Tenterden, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place
type = town
name = Tenterden
state = wa


caption =
lga = Cranbrook
postcode = 6322
est = 1893
pop = 233 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC55696|name=Tenterden (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-09-14]
elevation= 311
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Blackwood-Stirling
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 328
dir1 = South East
location1= Perth
dist2 = 88
dir2 = North West
location2= Albany
dist3 = 11
dir3 = South
location3= Cranbrookcoord|-34.3662|117.5541|type:city(100)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Tenterden is a town located 328 km south-east of Perth in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The townsite is located on one of the sidings on the Great Southern Railway line. The siding was established in 1891 and shortly afterward the government made land available for agricultural purposes in the area. The town was gazetted in 1893 and is named after a town in Kent.LandInfo WA|c|T|2007-02-11]

2003 Fire

On 27 December 2003, two live power lines clashed and shorted out resulting in a large bushfire. Two local women died in the fire. Crop, property and stock damage was estimated to be in the millions of dollars. In December 2005, Western Power was fined $17,500 by a magistrate, having been taken to court by the Office of Energy Safety for failing to maintain a safe power network. [ citeweb|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/wa/albany/200512/s1534556.htm|title=Western Power fined over deadly Tenterden blaze|year=2005|accessdate=2008-09-14] [cite web|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/20051220/news/general/tw-news-general-home-sto133002.html|title=The West Australian - Tenterden Fire|year=2003|accessdate=2008-09-14]

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