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Northam, former town, southwestern Western Australia. It lies at the confluence of the Avon (upper course of the Swan) and Mortlock rivers, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Perth. In 2007 the town merged administratively with the shire of Northam, which included a number of other towns. One of the state’s oldest settlements, it was founded in 1833 and named for Northam in Devonshire, England, by Gov. Sir James Stirling. During the 1890s Northam was a major stop for miners eastward bound for the Yilgarn, Eastern, and Dundas goldfields. It now serves part of the eastern Wheat Belt, which ...(100 of 225 words)

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