Muchea   WA  6501
	Population: 495,   Height above sea level: 95m Latitude: -31.3441,   Longitude: 116.0000 Location:   57km north east of Perth Highway: Brand Hwy (1)  Nearest Major Town: Perth Nearest Airport: Perth Touring Area: Wheatbelt
First surveyed as farmland in 1845 the opening of a railway siding in the area between 1892 and 1898 resulted in permanent structures being built and by 1903 farmlots were surveyed close to the siding. The townsite was gazetted in 1904. In 1960, the Muchea Tracking Station was established about 4 kilometres SSW 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.

Entry marker to Manjimup

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