in Northam.

School
is a comprehensive public co-educational high school, located in Northam, a regional centre in the region, 97 kilometres east of , Western Australia.

Railway station
is a railway yard west of Northam, Western Australia. It lies on the southern side of the on the Eastern Railway between Toodyay and Northam. is situated 4½ km west of Northam.

Northam

Latitude
-31.6535° or 31° 39′ 13″ south
Longitude
116.6727° or 116° 40′ 22″ east
Population
6,680
Elevation
155 metres (509 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU NHA
Open location code
4PWR8MWF+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2553978905
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2064550
Wiki­data ID
Q478147
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Northam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نورثام
  • Asturian: Northam
  • Basque: Northam (Mendebaldeko Australia)
  • Basque: Northam
  • Belarusian: Нортэм
  • Cebuano: Northam
  • Danish: Northam
  • Dutch: Northam, Western Australia
  • Dutch: Northam
  • Egyptian Arabic: نورثام
  • French: Northam
  • German: Northam
  • Hebrew: נורת’האם
  • Italian: Northam
  • Japanese: ノーザム
  • Lithuanian: Nortamas (Australija)
  • Lithuanian: Nortamas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Northam
  • Persian: نورتام، استرالیای غربی
  • Polish: Northam
  • Portuguese: Northam
  • Russian: Нортам
  • Russian: Нортем
  • Slovenian: Northam
  • Spanish: Northam (Australia Occidental)
  • Spanish: Northam
  • Swedish: Northam, Western Australia
  • Ukrainian: Нортем
  • Urdu: نارتھم، مغربی آسٹریلیا
  • Northam

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Northam”. Photo: SeanMack, CC BY 2.5.