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Shire Of Dumbleyung
The Shire of Dumbleyung is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about east of Wagin and about southeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of , and is involved in grain and livestock production and various biodiversity industries including cereals, summer crops, oil mallees, yabbies, emus, poultry and trout. Its seat of government is the town of Dumbleyung. History On 1 October 1909, the Dumbleyung Road District was created. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. Wards The President and Elected Members are elected by the local community to represent the interests and needs of the community. Council is currently made up of seven (7) Councillors representing the whole of the Shire of Dumbleyung district. As of 3 May 2003, the shire was divided into 4 wards. * Dumbleyung Ward (3 councillors) * North Ward (3 councillors) * Kukerin (1 councillor) * South Ward (2 coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation. It partially surrounds the Perth metropolitan area, extending north from Perth to the Mid West region, and east to the Goldfields–Esperance region. It is bordered to the south by the South West and Great Southern regions, and to the west by the Indian Ocean, the Perth metropolitan area, and the Peel region. Altogether, it has an area of (including islands). The region has 42 local government authorities, with an estimated population of 75,000 residents. The Wheatbelt accounts for approximately three per cent of Western Australia's population. Ecosystems The area, once a diverse ecosystem, reduced when clearing began in the 1890s with the removal of plant species such as eucalypt woodlands and mallee, is now home to around 11% of Australia's critically end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Areas Of Western Australia
There are 137 local government areas of Western Australia (LGAs), which are areas, towns and districts in Western Australia that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the ''Local Government Act 1995''. The ''Local Government Act 1995'' also makes provision for regional local governments (referred to as "regional councils", established by two or more local governments for a particular purpose. There are three classifications of local government in Western Australia: * City predominantly urban, some larger regional centres * Town predominantly inner urban, plus Port Hedland * Shire predominantly rural or outer suburban areas The Shire of Christmas Island and the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Federal external territories and covered by the ''Indian Ocean Territories Administration of Laws Act'', which allows the Western Australian ''Local Government Act'' to apply "on-island" as though it were a Commonwealth act. Nonetheless, Christmas Island and the Cocos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarin Rock, Western Australia
Tarin Rock () is a locality, railway siding and rock formation on the Wagin to Lake Grace branch line, located approximately 18 km east of Kukerin in Western Australia. The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The primary remnants of the town include the Tarin Rock Tennis Club, the surge receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym for Co-operative Bulk Handling), is a grain growers' cooperative that handles, markets and processes grain from the wheatbelt of Western Australia. History CBH was formed on 5 April 1933, at a ... and the cemetery to the south. References External links History of Tarin Rock area Wheatbelt (Western Australia) Towns in Western Australia Grain receival points of Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippering, Western Australia
Nippering is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ... within the Shire of Dumbleyung. The population of Nippering live within private farm house dwellings scattered within the locality's boundaries, living and working on farms managing live stock and producing a range of broadacre crops. At the 2021 census, Nippering had a population of 21. Climate References External links History of NipperingShire of Dumbleyung Towns in Western Australia Wheatbelt (Western Australia) {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulyinning, Western Australia
Moulyinning is a small town located in the Shire of Dumbleyung, west of Kukerin. Most members of the population live outside the town-site, living and working on farms managing live stock and producing wheat and other cereal crops. The primary features of the townsite include the Town Hall, primary school and a surge receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym for Co-operative Bulk Handling), is a grain growers' cooperative that handles, markets and processes grain from the wheatbelt of Western Australia. History CBH was formed on 5 April 1933, at a ... alongside the railway line. References External linksHistory of Moulyinning {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merilup, Western Australia
