Turkey Hill, Western Australia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Turkey Hill, in the Shire Of Yilgarn local government area.
| Locality | Turkey Hill |
| State | Western Australia (WA) |
| Local Government Area | Shire Of Yilgarn |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -30.92661 |
| Longitude | 119.4056 |
| Area | 540.9 km² |
| Postcode | 6426 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Perth | 355 km east-northeast |
Turkey Hill is a locality in the Shire Of Yilgarn local government area of Western Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 540.9 km². It lies approximately 355 km east-northeast of Perth. Turkey Hill is located at 30.9266°S, 119.4056°E. It observes Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 6426. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Turkey Hill is a place where the ancient, weathered bones of the land rise gently, not in dramatic peaks, but as a series of subtle undulations under a vast, often startlingly blue sky. It lies 198.0 km west of Kalgoorlie, WA (from Kalgoorlie, WA: bearing 264°T), and is situated 37.0 km north of Southern Cross. The earth here is a rich, iron-red, a colour that deepens and glows in the late afternoon sun, casting long, stretching shadows across the sparse, hardy vegetation. Low-lying scrub, a mosaic of ochre and muted green, clings to the slopes, punctuated by the occasional sturdy eucalypt, its bark a peeling testament to the relentless sun and dry winds. The air itself has a dry, clean scent, carrying the faint, dusty perfume of sun-baked earth and unseen wildflowers, a scent that seems to expand with the horizon.
The history of Turkey Hill is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of those who sought a living from this unforgiving terrain. Once a place of passage and perhaps temporary encampment for Indigenous peoples, its modern story began with the arduous pursuit of pastoral leases and the eventual, tentative establishment of sheep grazing. The landscape bears the subtle scars of this endeavour: the faint tracks of old droving routes, the weathered remains of rudimentary shearing sheds, and the stoic, often isolated homesteads that dot the wider countryside. The local economy, like much of the Yilgarn region, has always been a delicate dance with the land’s limitations, relying on the hardy resilience of livestock and, more recently, a watchful eye on mineral exploration that occasionally stirs the dust and the quietude of Turkey Hill.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Turkey Hill, Western Australia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Turkey Hill, in the Shire Of Yilgarn local government area.
Detailed location data for Turkey Hill includes the postcode (6426), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Shire Of Yilgarn), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Turkey Hill is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |