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Meelon
Western Australia
Postcode(s) 6208
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Location
LGA(s) Shire of Murray
State electorate(s) Murray-Wellington
Federal Division(s) Canning
Localities around Meelon:
Pinjarra Oakley Marrinup
Blythewood Meelon Teesdale
Coolup Coolup Teesdale

Meelon is a small townsite in the Peel region of Western Australia, located between Pinjarra and Dwellingup within the Shire of Murray. At the 2011 census, Meelon had a population of 224.

It was originally established as a saw-milling site by the local timber industry in the 1900s and was serviced by a siding on the Pinjarra-Narrogin railway. Following the decline of the industry in the 1950s, Meelon all but disappeared, and today primarily consists of medium-acreage farms which are dependent on Pinjarra for services. The Hotham Valley Railway, a tourist railway, passes through but does not stop in Meelon.

The locality is home to two heritage-listed homesteads, the Kirkham House, also referred to as Riverdale and dating back to 1900, and the Burnside Homestead, constructed in 1860.

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