Scaddan, Western Australia
Introduction


**Scaddan** is a small town in [Western Australia](/wiki/Western_Australia "Western Australia") located  east of [Perth](/wiki/Perth "Perth") situated just off the [Coolgardie\-Esperance Highway](/wiki/Coolgardie-Esperance_Highway "Coolgardie-Esperance Highway") between [Norseman](/wiki/Norseman%2C_Western_Australia "Norseman, Western Australia") and [Esperance](/wiki/Esperance%2C_Western_Australia "Esperance, Western Australia") in the [Goldfields\-Esperance](/wiki/Goldfields-Esperance "Goldfields-Esperance") region of Western Australia.

The area was originally known as **Thirty Mile**, because of its distance from Esperance. The British settled the area before 1914 and were commonly using the name Scaddan at around that time. The name of the [post office](/wiki/Post_office "Post office") was changed from Thirty Mile to Scaddan in 1915 and by 1916 a school and hall had been built in the town. The government delayed declaring the town until the route of the [Norseman–Esperance railway](/wiki/Esperance_branch_railway "Esperance branch railway") was settled. The townsite was finally gazetted in 1924\.*Western Australian Government Gazette*, file 2007/14, 15 February 1924, p.275\.

The town is named after [John "Happy Jack" Scaddan](/wiki/John_Scaddan "John Scaddan"), the [premier](/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia "Premier of Western Australia") of Western Australia from 1911 to 1916 and a prominent advocate of the Esperance railway.


What was changed from Thirty Mile to Scaddan in 1915?