Meckering, Western Australia

A small farming service town on Great Eastern Highway, known for an earthquake which destroyed most of the town in 1968.
Location: 130 km east of Perth.
Origin of name: named after a native watering hole 1 km north of the town. Of aboriginal origin, it means "moon on the water". The moon often reflects on the soak when it becomes a dry salt pan.
Brief history: land was first granted here in 1849, settlement began in 1887. The town was destroyed by an earthquake on 14th October 1968 and had to be rebuilt at a new location nearby.
Points of interest: earthquake relics; see A guide to visiting the Meckering Fault scarp