Merilup is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Dumbleyung and Lake Grace A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ... just south of Kukerin. The construction of three schools was scattered for use within the area between 1922 and December 1950 when the final school was closed and consolidated in Kukerin's school. The population of Merilup live within private farm house dwellings scattered within the locality's boundaries, living and working on farms managing live stock and producing a range of broadacre crops. Today the area relies on the townsite of Kukerin, from which it shares a postcode, for essential services such as groceries and postage. At the 2021 census, Merilup had a population of 13. References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kukerin, Western Australia
Kukerin is a small town in the Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Dumbleyung, Western Australia, Dumbleyung and Lake Grace, Western Australia, Lake Grace just off Dumbleyung Lake Grace Road on List of road routes in Western Australia#107, State Route 107. The town itself is small but services a considerable agricultural region in the eastern Shire of Dumbleyung. At the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, Kukerin and its surrounding areas had a population of 55. History According to an official source, Kukerin's name is of Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal origin, was first recorded as the name of a local soakage, soak and gully in 1908 and has also been spelled "Cookerin", but the precise meaning is not known. However, in local languages, words such as ''karkar'' mean "east", and the townsite is near the eastern edge of country traditionally owned by the Wiilman people. There is no evidence for a popular theory t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongolocking, Western Australia
Dongolocking is a locality within the Shire of Dumbleyung The Shire of Dumbleyung is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about east of Wagin and about southeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of , and is involved in grain and livestock prod ..., north-east of Wagin. The population of Dongolocking live within private farm house dwellings scattered within the locality's boundaries, living and working on farms managing live stock and producing wheat and other cereal crops. The only remnants of the original townsite is the Dongolocking Hall, and the (disused) tennis courts, which is maintained and used for events such as annual Christmas social gatherings. The original hall was replaced in 1960 by the current town hall due to deterioration. The towns legacy can also be found in the town of Katanning where the original Dongolocking School Building was transported to for use on the Katanning Primary School site, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagin, Western Australia
Wagin is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Katanning. It is also on State Route 107. The main industries are wheat and sheep farming. History The name of the town is derived from Wagin Lake, a usually dry salt lake south of the town. The lake's name is of Noongar origin, and was first recorded by a surveyor in 1869–72. It means "place of emus", or "site of the foot tracks from when the emu sat down". The first European explorer through the area was John Septimus Roe, the Surveyor General of Western Australia, in 1835 en route to Albany from Perth. Between 1835 and 1889 a few settlers eked a simple living by cutting sandalwood and shepherding small flocks of sheep. Land was granted to pastoralists in the Wagin area from the late 1870s. The town itself came into existence after the construction of the Great Southern Railway, which was completed in 1889, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Kent
The Shire of Kent is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about southeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of and its seat of government is the town of Nyabing. The area produces grains such as wheat, barley and legumes. History The Kent Road District was established on 22 December 1922. It was renamed the Nyabing-Pingrup Road District on 10 June 1955. It was declared a shire as the Shire of Nyabing-Pingrup with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. It reverted to its previous name of Kent and became the Shire of Kent on 1 December 1972. The name "Kent" comes from the commissariat officer of Dr T. Wilson’s expedition of 1829. Wards Following a redistribution in 2002, the Shire has been divided into four wards, each with two councillors: * Holland Rock Ward * Mindarabin Ward * Nampup Ward * Pingarnup Ward Tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumbleyung, Western Australia
Dumbleyung is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Wagin and Lake Grace on State Route 107. History Dumbleyung's name is of Noongar origin, coming from "Dambeling" which possibly means "large lake or inland sea" (although another source suggests it came from "dumbung", a game played with bent sticks and a hard piece of fruit. The lake nearby was discovered and named Dambeling Lake by explorers Henry Landor and Henry Maxwell Lefroy in 1843, and the current spelling was used by surveyors in the 1860s and 1870s. Pastoralists and sandalwood cutters moved into the area, initially settling at Nippering, north of Lake Dumbleyung and west of the present town. The first three families to settle in the area were the Cronin, Kersley and Bartram families. George Kersley, Sr. and his future son-in-law Henry Bartram were from pioneer families of the Beverley district and they used to take their sheep flocks from Beverley to Lake Dumbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
