Australia 1922 2d Red KGV HEAD Single Wmk 17 JL 23 - WYALKATCHEM, WA

AUSTRALIA

 1920 2d Red King George V Head ~ Single Watermark  with circular WYALKATCHEM, WESTERN AUSTRALIA dated 17 JL 23 postmarking, in good used condition.

Wyalkatchem is an Aboriginal name first recorded for a waterhole spelt Walkatching in the 1870s. The spelling Walcatching was used in 1881 when the Toodyay Road Board referred to a tank to be built there, and when the road from Northam to the Yilgarn Goldfield was surveyed in 1892 the spelling Wyalcatchem was used for the tank. The Walkatching spelling is probably the most accurate, as Aboriginal names in this region rarely end in em. The change of spelling from Wyalcatchem to Wyalkatchem in 1911 was done by the Department of Lands & Surveys according to rules the Department had adopted for spelling Aboriginal names. The meaning of the name is not known.

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